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Illegible GRUB menu

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Message #20 received at 24948 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Leo Famulari <leo <at> famulari.name>
To: Mark H Weaver <mhw <at> netris.org>
Cc: 24948 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#24948: Illegible GRUB menu
Date: Mon, 21 Nov 2016 12:43:22 -0500

On Mon, Nov 21, 2016 at 01:54:02AM -0500, Mark H Weaver wrote:
> Hi Leo,
> 
> Leo Famulari <leo <at> famulari.name> writes:
> > On my Thinkpad x200s running GuixSD, the graphical GRUB menu is
> > scrambled and illegible. I've attached a photograph of the problem.
> [...]
> > This is not a recent regression; I've been working around it with the
> > diff below for a few months now.
> 
> A few months ago we updated our grub from 2.00 to 2.02beta3, in commit
> 4c7260011e219eb3ebf5da976ab107dbd5997829, dated June 16.  Was that
> roughly when this problem began?
> 
> If so, I suggest reverting that commit in your local tree, to see if
> downgrading to grub 2.00 fixes the problem.

Thanks for the advice. I'll try this in a few days when I have physical
access to that machine again.

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