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Illegible GRUB menu

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From: help-debbugs <at> gnu.org (GNU bug Tracking System)
To: Leo Famulari <leo <at> famulari.name>
Cc: tracker <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#24948: closed (Illegible GRUB menu)
Date: Mon, 04 Feb 2019 23:39:02 +0000

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Your message dated Tue, 5 Feb 2019 00:38:48 +0100
with message-id <20190204233848.GA20232 <at> jasmine.lan>
and subject line Re: Illegible GRUB menu
has caused the debbugs.gnu.org bug report #24948,
regarding Illegible GRUB menu
to be marked as done.

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From: Leo Famulari <leo <at> famulari.name>
To: bug-guix <at> gnu.org
Subject: Illegible GRUB menu
Date: Tue, 15 Nov 2016 16:54:43 -0500

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On my Thinkpad x200s running GuixSD, the graphical GRUB menu is
scrambled and illegible. I've attached a photograph of the problem.

The grid of dots is stable, while the faint yellow horizontal lines
dance around. I can tell it's the GuixSD GRUB image, but it's scrambled.

I am able to press Enter to skip the GRUB timeout, and the system does
boot normally.

This is not a recent regression; I've been working around it with the
diff below for a few months now.

I don't know very much about computer graphics. Please let me know what
information I can provide.

diff --git a/gnu/system/grub.scm b/gnu/system/grub.scm
index ead48f0..61c799d 100644
--- a/gnu/system/grub.scm
+++ b/gnu/system/grub.scm
@@ -183,7 +183,7 @@ the store is.  SYSTEM must be the target system string---e.g.,
   insmod video_bochs
   insmod video_cirrus
   insmod gfxterm
-  terminal_output gfxterm
+  terminal_output console
 "
         ""))
 

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From: Leo Famulari <leo <at> famulari.name>
To: 24948-done <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: Illegible GRUB menu
Date: Tue, 5 Feb 2019 00:38:48 +0100

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On Tue, Nov 15, 2016 at 04:54:43PM -0500, Leo Famulari wrote:
> On my Thinkpad x200s running GuixSD, the graphical GRUB menu is
> scrambled and illegible. I've attached a photograph of the problem.

This bug seems to affect only my machine.

Since it is possible to work around the issue by using a non-graphical
GRUB menu, I'm closing the bug :)

Thanks everyone for your feedback!

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