From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with archive (Exim 4.43) id 1MwJW0-00083t-8l for mharc-grub-devel@gnu.org; Fri, 09 Oct 2009 13:44:28 -0400 Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1MwJVx-0007zz-Mv for grub-devel@gnu.org; Fri, 09 Oct 2009 13:44:25 -0400 Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1MwJVx-0007yw-09 for grub-devel@gnu.org; Fri, 09 Oct 2009 13:44:25 -0400 Received: from [199.232.76.173] (port=45334 helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1MwJVw-0007yl-UW for grub-devel@gnu.org; Fri, 09 Oct 2009 13:44:24 -0400 Received: from fg-out-1718.google.com ([72.14.220.155]:46133) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1MwJVw-0007q9-I2 for grub-devel@gnu.org; Fri, 09 Oct 2009 13:44:24 -0400 Received: by fg-out-1718.google.com with SMTP id 22so2271318fge.12 for ; Fri, 09 Oct 2009 10:44:23 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=domainkey-signature:mime-version:sender:received:in-reply-to :references:date:x-google-sender-auth:message-id:subject:from:to :content-type:content-transfer-encoding; bh=vhn7Ws89peacXCf9uq387KLGHKotWLt7R6nEAVK9KCY=; b=H/P+xIVjMqqcdzLhDP+wedhD9e36nj7e0kTi2t/qQPB2WkS2v8QNjZYfzaLDDMt/eR 1UqMkneAkbk54xKDLHOMO16ydTRKiSU9QF6LW2uIrdToW6v0JVn16R8Z5rNtTUC2RqyC JDix9Gtl5MYocTsnqNrbmzcfxrA37jsROKQx8= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=mime-version:sender:in-reply-to:references:date :x-google-sender-auth:message-id:subject:from:to:content-type :content-transfer-encoding; b=HIpN8hLx6YuiBlW+p9Q1OSNG4gtrScoJ0zZR4yJ/hNqqRxP2zTduLoDcuFGHaIJA82 qvHtAIcoInqfCSGoxDuTWqZLyvSFC1ptArDDgPI2yFH5sICjDXNeQFxc/3taSCoubgyQ f/TkB+6UFUXeHSIi/ZF6HqFMaiTgemZlEmv+I= MIME-Version: 1.0 Sender: hramrach@gmail.com Received: by 10.86.169.25 with SMTP id r25mr2624876fge.17.1255110263214; Fri, 09 Oct 2009 10:44:23 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: References: <4AB65A8C.9020809@zbh.uni-hamburg.de> <4ABFB39E.8020105@zbh.uni-hamburg.de> <4AC7A1A8.6080901@zbh.uni-hamburg.de> <4AC7BA2D.20106@zbh.uni-hamburg.de> <48f46e890910031958u6f91e482t3bbad03bdd327257@mail.gmail.com> <4AC8B4F1.8030306@zbh.uni-hamburg.de> <4AC8DB16.70100@zbh.uni-hamburg.de> Date: Fri, 9 Oct 2009 19:44:23 +0200 X-Google-Sender-Auth: e8307304147dbeab Message-ID: From: Michal Suchanek To: The development of GRUB 2 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable X-detected-operating-system: by monty-python.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 2.6 (newer, 2) Subject: Re: Macbook, Efi, Display mode 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: Fri, 09 Oct 2009 17:44:26 -0000 2009/10/4 Bean : > On Mon, Oct 5, 2009 at 1:27 AM, Stefan Bienert > wrote: >> Bean wrote: >>> On Sun, Oct 4, 2009 at 10:45 PM, Stefan Bienert >>> wrote: >>>> Peter Cros wrote: >>>>> There is a grub.efi binary with the double buffering fix and menutest= =C2=A0from >>>>> Bean here on Ubuntuforms.org apple mac subforum thread >>>>> >>>>> grub2 EFI boot loader internal/external booting post #1054 >>>>> >>>>> http://ubuntuforums.org/showpost.php?p=3D8034856&postcount=3D1054 >>>>> >>>>> >>>> OK, I tried that, but only with little success. >>>> I get a very distorted screen on boot. And iThis seems not to depend o= n >>>> whether I pull in the 'menu' stuff mentiod in the ubuntuforum thread o= r >>>> not. But at least the system stays in a bootable state and I get a sor= t >>>> of graphical term ;-) >>> >>> Hi, >>> >>> What's your video card, intel or nvidia ? >>> >> >> Nvidia. > > Hi, > > I found a small bug that could be the cause, please try the latest > code from menu branch. I also upload the binary file to ubuntu forum > in case you don't want to compile it yourself. > For me gfxterm works on an iMac with Radeon X1600 card but I am not sure what exact version I was running. I forgot to load a font so the terminal only displayed question marks at about 1cps but it certainly did display something. It says grub 1.97~beta3 but that is somewhat imprecise in this case. Thanks Michal