Bug 63491 - vga16/serial console conflict
Summary: vga16/serial console conflict
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Status: CLOSED RAWHIDE
Alias: None
Product: Red Hat Linux
Classification: Retired
Component: grub
Version: 7.2
Hardware: i386
OS: Linux
low
low
Target Milestone: ---
Assignee: Jeremy Katz
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Blocks:
TreeView+ depends on / blocked
 
Reported: 2002-04-14 20:08 UTC by Need Real Name
Modified: 2008-05-01 15:38 UTC (History)
1 user (show)

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Last Closed: 2002-05-03 00:10:13 UTC
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Attachments (Terms of Use)
fix: apply on top of grub-0.91-vga16.patch (2.27 KB, patch)
2002-04-14 20:11 UTC, Need Real Name
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Description Need Real Name 2002-04-14 20:08:03 UTC
Description of Problem:

If splashimage is specified and a serial console is selected, all output 
goes to vga16 screen instead of serial console.

Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable): 

0.91

How Reproducible:

Every time

Steps to Reproduce:

 splashimage=<whatever>
 terminal --timeout=5 serial console

Configure grub as above, then reboot.

Actual Results:

After 5 second timeout, serial console is selected, but menu is drawn on 
vga16 screen.  Input is accepted from serial console.

Expected Results:

Menu should be displayed on serial console.  If no splashimage is used 
(display="text"), serial console works fine.

Additional Information:
	
Patch available at

ftp://ftp.visi.com/users/grante/grub/grub-0.91-vga16-serial.patch

(patch applies on top of grub-0.91-vga16.patch)

Comment 1 Need Real Name 2002-04-14 20:11:58 UTC
Created attachment 53790 [details]
fix: apply on top of grub-0.91-vga16.patch

Comment 2 Erik van Konijnenburg 2002-05-03 00:10:08 UTC
This also happened on my skipjack-beta2, (which has grub-0.91-3),
so it's not machine specific.  Thanks for pointing out the connection
with the splash screen; haven't tested the patch.

Comment 3 Jeremy Katz 2002-05-03 21:21:59 UTC
Patch will be in grub-0.92-2


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