FS#59104 - [grub] unicode.pf2 is missing, graphics mode is not available

Attached to Project: Arch Linux
Opened by duck (duck) - Friday, 22 June 2018, 09:39 GMT
Last edited by Christian Hesse (eworm) - Sunday, 24 June 2018, 22:37 GMT
Task Type Bug Report
Category Packages: Core
Status Closed
Assigned To Ronald van Haren (pressh)
Christian Hesse (eworm)
Architecture All
Severity Low
Priority Normal
Reported Version
Due in Version Undecided
Due Date Undecided
Percent Complete 100%
Votes 2
Private No

Details

Description:
There used to be /usr/share/grub/unicode.pf2 and GRUB displayed menu in higher screen resolution. Now it's gone, and new installations display boot menu in lower resolution.

Additional info:
grub 2:2.02-6
--target=i386-pc

Steps to reproduce:
rm -r /boot/grub
grub-install --target=i386-pc /dev/your_boot_drive
grub-mkconfig -o /boot/grub/grub.cfg
Reboot in BIOS boot mode.
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Closed by  Christian Hesse (eworm)
Sunday, 24 June 2018, 22:37 GMT
Reason for closing:  Fixed
Additional comments about closing:  grub 2:2.02-7
Comment by Christian Hesse (eworm) - Sunday, 24 June 2018, 20:05 GMT
Build process logs:

grub-mkfont: Yes

but...

Build-time grub-mkfont: No (need freetype2 library)
Without unifont (no build-time grub-mkfont)

I will look into this. Probably caused by the freetype2 changes.
Comment by loqs (loqs) - Sunday, 24 June 2018, 21:55 GMT
BUILD_FREETYPE="pkg-config freetype2"
   PKGBUILD.patch (0.4 KiB)

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