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

[Ivo Anjo]

If I might add, I believe that at least in some cases this could be
avoided.

I have grub2-efi on a macbook pro, and I still get the cursor (the machine is booting directly to grub, no other bootloader, bios, etc is loading).
If instead I use rEFIt as the first bootloader, I can see the rEFIt menu without any extra modesetting or flickering, which leads me to believe that it would be possible for grub to do the same.

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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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