[Bug 894045] New: GRUB 2 not showing up when dual booting + other OS not recognized
https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=894045 https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=894045#c0 Summary: GRUB 2 not showing up when dual booting + other OS not recognized Classification: openSUSE Product: openSUSE 13.1 Version: Final Platform: x86-64 OS/Version: openSUSE 13.1 Status: NEW Severity: Major Priority: P5 - None Component: Bootloader AssignedTo: jsrain@suse.com ReportedBy: zpuszko@yahoo.com.au QAContact: jsrain@suse.com Found By: --- Blocker: --- Created an attachment (id=604099) --> (http://bugzilla.novell.com/attachment.cgi?id=604099) Output from sudo /sbin/lspci User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; Linux x86_64) AppleWebKit/537.36 (KHTML, like Gecko) Chrome/36.0.1985.125 Safari/537.36 Just after installing OpenSUSE 13.1 and booting I was shown the message "GRUB loading. Welcome in GRUB", screen blanked and remain blank until the login screen. After any installation Grub 2 was not showing up. I followed many forum posts how to make it visible. I tried experimenting with different distributions: Ubuntu, CentOS, Mint. To make sure that there were no leftovers I low formatted HD Back to OpenSUSE 13.1. When I changed to Legacy Grub (using YAST) I could see its menu but without other OS (Linux Mint). I tried also tried YAST>Boot Loader Settings>Other>Reread configuration from disk. Also played with the "Graphical Console" settings in YaST->System->Boot Loader->Boot Loader Options by setting: autodetected by grub, 1280x800, 1024x768, 1024x600, 800x600 640x480 NO MENU. Finally I disabled it completely - Grub 2 menu was shown OK. Even with Mint Moderators from SUSE forum suggested to submit a bug report. Reproducible: Always Steps to Reproduce: 1.Every time after any installation of Open SUSE, Ubuntu, Mint 2. 3. Actual Results: After any installation Grub 2 does not show up. Just the message "GRUB loading. Welcome in GRUB", screen blanks and remains blank until the login screen appears. Expected Results: GRUB2 menu after booting Let me give you some more info. PC is a Sony laptop from 2006. Model VGN-C13G OS Version: Linux 3.16.1-4.g8fc81d3-desktop, openSUSE 13.1 (Bottle) (x86_64) -- 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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