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FS#39382 - [grub] 10_archlinux does not respect GRUB_GFXPAYLOAD_LINUX

Attached to Project: Arch Linux
Opened by Tilman Blumenbach (Tblue) - Thursday, 13 March 2014, 11:52 GMT
Last edited by Tobias Powalowski (tpowa) - Tuesday, 08 April 2014, 06:35 GMT
Task Type Bug Report
Category Packages: Core
Status Closed
Assigned To Tobias Powalowski (tpowa)
Ronald van Haren (pressh)
Architecture All
Severity Low
Priority Normal
Reported Version
Due in Version Undecided
Due Date Undecided
Percent Complete 100%
Votes 1
Private No

Details

Description:

The 10_archlinux script in /etc/grub.d does not respect GRUB_GFXPAYLOAD_LINUX [1] -- it always emits "set gfxpayload=keep". It would be nice to have support for this variable since some users want (or need) to boot Linux with a text mode console.

A somewhat ugly workaround until this is implemented is to add "vga=normal" to GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX; while the "vga" parameter is deprecated in Grub 2, it is still recognized and Grub automatically sets gfxpayload=text when booting the entry [2]. Alternatively, it *may* also work to set GRUB_TERMINAL_OUTPUT=console or GRUB_TERMINAL_OUTPUT=vga_text (untested).

[1] http://www.gnu.org/software/grub/manual/grub.html#Simple-configuration
[2] http://www.gnu.org/software/grub/manual/grub.html#linux

Additional info:

* Package version: Grub 1:2.02.beta2-1 (pkgrel 2 does not fix this issue either)

Steps to reproduce:

1. Set GRUB_GFXPAYLOAD_LINUX=text in /etc/default/grub.
2. Run grub-mkconfig.
3. Observe that "gfxpayload=keep" is emitted instead of "gfxpayload=text" for Arch Linux entries.
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Closed by  Tobias Powalowski (tpowa)
Tuesday, 08 April 2014, 06:35 GMT
Reason for closing:  Fixed

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