GNU bug report logs - #39607
Make use of GRUB all_video module

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Package: guix;

Reported by: Maxim Cournoyer <maxim.cournoyer <at> gmail.com>

Date: Fri, 14 Feb 2020 19:31:02 UTC

Severity: normal

Done: Maxim Cournoyer <maxim.cournoyer <at> gmail.com>

Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.

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Message #14 received at 39607 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Maxim Cournoyer <maxim.cournoyer <at> gmail.com>
To: bug#39607 <39607 <at> debbugs.gnu.org>
Subject: Re: Status: GRUB module all_video required to get video on 4K monitor
Date: Mon, 24 Feb 2020 09:08:27 -0500

Update, after debugging: the failure to find a working video mode had
nothing to do with the 4K monitor, and everything to do with a problem
in our GRUB configuration generator and having /gnu/store on a Btrfs
submodule.

In particular, this generated pice of GRUB configuration:

--8<---------------cut here---------------start------------->8---
if loadfont /rootfs/gnu/store/m1fx9h7gzw78k0n4da0khbga5i6k8ipk-grub-2.04/share/grub/unicode.pf2; then
  setup_gfxterm
fi
--8<---------------cut here---------------end--------------->8---

was causing the setup_gfxterm to not be called due to failing to resolve
the unicode.pf2 file when using a Btrfs submodule.

The originally attached patches still provide some >
simplification/cleanup that would make it good to merge nontheless, I
believe!

Maxim
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