[Bug 864466] [NEW] break=foo boot option incompatible with gfxpayload=keep

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Since grub2 now starts Linux with the console in graphics mode by
default (gfxpayload=keep), in order to get a text console, something
must explicitly switch the VT to KD_TEXT mode.  For a full boot, this is
handled by plymouth when it exits; in the initramfs, there is nothing
that fulfills this function.  This means that booting with
'break=top|modules|premount|mount|mountroot|bottom|init', unless also
explicitly changing the gfxpayload setting, will result in an initramfs
prompt that you can't see.  (Unless you give up waiting for the prompt
and boot a second time; then the recordfail handling will cause the next
boot to be in text mode!)

/usr/share/initramfs-tools/scripts/panic/console_setup looks like the
logical place to handle the switch to text mode, along with all the
other console setup.  We need a C program that lets us do the actual
video mode switch, however.  The kbd source package includes a
'totextmode' utility that's not built by default.  We should probably
build it and integrate it into the console_setup panic script.

Providing totextmode would let us boot with gfxpayload=keep by default
in recovery mode as well.

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 11.10
Package: keyboard-configuration 1.57ubuntu27
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.0.0-11.18-generic 3.0.4
Uname: Linux 3.0.0-11-generic x86_64
ApportVersion: 1.23-0ubuntu2
Architecture: amd64
Date: Sat Oct  1 22:22:32 2011
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 10.04.1 LTS "Lucid Lynx" - Release amd64 (20100816.1)
PackageArchitecture: all
ProcEnviron:
 PATH=(custom, user)
 LANG=en_US.UTF-8
 SHELL=/bin/bash
SourcePackage: console-setup
UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to oneiric on 2011-09-23 (8 days ago)

** Affects: console-setup (Ubuntu)
     Importance: Medium
     Assignee: Steve Langasek (vorlon)
         Status: Triaged

** Affects: kbd (Ubuntu)
     Importance: Medium
     Assignee: Steve Langasek (vorlon)
         Status: Triaged

** Affects: console-setup (Ubuntu Oneiric)
     Importance: Medium
     Assignee: Steve Langasek (vorlon)
         Status: Triaged

** Affects: kbd (Ubuntu Oneiric)
     Importance: Medium
     Assignee: Steve Langasek (vorlon)
         Status: Triaged


** Tags: amd64 apport-bug oneiric patch running-unity
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break=foo boot option incompatible with gfxpayload=keep
https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/864466
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