[Bug 473178] Re: GRUB2 doesn't indicate loading progress

[Marcus Tomlinson]

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** Changed in: grub2 (Ubuntu)
       Status: Confirmed => Incomplete

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Title:
  GRUB2 doesn't indicate loading progress

Status in grub2 package in Ubuntu:
  Incomplete

Bug description:
  Binary package hint: grub2

  Symptoms:
  I installed ubuntu 9.10 on a USB stick. When i boot it, GRUB gives me its menu. I hit Enter to select default menu item, and... nothing seems to happen. I try to go to another menu item, and the selection doesn't move. I try doing something for several seconds more, and finally screen changes to the bootsplash and the boot starts.
  Possible reason:
  The problem is that GRUB didn't tell me that it at least had processed my input and that kernel&initrd were being loaded. This behaviour makes the user think GRUB is hung. It is especially misleading if GRUB has much data to read from disk (in my case not even disk - slow SSD), e.g. when the kernel is compiled with debug info.
  Possible solution:
  It would be better if GRUB had some progress indication, e.g. as isolinux has - something like this:
  Loading kernel.......................................
  Loading initrd................................................................................................................................
  Starting...

  ProblemType: Bug
  Architecture: i386
  Date: Tue Nov  3 22:04:43 2009
  DistroRelease: Ubuntu 9.10
  Package: grub2 (not installed)
  ProcEnviron:
   LANG=en_US.UTF-8
   SHELL=/bin/bash
  SourcePackage: grub2
  Uname: Linux 2.6.31.5 i686
  XsessionErrors:
   (gnome-settings-daemon:1471): GLib-CRITICAL **: g_propagate_error: assertion `src != NULL' failed
   (gnome-settings-daemon:1471): GLib-CRITICAL **: g_propagate_error: assertion `src != NULL' failed
   (nautilus:1498): Eel-CRITICAL **: eel_preferences_get_boolean: assertion `preferences_is_initialized ()' failed
   (gnome-panel:1493): Gdk-CRITICAL **: gdk_x11_colormap_foreign_new: assertion `GDK_IS_VISUAL (visual)' failed

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