Jan Damborsky wrote: > Hi Alok, > > Alok Aggarwal wrote: >> Hi Jan, >> >> On Fri, 11 Sep 2009, Jan Damborsky wrote: >> >>> Hi Alok, >>> >>> I think that fix for following bug will address this problem >>> (on machines with support for serial console redirection in BIOS): >>> >>> 6739497 GRUB Splashimage in OpenSolaris causes broken serial console >>> boot >>> >>> See bug 5721 for more details: >>> http://defect.opensolaris.org/bz/show_bug.cgi?id=5721#c9 >> >> I think the fix for 5721 makes sure that the happy >> face boot does not get displayed upon a reboot post >> install. That is, the happy face boot settings are >> not carried through to the installed system. >> >> This is slightly different than the case where console >> redirection isn't set up correctly at install time >> unless you manually specify "console=ttya" on the grub >> line. >> >> Am I correct? > > Yes, this is how fix for 5721 works. However, my understanding is that > fix for 6739497 might deal with the scenario you are interested in > (at least with the case where BIOS supports serial console redirection) - > let me quote from 5721#c9: > > > "It seems to cover common scenarios where machine implements support > for console > redirection to serial line in BIOS. SPCR (Serial Port Console Redirection > Table) ACPI table will be checked by GRUB in order to determine if > console is > redirected to the serial port. In that case GRUB will disable all > graphics > and pass that information (serial console port and other settings) to > the kernel > as well." >
Alok, Let me know if the fix to 5721doesn't address your concerns. Frank
