I managed to fix the core problem by doing: cp /usr/share/grub/unicode.pf2 /boot/grub/unicode.pf2 Obviously it can't read any partition but /boot since it's on encrypted LVM.
For some reason, other computers I've looked at *do* have the font in the right place. It's still a bug that the fallback to text mode is silent though. -Ben -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-bugs-dist-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org