From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with archive (Exim 4.43) id 1Mqn3d-0003B1-6E for mharc-grub-devel@gnu.org; Thu, 24 Sep 2009 08:04:21 -0400 Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1Mqn3b-0003Ad-Q1 for grub-devel@gnu.org; Thu, 24 Sep 2009 08:04:19 -0400 Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1Mqn3X-000392-0y for grub-devel@gnu.org; Thu, 24 Sep 2009 08:04:19 -0400 Received: from [199.232.76.173] (port=48297 helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1Mqn3W-00038v-OQ for grub-devel@gnu.org; Thu, 24 Sep 2009 08:04:14 -0400 Received: from xvm-190-8.ghst.net ([217.70.190.8]:54344 helo=aybabtu.com) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS-1.0:RSA_AES_256_CBC_SHA1:32) (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1Mqn3V-0002bj-Ta for grub-devel@gnu.org; Thu, 24 Sep 2009 08:04:14 -0400 Received: from [192.168.10.10] (helo=thorin) by aybabtu.com with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1Mqn3T-0006B2-I6; Thu, 24 Sep 2009 14:04:12 +0200 Received: from rmh by thorin with local (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1Mqn3S-0001M6-K2; Thu, 24 Sep 2009 14:04:10 +0200 Date: Thu, 24 Sep 2009 14:04:10 +0200 From: Robert Millan To: The development of GRUB 2 Message-ID: <20090924120410.GB4558@thorin> References: <4565.1253540345@redhat.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <4565.1253540345@redhat.com> Organization: free as in freedom X-Message-Flag: Worried about Outlook viruses? Switch to Thunderbird! www.mozilla.com/thunderbird X-Debbugs-No-Ack: true User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.18 (2008-05-17) X-detected-operating-system: by monty-python.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 2.6 (newer, 3) Cc: dhowells@redhat.com Subject: Re: (no subject) X-BeenThere: grub-devel@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list Reply-To: The development of GRUB 2 List-Id: The development of GRUB 2 List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 24 Sep 2009 12:04:20 -0000 On Mon, Sep 21, 2009 at 02:39:05PM +0100, David Howells wrote: > Hi, > > I've come across an interesting problem with grub and grub2 booting with only a > serial console: they won't finish booting if they don't have anything plugged > into the serial port. The moment a serial cable is inserted, they throw up a > menu and continues booting. Could have something to do with a BIOS bug. What happens if you convert grub_checkkey() and grub_getkey() (in kern/term.c) into dummy stubs? -- Robert Millan The DRM opt-in fallacy: "Your data belongs to us. We will decide when (and how) you may access your data; but nobody's threatening your freedom: we still allow you to remove your data and not access it at all."