$linux_gfx_mode not propagated into submenus

[Colin Watson]

Binary package hint: grub2

Submenus seem to propagate very few environment variables. In particular, we set the $linux_gfx_mode variable at the top level and expect it to be visible from menu entries, but this isn't the case if they're in submenus. We need to fix this so that gfxpayload=keep is set properly in all cases.

[Launchpad Janitor (janitor)]

This bug was fixed in the package grub2 - 1.99~rc1-1ubuntu1

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grub2 (1.99~rc1-1ubuntu1) natty; urgency=low

  * Resynchronise with Debian. Remaining changes:
    - Adjust for default Ubuntu boot options ("quiet splash").
    - Default to hiding the menu; holding down Shift at boot will show it.
    - Set a monochromatic theme and an aubergine background for Ubuntu.
    - Apply Ubuntu GRUB Legacy changes to legacy update-grub script: title,
      recovery mode, quiet option, tweak how memtest86+ is displayed, and
      use UUIDs where appropriate.
    - Fix backslash-escaping in merge_debconf_into_conf.
    - Remove "GNU/Linux" from default distributor string.
    - Add crashkernel option.
    - Bypass menu unless other OSes are installed or Shift is pressed.
    - Allow Shift to interrupt 'sleep --interruptible'.
    - Reduce visual clutter in normal mode.
    - Remove verbose messages printed before reading configuration.
    - Suppress kernel/initrd progress messages, except in recovery mode.
    - Handle filesystems loop-mounted on file images.
    - Ignore devices loop-mounted from files in Linux grub.d scripts.
    - Show the boot menu if the previous boot failed.
    - Don't generate device.map during grub-install or grub-mkconfig.
    - Adjust upgrade version checks for Ubuntu.
    - Suppress "GRUB loading" message unless Shift is held down.
    - Adjust versions of grub-doc and grub-legacy-doc conflicts.
    - Fix LVM/RAID probing in the absence of /boot/grub/device.map.
    - Look for .mo files in /usr/share/locale-langpack first.
    - Make sure GRUB_TIMEOUT isn't quoted unnecessarily.
    - Build-depend on qemu-kvm rather than qemu-system for grub-pc tests.
    - Use qemu rather than qemu-system-i386.
    - Add a grub-rescue-efi-amd64 package.
    - On Wubi, don't ask for an install device, but just update wubildr
      using the diverted grub-install.
    - Enable lua from grub-extras.
    - Incorporate the bitop library into lua.
    - Add enum_pci function to grub module in lua.
    - Check hardware support before using gfxpayload=keep.
    - Build part_msdos and vfat into EFI boot images.
    - Put second and subsequent Linux menu entries in a submenu.
    - Preferred resolution detection for VBE.
    - Set vt.handoff=7 for smooth handoff to kernel graphical mode.
  * Fix logic error in VBE resolution detection that meant EDID information
    was never used (LP: #693093).
  * Export linux_gfx_mode so that it's usable in submenus (LP: #702594).
  * Restore grub_mkdevicemap and associated options to grub-install, since
    it's needed when doing EFI installs (thanks, Jason Gunthorpe;
    LP: #702707).
  * Don't fail when there are no *.lua files in $pkglibdir (thanks, Jason
    Gunthorpe; LP: #702707).
  * If we're upgrading and /boot/grub/core.img doesn't exist, then don't ask
    where to install GRUB, since it probably means we're in some kind of
    specialised environment such as a live USB stick (LP: #591202).
  * Drop the default priority of grub2/linux_cmdline to medium. We only
    need to ask it if we're upgrading from GRUB Legacy and found an empty
    kopt in menu.lst (LP: #591202).

grub2 (1.99~rc1-1...

[Michel Machado (michel-digirati)]

Hi there,

The bug has "evolved", now Linux's entries have the following line:

set gfxpayload=$linux_gfx_mode

That is, the vairable $linux_gfx_mode wasn't replaced. I'm running a 11.04 box with 1.99~rc1-13ubuntu3.

[mrg666 (drgungor)]

I am using Ubuntu 11.04 (fully updated) on a Dell Inspiron 500m. I can confirm the same bug that if I do not delete the following line in grub, Ubuntu cannot boot.
set gfxpayload=$linux_gfx_mode