Bug 496383 - Booting/Default system doesn't start; Bootsplash graphical problem
Summary: Booting/Default system doesn't start; Bootsplash graphical problem
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Status: CLOSED WONTFIX
Alias: None
Product: Fedora
Classification: Fedora
Component: grub
Version: 11
Hardware: All
OS: Linux
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Assignee: Peter Jones
QA Contact: Fedora Extras Quality Assurance
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Blocks:
TreeView+ depends on / blocked
 
Reported: 2009-04-18 13:15 UTC by Martin Kaeser
Modified: 2010-06-28 11:54 UTC (History)
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Last Closed: 2010-06-28 11:54:31 UTC
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Description Martin Kaeser 2009-04-18 13:15:55 UTC
Description of problem:

1) The grub screen with the timeout which when interrupted leads you to choose
which operating system to boot is missing.

2) All I can see is the next page where I have to choose the entries (Fedora, Vista etc.). Otherwise no operating system starts.

--> the default operating system doesn't boot automatically.
--> Grub:

# grub.conf generated by anaconda
#
# Note that you do not have to rerun grub after making changes to this file
# NOTICE:  You have a /boot partition.  This means that
#          all kernel and initrd paths are relative to /boot/, eg.
#          root (hd0,5)
#          kernel /vmlinuz-version ro root=/dev/vg_hp-notebook/lv_root
#          initrd /initrd-version.img
#boot=/dev/sda
default=2
timeout=7
splashimage=(hd0,5)/grub/splash1.xpm.gz
hiddenmenu

title Fedora (2.6.29.1-70.fc11.i586)
	root (hd0,5)
	kernel /vmlinuz-2.6.29.1-70.fc11.i586 ro root=/dev/dm-0 rhgb quiet vga=792
	initrd /initrd-2.6.29.1-70.fc11.i586.img


title Windows Vista
    rootnoverify (hd0,0)
    chainloader +1
title Windows 7
    rootnoverify (hd0,3)
    chainloader +1

This problem exists since an update after the installation of Fedora 11 Alpha.

3) With the last update the second grub screen (splash1.xpm.gz) is hardly readable; it isn't blue; a lot of different colors.
That's why I changed to another splash screen (splash1).

Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable):
All updates, date April 18, 2009

How reproducible:


Steps to Reproduce:
1. Start notebook
2.
3.
  
Actual results:
default system doesn't start automatically
entries on the bootsplash are hardly readable

Expected results:
- default starts after timeout is over
- fedora bootsplash visible

Additional info:

Comment 1 Martin Kaeser 2009-04-18 13:25:17 UTC
The broken grub splash image has been reported:

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=496202

Comment 2 Matthias Clasen 2009-04-18 19:55:17 UTC
Plymouth is not involved at this point.

Comment 3 Bug Zapper 2009-06-09 14:04:12 UTC
This bug appears to have been reported against 'rawhide' during the Fedora 11 development cycle.
Changing version to '11'.

More information and reason for this action is here:
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Comment 4 Bug Zapper 2010-04-27 13:45:40 UTC
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Comment 5 Bug Zapper 2010-06-28 11:54:31 UTC
Fedora 11 changed to end-of-life (EOL) status on 2010-06-25. Fedora 11 is 
no longer maintained, which means that it will not receive any further 
security or bug fix updates. As a result we are closing this bug.

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