ctrl-x does not work in grub-efi
Affects | Status | Importance | Assigned to | Milestone | |
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grub2 (Ubuntu) |
Fix Released
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Medium
|
Unassigned | ||
Xenial |
Fix Released
|
Undecided
|
dann frazier | ||
Zesty |
Won't Fix
|
Undecided
|
Unassigned | ||
Artful |
Fix Released
|
Undecided
|
Unassigned | ||
grub2-signed (Ubuntu) |
New
|
Undecided
|
Unassigned | ||
Xenial |
Fix Released
|
Undecided
|
Unassigned | ||
Zesty |
Won't Fix
|
Undecided
|
Unassigned | ||
Artful |
Fix Released
|
Undecided
|
Unassigned |
Bug Description
[Impact]
On some UEFI platforms, useful key combinations fail to work over the serial console. In particular, ^x/F10 - one of which is needed to boot after interactively editing the boot menu. This leaves end users without a sane way to tweak command line arguments, and potentially other system recovery tasks.
[Test Case]
Boot such a UEFI system to the GRUB menu. Press 'e' to edit the commandline, then attempt to continue the boot using "^x".
[Regression Risk]
The proposed fix is a cherry-pick from upstream that we've been shipping in Ubuntu since 17.10 w/o any any known regressions. However, it is possible that such regressions exist - e.g. if a platform's firmware has a buggy implementation fo the EFI_SIMPLE_
Changed in grub2 (Ubuntu): | |
importance: | Undecided → Medium |
status: | New → Triaged |
Changed in grub2 (Ubuntu Artful): | |
status: | Confirmed → Fix Released |
Changed in grub2 (Ubuntu): | |
status: | Triaged → Fix Released |
Changed in grub2 (Ubuntu Xenial): | |
status: | Confirmed → In Progress |
assignee: | nobody → dann frazier (dannf) |
Changed in grub2 (Ubuntu Zesty): | |
status: | Confirmed → Won't Fix |
description: | updated |
Similar problem on Ubuntu 10.04 Server version.