> -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] > [mailto:grub-devel- > [email protected]] On Behalf Of Vladimir 'f- > coder/phcoder' Serbinenko > Sent: Monday, 04 June, 2012 13:57 > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: grub-efi with latest mac mini > > On 04.06.2012 10:12, John Frankish wrote: > > > I've been trying to get grub-efi to work with the latest mac mini. > > > > To avoid having no way to boot if I cannot get grub-efi to work, I'm > > booting > via rEFIt at the moment. > > > > Grub-1.99 is installed to /mnt/sda2/efi/grub, and I can boot > > grub-efi via the > rEFIt menu, but: > > 1.99 is old, especially for EFI. You need to use something newer. >
I guess you mean from bzr - OK, I'll give it a try > > > > 1. I do not get any screen display until the linux os (3.0.21) > > starts to boot > > > > Most likely GRUB 1.99 has autochosen a resolution which is too high > for your screen or you've beet hit by some other EFI bug in 1.99 > which, again, is too old. > > > 2. Once booted, neither the usb mouse nor usb keyboard work > > > > What happens after Linux is loaded is outside GRUB control. Everything appears as normal, i.e. boots into X, except there is no keyboard/mouse > > > > > Grub-efi was installed with: > > > > $ x86_64-grub-mkimage -O x86_64-efi -d > > /usr/local/lib/x86_64-grub/x86_64-efi -o grub.efi -p "" part_gpt > > part_msdos hfsplus fat ext2 normal chain boot configfile linux > > multiboot pci lspci setpci usb_keyboard efi_gop ohci uhci usb video > > > > Use grub-install, not the outdated manual instructions. OK - is there any documentation for this specific to grub-efi? > > I've use the following for the display in grub.cfg: > > > > insmod font > > loadfont /efi/grub/unicode.pf2 > > insmod gfxterm > > set gfxmode=auto > > set gfxpayload=keep > > terminal_output gfxterm > > > > ..and since I've used the usb module in grub-mkimage, I would have > > thought the usb keyboard/mouse would work > > > > USB bus modules without the relevant USB device modules will only > takeover the USB but not make anything useful but it will prevent > firmware keyboard driver to work. Either add usb_keyboard and usbms or > remove USB modules altogether. Better still, use grub-install. As per above, usb_keyboard was linked via grub-mkimage - the keyboard/mouse do not work with/without any usb modules -------------------------------------- I compiled grub from bzr a couple of days back. I didn't use grub-install as I'm nervous about writing to the mbr and not being able to boot the mac mini at all. Anyway, I can still boot using both hfs+ partition /efi/grub/grub.efi and fat partition /EFI/BOOT/ BOOTX64.EFI, but the result is the same - no usb keyboard and no usb mouse. Note that I also do not get graphics, but it boots "blind" without problems. _______________________________________________ Grub-devel mailing list [email protected] https://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/grub-devel
