[Bug 861048] Re: have really quick '_' on boot before first purple screen

[Colin Watson]

The BIOS does set the cursor at boot, and we can't do anything about
that.  It is possible that we may never be able to make it go away
entirely.  However, I think GRUB could perhaps turn it off a bit
earlier; right now, it only turns it off when it's about to display the
menu.

** Also affects: grub2 (Ubuntu Precise)
   Importance: Medium
     Assignee: Colin Watson (cjwatson)
       Status: Triaged

** Changed in: grub2 (Ubuntu Precise)
    Milestone: None => precise-alpha-2

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Title:
  have really quick '_' on boot before first purple screen

Status in The Ubuntu Flicker-Free Boot Project:
  New
Status in “grub2” package in Ubuntu:
  Triaged
Status in “grub2” source package in Precise:
  Triaged

Bug description:
  Hoping to get an entirely TFB (text-free boot) and FFB (flicker-free
  boot), I see a '_' on a black screen just after my bios. This is
  before I see my first purple screen.

  ProblemType: Bug
  DistroRelease: Ubuntu 11.10
  Package: grub2 (not installed)
  ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.0.0-12.19-generic 3.0.4
  Uname: Linux 3.0.0-12-generic x86_64
  ApportVersion: 1.23-0ubuntu1
  Architecture: amd64
  Date: Wed Sep 28 10:16:24 2011
  InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 11.10 "Oneiric Ocelot" - Beta amd64 (20110919)
  ProcEnviron:
   LANGUAGE=en_AU:en
   LC_CTYPE=en_US.UTF-8
   PATH=(custom, user)
   LANG=en_AU.UTF-8
   SHELL=/bin/bash
  SourcePackage: grub2
  UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)

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