Bug 158061 - gfxmenu command in grub causes hang on bootup, on Sony Vaio PCG-C1MHP
Summary: gfxmenu command in grub causes hang on bootup, on Sony Vaio PCG-C1MHP
Status: RESOLVED DUPLICATE of bug 114804
Alias: None
Product: SUSE LINUX 10.0
Classification: openSUSE
Component: Installation (show other bugs)
Version: Final
Hardware: PC SuSE Linux 10.0
: P5 - None : Major
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Assignee: Steffen Winterfeldt
QA Contact: Klaus Kämpf
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Reported: 2006-03-14 19:39 UTC by Richard Beal
Modified: 2006-03-16 23:11 UTC (History)
2 users (show)

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hwinfo --vbe as requested (4.64 KB, text/plain)
2006-03-16 19:48 UTC, Richard Beal 		Details
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Description Richard Beal 2006-03-14 19:39:54 UTC 
Boot goes OK until grub is just about to display the menu. At that point it displays a blue graphic screen. At that exact point it hangs showing the blank blue screen. This happens randomly, it works normally about 50% of the time.

Workaround: comment out the gfxmenu line in menu.lst by putting # at the start. System then works perfectly.

Diagnosis: There is a bug in the gfxmenu command. May be specific to Vaio with ATI Radeon LY and 1280*600 screen?
Comment 1 Lukas Ocilka 2006-03-15 08:11:18 UTC 
Torsten: please, check it.
Comment 2 Torsten Duwe 2006-03-15 10:50:00 UTC 
We'll probably need some more info on your video hardware and BIOS.
Please attach the output of hwinfo --vbe.
Comment 3 Steffen Winterfeldt 2006-03-15 11:07:28 UTC 
Sounds like the ATI bug.

Your best bet would be to pick up a new grub and bootsplash-theme-SuSE
from the Factory tree at www.opensuse.org.

*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of 114804 ***
Comment 4 Richard Beal 2006-03-16 19:48:52 UTC 
Created attachment 73389 [details]
hwinfo --vbe as requested

I don't understand why it has been marked as resolved when I'm running an up to date system and it fails to start up half the time? I hope this info you asked for may help.
Comment 5 Christian Boltz 2006-03-16 23:11:11 UTC 
Check the complete bug status - it's "resolved duplicate" (duplicate of bug 114004). You may want to check that report for more information.