[Bug 2034994] [NEW] grub boot gfx /non-text mode buggy on RTX cards

[Douglas Moyes]

Public bug reported:

After an ASUS X570-PRO BIOS update, and installation of an ASUS RTX 4070
(4070, not 4070 ti) card (and only after the installation of a RTX 4070
card), the grub boot menu would skip two lines on a single key press,
making editing the boot command line very difficult or selecting a non-
ubuntu boot partition. Also there were issues with the display turning
off after the ubuntu splash screen would be displayed. Removing the
splash and graphics boot options to force text mode until X11 started
resolved this.

Graphics boot provides little benefits. I recommend making grub boot to
text mode by default unless the user explicitly selects this option. It
also will prevent anyone else upgrading to a RTX card from running into
similar issues.

Just changing the grub boot menu to text wasn't enough. I had to remove
the the splash and vt handoff/gfx options for Ubuntu to boot properly.

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 22.04
Package: grub2-common 2.06-2ubuntu7.2
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 5.15.0-72.79-lowlatency 5.15.98
Uname: Linux 5.15.0-72-lowlatency x86_64
NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia_modeset nvidia
ApportVersion: 2.20.11-0ubuntu82.5
Architecture: amd64
CasperMD5CheckResult: unknown
CurrentDesktop: XFCE
Date: Fri Sep  8 23:00:12 2023
InstallationDate: Installed on 2020-05-04 (1222 days ago)
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 20.04 LTS "Focal Fossa" - Beta amd64 (20200402)
SourcePackage: grub2
UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to jammy on 2023-05-20 (112 days ago)

** Affects: grub2 (Ubuntu)
     Importance: Undecided
         Status: New


** Tags: amd64 apport-bug jammy

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Title:
  grub boot gfx /non-text mode buggy on RTX cards

Status in grub2 package in Ubuntu:
  New

Bug description:
  After an ASUS X570-PRO BIOS update, and installation of an ASUS RTX
  4070 (4070, not 4070 ti) card (and only after the installation of a
  RTX 4070 card), the grub boot menu would skip two lines on a single
  key press, making editing the boot command line very difficult or
  selecting a non-ubuntu boot partition. Also there were issues with the
  display turning off after the ubuntu splash screen would be displayed.
  Removing the splash and graphics boot options to force text mode until
  X11 started resolved this.

  Graphics boot provides little benefits. I recommend making grub boot
  to text mode by default unless the user explicitly selects this
  option. It also will prevent anyone else upgrading to a RTX card from
  running into similar issues.

  Just changing the grub boot menu to text wasn't enough. I had to
  remove the the splash and vt handoff/gfx options for Ubuntu to boot
  properly.

  ProblemType: Bug
  DistroRelease: Ubuntu 22.04
  Package: grub2-common 2.06-2ubuntu7.2
  ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 5.15.0-72.79-lowlatency 5.15.98
  Uname: Linux 5.15.0-72-lowlatency x86_64
  NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia_modeset nvidia
  ApportVersion: 2.20.11-0ubuntu82.5
  Architecture: amd64
  CasperMD5CheckResult: unknown
  CurrentDesktop: XFCE
  Date: Fri Sep  8 23:00:12 2023
  InstallationDate: Installed on 2020-05-04 (1222 days ago)
  InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 20.04 LTS "Focal Fossa" - Beta amd64 (20200402)
  SourcePackage: grub2
  UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to jammy on 2023-05-20 (112 days ago)

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