GRUB 2 vs. framebuffer

[Tom H]

On Sat, Mar 12, 2011 at 5:26 AM, Niki Kovacs <contact at kikinovak.net> wrote:
> Le 12/03/2011 10:37, Tom H a écrit :


>> 788=800x600 so set
>> GRUB_GFXMODE=800x600
>> GRUB_GFXPAYLOAD_LINUX=800x600
>> GRUB_TERMINAL=gfxterm
>> in "/etc/default/grub" and run "update-grub".
>
> Thanks! Your suggestion *almost* worked. I fiddled around a bit and had to
> add the following option:
>
> GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX="nomodeset"

Sorry. You'd mention it in one of your posts so I assumed that you'd kept it.


> Now I wonder how I could possibly display all boot messages properly. I
> removed the "quiet" option for a start. Is there a way I can get my Ubuntu
> server to boot like, say, a FreeBSD, Gentoo or Arch machine, with all the
> stuff that happens at boot time (think: RAID arrays, services, etc.) neatly
> displayed one after another and not only flashing by for the fraction of a
> second?

Welcome to the plymouth-upstart-grub2 show! :)

You can add "init=/sbin/init -v" to the boot line to get lots of
upstart messages...

>From the upstart developer: "We simply don't have many console
messages anymore during boot!" (I've saved this quote from a bug
report for some now-obscure reason.)