[Bug 822769] New: UEFI boot of installation DVD needs a "nomodeset" menu choice
https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=822769 https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=822769#c0 Summary: UEFI boot of installation DVD needs a "nomodeset" menu choice Classification: openSUSE Product: openSUSE Factory Version: 13.1 Milestone 0 Platform: x86-64 OS/Version: SUSE Other Status: NEW Severity: Enhancement Priority: P5 - None Component: Installation AssignedTo: bnc-team-screening@forge.provo.novell.com ReportedBy: nrickert@ameritech.net QAContact: jsrain@suse.com Found By: --- Blocker: --- User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; Linux x86_64; rv:21.0) Gecko/20100101 Firefox/21.0 This is really a minor enhancement request (minor = should be easy) If there is a graphics problem during UEFI install, you have to hit 'e' on the grub2 menu and edit the command line to insert "nomodeset". That's hard to explain when trying to help people who are inexperienced with linux. With a non-UEFI system, we can use F3 to set video choices during install. However, that is not available for a UEFI boot of the 64-bit install DVD. Perhaps also a good idea for the 64bit live media. And possibly a textmode install menu item might be useful too. Reproducible: Always Steps to Reproduce: 1. 2. 3. -- Configure bugmail: https://bugzilla.novell.com/userprefs.cgi?tab=email ------- You are receiving this mail because: ------- You are on the CC list for the bug.
https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=822769 https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=822769#c FeiXiang Zhang <fxzhang@suse.com> changed: What |Removed |Added ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- AssignedTo|bnc-team-screening@forge.pr |mchang@suse.com |ovo.novell.com | -- Configure bugmail: https://bugzilla.novell.com/userprefs.cgi?tab=email ------- You are receiving this mail because: ------- You are on the CC list for the bug.
https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=822769 https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=822769#c1 --- Comment #1 from Michael Chang <mchang@suse.com> 2013-07-08 07:56:37 UTC --- Just to be clear that the feature you mentioned is provided by grub or syslinux's gfxboot, which is not work on efi system. Unless someone step in and port to uefi, it can't be used (See recent syslinux ML). What you're seeing now is grub2's theme, which supports across architectures but lacks many features from gfxboot. -- Configure bugmail: https://bugzilla.novell.com/userprefs.cgi?tab=email ------- You are receiving this mail because: ------- You are on the CC list for the bug.
https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=822769 https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=822769#c2 --- Comment #2 from Neil Rickert <nrickert@ameritech.net> 2013-07-08 18:52:59 UTC --- I was actually asking for something much simpler. Just adding two or three lines to the end of "grub.cfg" could provide a suitable option. -- Configure bugmail: https://bugzilla.novell.com/userprefs.cgi?tab=email ------- You are receiving this mail because: ------- You are on the CC list for the bug.
https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=822769 https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=822769#c3 --- Comment #3 from Michael Chang <mchang@suse.com> 2013-07-15 03:51:35 UTC --- Hi Neil, Sorry I do not understand, what lines should we add to grub.cfg ? Thanks. -- Configure bugmail: https://bugzilla.novell.com/userprefs.cgi?tab=email ------- You are receiving this mail because: ------- You are on the CC list for the bug.
https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=822769 https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=822769#c4 --- Comment #4 from Neil Rickert <nrickert@ameritech.net> 2013-07-15 17:37:07 UTC --- I'll start by admitting that I am not completely sure of how things work with a DVD. I mounted the iso for the 64-bit DVD for 13.1M3, using a loopback mount (mounted as "/mnt". Inside, I see a file /EFI/BOOT/grub.cfg That path is relative to the mount point. If I look at a USB that I created from the same iso, there's an EFI partition on it, and a file "/EFI/BOOT/grub.cfg" in that EFI partition. Those two "grub.cfg" files are identical in content, though with different time stamps. I'm pretty sure that is the file that we are talking about, but there are two instances of it on the DVD. Looking inside that file, I find a boot section: --- menuentry 'Installation' --class opensuse --class gnu-linux --class gnu --class os { set gfxpayload=keep echo 'Loading kernel ...' linuxefi /boot/x86_64/loader/linux echo 'Loading initial ramdisk ...' initrdefi /boot/x86_64/loader/initrd } --- and I believe that handles the normal boot on a UEFI box. My suggestion is to add a similar section immediately below that: --- new section --- menuentry 'Install nomodeset' --class opensuse --class gnu-linux --class gnu --class os { set gfxpayload=keep echo 'Loading kernel ...' linuxefi /boot/x86_64/loader/linux nomodeset echo 'Loading initial ramdisk ...' initrdefi /boot/x86_64/loader/initrd } --- end new section --- I tested this by editing in that new section to the copy of grub.cfg in the EFI partition of my 13.1M3 install USB. I then booted that USB on my UEFI box, and selected the "Install nomodeset" menu item. It seemed to do what I expected. I have no idea what has to be changed in the sources that are used to generate the DVD image. But it can't be that difficult to locate what to change and where. I hope that helps to explain what I am suggesting. -- Configure bugmail: https://bugzilla.novell.com/userprefs.cgi?tab=email ------- You are receiving this mail because: ------- You are on the CC list for the bug.
https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=822769 https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=822769#c5 Jeffrey Cheung <jcheung@suse.com> changed: What |Removed |Added ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- CC| |jcheung@suse.com --- Comment #5 from Jeffrey Cheung <jcheung@suse.com> 2013-11-07 07:18:17 UTC --- First, the beginning observation is true per comment#1. Second, per comment#, end user want an ehancement by adding two or three lines to the end of "grub.cfg" to try to provide a suitable option. Right now, team and community focus on 13.1 final, I don't know if someone work on the suggestion in comment#4 -- Configure bugmail: https://bugzilla.novell.com/userprefs.cgi?tab=email ------- You are receiving this mail because: ------- You are on the CC list for the bug.
https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=822769 https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=822769#c6 Michael Chang <mchang@suse.com> changed: What |Removed |Added ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- CC| |ms@suse.com --- Comment #6 from Michael Chang <mchang@suse.com> 2013-11-07 07:45:00 UTC --- I think DVD features should ask Marcus. -- Configure bugmail: https://bugzilla.novell.com/userprefs.cgi?tab=email ------- You are receiving this mail because: ------- You are on the CC list for the bug.
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