On 04/05/2017 at 07:59 Leo Famulari writes: > On Sun, Apr 02, 2017 at 05:06:20PM -0400, Leo Famulari wrote: >> Based on the GRUB manual [0], how about this plan? >> >> We'd add these fields to (grub-configuration): >> >> terminal-outputs: One or more symbols: console, serial, gfxterm, >> ofconsole, vga_text. Default gfxterm. >> >> terminal-inputs: One or more symbols: console, serial, ofconsole, >> at_keyboard,usb_keyboard. Default unset. >> >> If 'terminal-inputs' or 'serial-*' are unset, we do what we do now: >> nothing. If 'terminal-outputs' is unset, we also do the same thing we >> now, which is set it to gfxterm. >> >> If any of them are set, we'd insert the corresponding text into the >> generated grub.cfg. >> >> If terminal-outputs does not include the symbol 'gfxterm', we'd disable >> the "setup_gfxterm" function. > > Here's a WIP patch that I'd like some advice about. It does insert the > relevant text into grub.cfg, although I recommend testing it in a > virtual machine for now. > > Questions: > > 1) In general, is this approach okay? > > 2) I think that (grub-setup-io) should be used in > (grub-configuration-file) instead of (eye-candy). But, when I try > calling it there, in the builder, it has no effect on grub.cfg. Any > suggestions for debugging this?
Hey Leo, As reported earlier, this works for me. IMO it is good to go. If there is anything I can do to help, please let me know.
