Restarting the config from scratch in Coreboot and setting Keep Vesa framebuffer I am able to enter gfxterm in GRUB2. So at this point *gfxterm* is selected not *vga_text. *Linux is booting without any issue now. Apparently the vga_text mode was the source of all problems/limitations.
On Fri, Dec 2, 2016 at 3:28 PM, Grigore Lupescu <[email protected]> wrote: > Hello Andrei, > > I managed to improve the status of the *vga_text* mode. So GRUB2 was > restarting when reaching the end of the screen. I traced this to the > *screen_read_char* which is issued when the *inc_y* == ROWS (this call > would break GRUB2). I didn't go even further with the debug though. I just > clear the screen and set grub_curr_pos.y to 0 and by using set pager=1 I > can browse with enter through all the output page by page. It's not ideal > but it was fast and practical. > > Linux though still doesn't boot. I am currently looking why the vga_text > mode is selected over gfxterm which is not even configured properly. > > Thanks, > Grigore >
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