graphical boot is disabled when the gfxblacklist.txt is missing

Bug #757603 reported by Andy Whitcroft
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Affects Status Importance Assigned to Milestone
grub2 (Ubuntu)
Fix Released
High
Colin Watson
Natty
Fix Released
High
Colin Watson

Bug Description

Binary package hint: grub2

Currently grub-gfxpayload-lists is missing from the default install. This leads to /boot/grub/gfxblacklist.txt being absent. In the face of this all machines are assumed to be in the blacklist, leading to non-graphical boot.

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 11.04
Package: grub2 1.99~rc1-11ubuntu1
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.38-8.42-generic 2.6.38.2
Uname: Linux 2.6.38-8-generic i686
NonfreeKernelModules: wl
Architecture: i386
Date: Mon Apr 11 15:38:16 2011
EcryptfsInUse: Yes
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 10.04 LTS "Lucid Lynx" - Release i386 (20100429)
ProcEnviron:
 LANGUAGE=en_GB:en
 PATH=(custom, user)
 LANG=en_GB.UTF-8
 SHELL=/bin/bash
SourcePackage: grub2
UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to natty on 2010-12-18 (113 days ago)

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Andy Whitcroft (apw) wrote :
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Colin Watson (cjwatson) wrote :

The MIR is bug 757600, but IMO we should fix GRUB's default behaviour anyway.

Changed in grub2 (Ubuntu Natty):
status: New → Triaged
importance: Undecided → High
assignee: nobody → Colin Watson (cjwatson)
milestone: none → ubuntu-11.04-beta-2
Colin Watson (cjwatson)
Changed in grub2 (Ubuntu Natty):
status: Triaged → Fix Committed
Revision history for this message
Launchpad Janitor (janitor) wrote :

This bug was fixed in the package grub2 - 1.99~rc1-12ubuntu1

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grub2 (1.99~rc1-12ubuntu1) 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.
    - 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.
    - Build-depend on qemu-kvm rather than qemu-system for grub-pc tests.
    - Add a grub-rescue-efi-amd64 package.
    - On Wubi, just update wubildr rather than asking for an install device.
    - Check hardware support before using gfxpayload=keep.
    - 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.
    - Add grub-mount-udeb, containing just grub-mount.
  * Default to gfxpayload=keep if gfxblacklist.txt is missing (LP: #757603).
  * Depend on grub-gfxpayload-lists on i386 and amd64.

grub2 (1.99~rc1-12) unstable; urgency=low

  * Update branch_butter.patch:
    - Fix filename comparison.
    - Take extent offset in account on uncompressed extents.
    - Use filled extent size if available.
  * Allow use of first sector on btrfs (LP: #757446).
  * Merge from Ubuntu:
    - Build part_msdos and vfat into EFI boot images (LP: #677758).
 -- Colin Watson <email address hidden> Mon, 11 Apr 2011 17:39:23 +0100

Changed in grub2 (Ubuntu Natty):
status: Fix Committed → Fix Released
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