Tollef Fog Heen wrote: > ]] Tollef Fog Heen > > | Package: grub-pc > | Version: 1.98~20100115-1 > | Severity: normal > | > | grub 1 used to have a serial output that asked you to press a button at > | which point it would put you into the menu and you could walk around and > | edit. grub 2 seems not to ask you to press a button, and when I do, it > | fails to repaint the window, leading to something that looks like: > > Ok, I think I understand what's going on: > > - machine starts booting, grub starts and sends the «clear screen» > escape sequence > - I connect to the serial console (through libvirt) > - libvirt doesn't have a backlog, so I end up never getting the clear > screen command and so grub is much less usable. > > I'm not sure what's the right way to fix it, but the current state of > affairs is fairly suboptimal. > GRUB can't know when you connect your console. Add a "clear" command manually or clear screen in console viewer
-- Regards Vladimir 'φ-coder/phcoder' Serbinenko
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