Follow-up Comment #2, bug #65503 (group grub): As a follow-up to my previous comment (in case anybody is listening), I found out that I could also work around the issue by printing anything on the console, before switching to gfxterm (so, without any delay). E.g. with the following:
echo "Loading bootloader..." terminal_output gfxterm _______________________________________________________ Reply to this item at: <https://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/?65503> _______________________________________________ Message sent via Savannah https://savannah.gnu.org/