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grub2 package

  1. Bug #1720197
  2. Comment #8

Comment 8 for bug 1720197

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Chris Halse Rogers (raof) wrote : Re: [Bug 1720197] Re: Every second(?) boot fails to display anything [MSHYBRID mode]

You are absolutely correct; forceing “gfxmode text” appears to make
booting reliably visible.

That's a nice workaround.

I guess this is a buggy VBIOS issue, then.