[Bug 699802] Re: error:: no video mode activated

[drs305]

While testing variations of the hidden menu option and booting into the
console mode (which is the only way I can get the hidden timeout to
display) I also got the error message. Since the offending lines add an
aubergine background to the grub menu, I'm guessing the default.grub
file could be specific to Ubuntu.

The font is already in the /boot/grub folder, so #24 doesn't apply.

What I found is that the following lines 'trigger' the error message on boot just before the counter appears (generated by 05_debian_theme):
 
	if [ -e /lib/plymouth/themes/default.grub ]; then
		sed "s/^/${1}/" /lib/plymouth/themes/default.grub
	fi

which in turn generates these lines in grub.cfg (from
/usr/lib/plymouth/themes/default.grub):

     if background_color 44,0,30; then
       clear
     fi

Commenting either set of lines or removing the
/usr/lib/plymouth/themes/default.grub file and running update-grub
removes this section from grub.cfg and the error message no longer
appears.

Again, this is when booting in the console mode.


1.99-21ubuntu3

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Title:
  error:: no video mode activated

Status in “grub2” package in Ubuntu:
  Confirmed

Bug description:
  Binary package hint: grub-pc

  On my laptop I am getting "error: no video mode activated." message from grub on system boot (in standard VGA mode). After that kernel loads and sets proper resolution (1366x768).
  --- 
  Architecture: amd64
  DistroRelease: Ubuntu 11.04
  Package: grub-pc 1.99~20110104-2ubuntu1
  PackageArchitecture: amd64
  ProcEnviron:
   SHELL=/bin/bash
   LANG=pl_PL.UTF-8
  ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.37-12.26-generic 2.6.37
  Tags: natty
  Uname: Linux 2.6.37-12-generic x86_64
  UserGroups: adm admin cdrom dialout lpadmin plugdev sambashare

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