From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with archive (Exim 4.43) id 1N1e1L-0007Ml-KB for mharc-grub-devel@gnu.org; Sat, 24 Oct 2009 06:38:51 -0400 Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1N1e1J-0007MU-U5 for grub-devel@gnu.org; Sat, 24 Oct 2009 06:38:50 -0400 Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1N1e1E-0007Ln-KD for grub-devel@gnu.org; Sat, 24 Oct 2009 06:38:48 -0400 Received: from [199.232.76.173] (port=44547 helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1N1e1E-0007Lk-Cb for grub-devel@gnu.org; Sat, 24 Oct 2009 06:38:44 -0400 Received: from mail-pz0-f181.google.com ([209.85.222.181]:55478) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1N1e1D-0008Iz-Vu for grub-devel@gnu.org; Sat, 24 Oct 2009 06:38:44 -0400 Received: by pzk11 with SMTP id 11so6591396pzk.14 for ; Sat, 24 Oct 2009 03:38:43 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=domainkey-signature:mime-version:received:in-reply-to:references :date:message-id:subject:from:to:content-type; bh=grekx2uIgyM2FQF7hWoL+m0p/S4vQIxQ10lCaAgEPjo=; b=Z8j+n/BlgNctXfbwBUmOabh8EV/ZmDcaJFGnp3HL+inOdU76gEIVyl66QW8ZGFirKY MIki5KutGmG1DQkJXGYSaZJ2adpzmHXWD+XHz/1lH3t9Rz1UvF26B4FFnxGzbEEgPHBJ Z71ZmE7/8F5kQ/nUrnQdwpeQdLKjnObNhmQ64= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=mime-version:in-reply-to:references:date:message-id:subject:from:to :content-type; b=WbjwUP3SyZtkTOD7tSZfk9RjhiWBnXwjV7ZLQJgm24HuWJmmsLUeSK+sj4g13BIuTK P0AyeRmvX+ZTVaxHw9Dcvp7nSNcN21gwJlur41uht7enZL1q61UlU3JET4v1PUCwnZuP niCw6Hq9NVMGSOdVdEwaYx6kngkHM1liVkp1I= MIME-Version: 1.0 Received: by 10.140.148.11 with SMTP id v11mr1927992rvd.58.1256380723204; Sat, 24 Oct 2009 03:38:43 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: <4AE2D75D.8030306@zbh.uni-hamburg.de> References: <4AB65A8C.9020809@zbh.uni-hamburg.de> <4ACF7891.40702@zbh.uni-hamburg.de> <4ADCC668.4090006@zbh.uni-hamburg.de> <4AE2D260.3020300@zbh.uni-hamburg.de> <4AE2D75D.8030306@zbh.uni-hamburg.de> Date: Sat, 24 Oct 2009 18:38:43 +0800 Message-ID: From: Bean To: The development of GRUB 2 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 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: Sat, 24 Oct 2009 10:38:50 -0000 On Sat, Oct 24, 2009 at 6:30 PM, Stefan Bienert wrote: > Bean wrote: >> On Sat, Oct 24, 2009 at 6:09 PM, Stefan Bienert >> wrote: >>> Hi again, >>> >>>> Hi, >>>> >>>> I have compiled a binary version and uploaded at ubuntu forum: >>>> >>>> http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=1248647 >>> So, I've tried that binary: Now the menu, while it is still text based, >>> takes the whole screen, which is an improvement. >> >> Hi, >> >> Is graphic mode working ok in grub ? > > Sorry for this probably dull question: How do I know? > Hi, The easier way is to use my new menu test demo, download resource file at: http://grub4dos.sourceforge.net/menu.zip Unzip to the boot partition, you should see many files under /menu/ directory. Then you just need to add this line at the end of grub.cfg: source /menu/menu_efi.cfg It'd boot into graphic mode by default, you can use F8 to switch between text and graphic mode. >>> But I still have no output while booting. As far as I understand, this >>> would be the kernel side of the whole process. Hence, could it be that I >>> did not configure it in the right way? >> >> What's the command line option to boot kernel ? > > linux /boot/kernel-2.6.27-gentoo-r8-n root=/dev/sda4 video=efifb noefi > acpi=force > >> In theory, if graphic >> mode is working in grub, it should be ok in linux. > > Oh, I saw on some web page, that I need soemthing like 'EFI based > framebuffer support' in the kernel. Yep, you need that, debian will enable it by default, I don't know about gentoo thought. -- Bean gitgrub home: http://github.com/grub/grub/ my fork page: http://github.com/bean123/grub/