Re: [PATCH] Use common linker script for all i386-pc systems

2009-05-17 Thread Vladimir 'phcoder' Serbinenko
Hello. On Sun, May 17, 2009 at 7:33 AM, Pavel Roskin wrote: > This allows us to remove checks for the linker symbols for the beginning > and the end of the .bss section.  Instead, we use the names from the > linker script.  Another benefit is a better unification of the build > system. > I have n

Re: [PATCH] gfxpayload

2009-05-17 Thread Vladimir 'phcoder' Serbinenko
> Just tried it in VMware. > With set gfxmode=1024x768x24 and set gfxpayload=1024x768x24 and no vga= > option I just get the normal text mode > with set gfxpayload=keep it works > and also vga=0x317 works too. As we figured out on IRC the problem was that vmware has no 16-bit. New patch with fixed

[PATCH] gracefully ignore inability to retrieve C/H/S on LBA disks

2009-05-17 Thread Vladimir 'phcoder' Serbinenko
Hello. Here is a workaround for buggy BIOSes not supplying C/H/S geometry -- Regards Vladimir 'phcoder' Serbinenko diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog index f5bc28b..8ce8496 100644 --- a/ChangeLog +++ b/ChangeLog @@ -1,12 +1,5 @@ 2009-05-17 Vladimir Serbinenko - Not fail if unable to retriev

Re: Fwd: [PATCH] gfxpayload

2009-05-17 Thread Robert Millan
Hi, On Sun, May 17, 2009 at 04:34:16PM +0200, Vladimir 'phcoder' Serbinenko wrote: > #ifndef GRUB_ASSUME_LINUX_HAS_FB_SUPPORT > -#define GRUB_ASSUME_LINUX_HAS_FB_SUPPORT 0 > +#define DEFAULT_VIDEO_MODE "text" > +#else > +#define DEFAULT_VIDEO_MODE "keep" > #endif As discussed on IRC, this "kee

Still getting segmentation fault!

2009-05-17 Thread BandiPat
root[Y]# grub-install /dev/sda --recheck /usr/sbin/grub-install: line 307: 478 Segmentation fault $grub_setup ${setup_verbose} ${setup_force} --directory=${grubdir} --device-map=${device_map} ${install_device} Daniel provided a backtrace earlier in the "Is this bad?" topic, so do you need

Re: Still getting segmentation fault!

2009-05-17 Thread BandiPat
BandiPat wrote: root[Y]# grub-install /dev/sda --recheck /usr/sbin/grub-install: line 307: 478 Segmentation fault $grub_setup ${setup_verbose} ${setup_force} --directory=${grubdir} --device-map=${device_map} ${install_device} Daniel provided a backtrace earlier in the "Is this bad?" topic

Re: Still getting segmentation fault!

2009-05-17 Thread Jeff Chua
On Mon, May 18, 2009 at 5:35 AM, BandiPat wrote: > BandiPat wrote: >> >> root[Y]# grub-install /dev/sda --recheck >> >> /usr/sbin/grub-install: line 307:   478 Segmentation fault $grub_setup >> ${setup_verbose} ${setup_force} --directory=${grubdir} >> --device-map=${device_map} ${install_device}