Re: grub-mkconfig fails on every non i386-pc because of gfxterm/vbe

[Pavel Roskin]

On Wed, 2009-06-03 at 11:43 +0200, Felix Zielcke wrote:
> I wonder why nobody on this list noticed this yet.
> Jordi reported this already on Debian a while ago [0]
> 
> It fails with `No suitable backend could be found for gfxterm.'
> The problem is that gfxterm is used when nothing is explicitly specified
> and the fonts were compiled, but the fails because vbe.mod only gets
> compiled for i386-pc whereas gfxterm.mod gets compiled for every arches.

It looks like a conflict between grub-mkconfig and 00_header.
grub-mkconfig sets GRUB_TERMINAL_OUTPUT to gfxterm because gfxterm.mod
is present, but 00_header refuses to use it because vbe.mod is absent.

Or maybe Debian sets GRUB_TERMINAL_OUTPUT to gfxterm somewhere.

> I suggest as Jordi to just change the `exit 1' to ´exit 0' and telling
> the user that it falls back to native terminal:

I believe it's a wrong fix, as it would not prevent adding the gfxterm
code to grub.cfg.

I believe the fix belongs to grub-mkconfig (if it's not a Debian
specific issue).  Setting defaults in grub-mkconfig should be done very
carefully, as the numbered scripts treat those defaults as explicit
requests by the user.

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Regards,
Pavel Roskin