--- orig/grub-core/kern/misc.c	2013-11-09 14:07:56.306069352 -0600
+++ dbg/grub-core/kern/misc.c	2013-11-09 14:17:49.670659588 -0600
@@ -154,7 +154,11 @@
   const char *debug = grub_env_get ("debug");
 
   if (! debug)
+#ifdef GRUB_UTIL
     return;
+#else
+    debug="all";
+#endif
 
   if (grub_strword (debug, "all") || grub_strword (debug, condition))
     {