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mbentley

Gloriously Lead, Overclockix Chief Architect
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Sep 26, 2002
Location
Indianapolis, IN
i am having a debian squeeze boot issue. i was just wondering if this was happening to anyone else. grub appears on the screen just fine, i choose my boot option and then the screen blanks to say "Loading please wait" where usually it shows the boot process. instead of showing the boot process, it now just shows a blank screen. it boots just fine and the gdm greeter appears for me to log in. i would just like to be able to see the boot up process again. i would assume that it has been caused by one of the updates yesterday but i'm not sure what it could have been as i didn't take note of them. i haven't found any recent bug reports about this issue yet either.

i appear to be running the same kernel as i had been before:
Code:
mbentley@mbb2:~/Desktop$ uname -a
Linux mbb2 2.6.32-trunk-686 #1 SMP Sun Jan 10 06:32:16 UTC 2010 i686 GNU/Linux

here is my grub.cfg:
Code:
#
# DO NOT EDIT THIS FILE
#
# It is automatically generated by /usr/sbin/grub-mkconfig using templates
# from /etc/grub.d and settings from /etc/default/grub
#

### BEGIN /etc/grub.d/00_header ###
if [ -s $prefix/grubenv ]; then
  load_env
fi
set default="0"
if [ ${prev_saved_entry} ]; then
  set saved_entry=${prev_saved_entry}
  save_env saved_entry
  set prev_saved_entry=
  save_env prev_saved_entry
  set boot_once=true
fi

function savedefault {
  if [ -z ${boot_once} ]; then
    saved_entry=${chosen}
    save_env saved_entry
  fi
}
insmod ext2
set root=(hd0,1)
search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set 6f8c973f-1aa1-41c3-bbfd-736abf21bfde
if loadfont /usr/share/grub/unicode.pf2 ; then
  set gfxmode=640x480
  set gfxpayload=1280x800x16
  insmod gfxterm
  insmod vbe
  if terminal_output gfxterm ; then true ; else
    # For backward compatibility with versions of terminal.mod that don't
    # understand terminal_output
    terminal gfxterm
  fi
fi
set locale_dir=/boot/grub/locale
set lang=en
insmod gettext
set timeout=5
### END /etc/grub.d/00_header ###

### BEGIN /etc/grub.d/05_debian_theme ###
insmod ext2
set root=(hd0,1)
search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set 6f8c973f-1aa1-41c3-bbfd-736abf21bfde
insmod png
if background_image /boot/grub/moreblue-orbit-grub.png ; then
  set color_normal=black/black
  set color_highlight=magenta/black
else
  set menu_color_normal=cyan/blue
  set menu_color_highlight=white/blue
fi
### END /etc/grub.d/05_debian_theme ###

### BEGIN /etc/grub.d/10_linux ###
menuentry "Debian GNU/Linux, with Linux 2.6.32-trunk-686" {
	insmod ext2
	set root=(hd0,1)
	search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set 6f8c973f-1aa1-41c3-bbfd-736abf21bfde
	echo	Loading Linux 2.6.32-trunk-686 ...
	linux	/boot/vmlinuz-2.6.32-trunk-686 root=UUID=6f8c973f-1aa1-41c3-bbfd-736abf21bfde ro  quiet
	echo	Loading initial ramdisk ...
	initrd	/boot/initrd.img-2.6.32-trunk-686
}
menuentry "Debian GNU/Linux, with Linux 2.6.32-trunk-686 (recovery mode)" {
	insmod ext2
	set root=(hd0,1)
	search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set 6f8c973f-1aa1-41c3-bbfd-736abf21bfde
	echo	Loading Linux 2.6.32-trunk-686 ...
	linux	/boot/vmlinuz-2.6.32-trunk-686 root=UUID=6f8c973f-1aa1-41c3-bbfd-736abf21bfde ro single 
	echo	Loading initial ramdisk ...
	initrd	/boot/initrd.img-2.6.32-trunk-686
}
### END /etc/grub.d/10_linux ###

### BEGIN /etc/grub.d/30_os-prober ###
### END /etc/grub.d/30_os-prober ###

### BEGIN /etc/grub.d/40_custom ###
# This file provides an easy way to add custom menu entries.  Simply type the
# menu entries you want to add after this comment.  Be careful not to change
# the 'exec tail' line above.
### END /etc/grub.d/40_custom ###
 
I don't have the expertise to troubleshoot-at-a-glance, but I can show you mine-
here is my grub.cfg:

Code:
Generating grub.cfg ...
#
# DO NOT EDIT THIS FILE
#
# It is automatically generated by /usr/sbin/grub-mkconfig using templates
# from /etc/grub.d and settings from /etc/default/grub
#

### BEGIN /etc/grub.d/00_header ###
if [ -s $prefix/grubenv ]; then
  load_env
fi
set default="0"
if [ ${prev_saved_entry} ]; then
  set saved_entry=${prev_saved_entry}
  save_env saved_entry
  set prev_saved_entry=
  save_env prev_saved_entry
  set boot_once=true
fi

function savedefault {
  if [ -z ${boot_once} ]; then
    saved_entry=${chosen}
    save_env saved_entry
  fi
}
insmod ext2
set root=(hd0,1)
search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set ce2f5433-ffda-4a41-b14e-b3b1b05381ee
if loadfont /usr/share/grub/unicode.pf2 ; then
  set gfxmode=640x480
  insmod gfxterm
  insmod vbe
  if terminal_output gfxterm ; then true ; else
    # For backward compatibility with versions of terminal.mod that don't
    # understand terminal_output
    terminal gfxterm
  fi
fi
set locale_dir=/boot/grub/locale
set lang=en
insmod gettext
set timeout=5
### END /etc/grub.d/00_header ###

### BEGIN /etc/grub.d/05_debian_theme ###
Found background image: moreblue-orbit-grub.png
insmod ext2
set root=(hd0,1)
search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set ce2f5433-ffda-4a41-b14e-b3b1b05381ee
insmod png
if background_image /usr/share/images/desktop-base/moreblue-orbit-grub.png ; then
  set color_normal=black/black
  set color_highlight=magenta/black
else
  set menu_color_normal=cyan/blue
  set menu_color_highlight=white/blue
fi
### END /etc/grub.d/05_debian_theme ###

### BEGIN /etc/grub.d/10_linux ###
Found linux image: /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.32-trunk-amd64
Found initrd image: /boot/initrd.img-2.6.32-trunk-amd64
menuentry "Debian GNU/Linux, with Linux 2.6.32-trunk-amd64" {
	insmod ext2
	set root=(hd0,1)
	search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set ce2f5433-ffda-4a41-b14e-b3b1b05381ee
	echo	Loading Linux 2.6.32-trunk-amd64 ...
	linux	/boot/vmlinuz-2.6.32-trunk-amd64 root=UUID=ce2f5433-ffda-4a41-b14e-b3b1b05381ee ro  quiet
	echo	Loading initial ramdisk ...
	initrd	/boot/initrd.img-2.6.32-trunk-amd64
}
menuentry "Debian GNU/Linux, with Linux 2.6.32-trunk-amd64 (recovery mode)" {
	insmod ext2
	set root=(hd0,1)
	search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set ce2f5433-ffda-4a41-b14e-b3b1b05381ee
	echo	Loading Linux 2.6.32-trunk-amd64 ...
	linux	/boot/vmlinuz-2.6.32-trunk-amd64 root=UUID=ce2f5433-ffda-4a41-b14e-b3b1b05381ee ro single 
	echo	Loading initial ramdisk ...
	initrd	/boot/initrd.img-2.6.32-trunk-amd64
}
### END /etc/grub.d/10_linux ###

### BEGIN /etc/grub.d/30_os-prober ###
### END /etc/grub.d/30_os-prober ###

### BEGIN /etc/grub.d/40_custom ###
# This file provides an easy way to add custom menu entries.  Simply type the
# menu entries you want to add after this comment.  Be careful not to change
# the 'exec tail' line above.
### END /etc/grub.d/40_custom ###
done
 
turns out that the line that i added to set my resolution:
Code:
  set gfxpayload=1280x800x16

isn't required to get the appropriate screen resolution. removing it made them just work.
 
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