[Bug 699802] Re: error:: no video mode activated

[Timmmm]

Ok, finally got this to work(ish)! I commented most things out in
/boot/grub/grub.cfg, and the menu finally shows up! When I boot it says
"error: no suitable mode found \n booting however" or somthing like
that.

As an aside, is there meant to be loads of ugly bash-like code in the
grub.cfg? Because I'd hate to think that someone was stupid/masochistic
enough to voluntarily choose bash as their configuration/scripting
language. If someone *was* that stupid, well... I (would have) told you
so!

Anyway, below is the configuration that finally (sort of) worked, with
all the bash bullshit taken out. I also commented the linux_gfx_mode and
recordfail stuff just in case.

I will try setting gfxpayload=text to see if that fixes the "no suitable
mode" error.

----------8<-----------

terminal_input console
terminal_output console

menuentry 'Ubuntu, with Linux 3.0.0-13-generic' --class ubuntu --class gnu-linux --class gnu --class os {
#	recordfail
#	set gfxpayload=$linux_gfx_mode
	insmod gzio
	insmod part_gpt
	insmod ext2
	set root='(hd0,gpt2)'
	search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set=root 301fb6d4-31e2-41b8-924f-3b073a43bbea
	linux	/boot/vmlinuz-3.0.0-13-generic root=UUID=301fb6d4-31e2-41b8-924f-3b073a43bbea ro   quiet splash vt.handoff=7
	initrd	/boot/initrd.img-3.0.0-13-generic
}
menuentry 'Ubuntu, with Linux 3.0.0-13-generic (recovery mode)' --class ubuntu --class gnu-linux --class gnu --class os {
#	recordfail
	insmod gzio
	insmod part_gpt
	insmod ext2
	set root='(hd0,gpt2)'
	search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set=root 301fb6d4-31e2-41b8-924f-3b073a43bbea
	echo	'Loading Linux 3.0.0-13-generic ...'
	linux	/boot/vmlinuz-3.0.0-13-generic root=UUID=301fb6d4-31e2-41b8-924f-3b073a43bbea ro recovery nomodeset 
	echo	'Loading initial ramdisk ...'
	initrd	/boot/initrd.img-3.0.0-13-generic
}
submenu "Previous Linux versions" {
menuentry 'Ubuntu, with Linux 3.0.0-12-generic' --class ubuntu --class gnu-linux --class gnu --class os {
#	recordfail
#	set gfxpayload=$linux_gfx_mode
	insmod gzio
	insmod part_gpt
	insmod ext2
	set root='(hd0,gpt2)'
	search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set=root 301fb6d4-31e2-41b8-924f-3b073a43bbea
	linux	/boot/vmlinuz-3.0.0-12-generic root=UUID=301fb6d4-31e2-41b8-924f-3b073a43bbea ro   quiet splash vt.handoff=7
	initrd	/boot/initrd.img-3.0.0-12-generic
}
menuentry 'Ubuntu, with Linux 3.0.0-12-generic (recovery mode)' --class ubuntu --class gnu-linux --class gnu --class os {
#	recordfail
	insmod gzio
	insmod part_gpt
	insmod ext2
	set root='(hd0,gpt2)'
	search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set=root 301fb6d4-31e2-41b8-924f-3b073a43bbea
	echo	'Loading Linux 3.0.0-12-generic ...'
	linux	/boot/vmlinuz-3.0.0-12-generic root=UUID=301fb6d4-31e2-41b8-924f-3b073a43bbea ro recovery nomodeset 
	echo	'Loading initial ramdisk ...'
	initrd	/boot/initrd.img-3.0.0-12-generic
}
}

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Title:
  error:: no video mode activated

Status in “grub2” package in Ubuntu:
  Confirmed

Bug description:
  Binary package hint: grub-pc

  On my laptop I am getting "error: no video mode activated." message from grub on system boot (in standard VGA mode). After that kernel loads and sets proper resolution (1366x768).
  --- 
  Architecture: amd64
  DistroRelease: Ubuntu 11.04
  Package: grub-pc 1.99~20110104-2ubuntu1
  PackageArchitecture: amd64
  ProcEnviron:
   SHELL=/bin/bash
   LANG=pl_PL.UTF-8
  ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.37-12.26-generic 2.6.37
  Tags: natty
  Uname: Linux 2.6.37-12-generic x86_64
  UserGroups: adm admin cdrom dialout lpadmin plugdev sambashare

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