Re: [gentoo-user] Grub2 and softlevels [SOLVED]

[Peter Humphrey <peter@prh.myzen.co.uk>]

On Monday 27 Jan 2014 16:04:44 I wrote:
> On Sunday 26 Jan 2014 21:42:54 Peter Humphrey wrote:
> > On Sunday 26 Jan 2014 21:28:55 I wrote:
> > > On Sunday 26 Jan 2014 20:13:58 Neil Bothwick wrote:
> > > > Uncomment this line in /etc/default/grub
> > > > 
> > > > #GRUB_TERMINAL=console
> > > 
> > > Thanks, but I'm using a manually written grub.cfg, so I need to find out
> > > what that definition translates to. I'm searching now...
> > 
> > It was easier than I expected (I hope). I just had to add two lines to
> > 
> > grub.cfg:
> > 	terminal_input console
> > 	terminal_output console
> > 
> > Mike G had suggested gfxterm for terminal_output, so I just changed it and
> > added terminal_input. I'll test it next time I boot.
> 
> Nope. Now I'm back to @ signs in place of the border, with the text still at
> the original size needing a magnifying glass (well, I do these days).

I had to remove the line "insmod all_video" from grub.cfg as well. Now I get the
good old-fashioned 80x24 line VGA console and I can read the list of boot images.

For posterity, here's my /boot/grub/grub.cfg:

root=(hd0,msdos1)
timeout=10
default=0
fallback=3
color_normal=white/blue
color_highlight=black/light-gray
background_image /grub/splash.xpm.gz

menuentry "Gentoo Linux 3.10.25" {
        linux /boot/kernel-x86_64-3.10.25-gentoo root=/dev/md5 net.ifnames=0
}
menuentry "Gentoo Linux 3.10.25, no X" {
        linux /boot/kernel-x86_64-3.10.25-gentoo root=/dev/md5 softlevel=no-x net.ifnames=0
}
menuentry "Gentoo Linux 3.10.25, no network" {
        linux /boot/kernel-x86_64-3.10.25-gentoo root=/dev/md5 softlevel=no-net net.ifnames=0
}
menuentry "Gentoo Linux 3.10.17" {
        linux /boot/kernel-x86_64-3.10.17-gentoo root=/dev/md5 net.ifnames=0
}
menuentry "Gentoo Linux 3.10.17, no X" {
        linux /boot/kernel-x86_64-3.10.17-gentoo root=/dev/md5 softlevel=no-x net.ifnames=0
}
menuentry "Gentoo Linux 3.10.17, no network" {
        linux /boot/kernel-x86_64-3.10.17-gentoo root=/dev/md5 softlevel=no-net net.ifnames=0
}
menuentry "Memtest86+" {
        linux16 /boot/memtest86plus/memtest86+-4.20.bin
}
menuentry "Rescue System 3.10.7-r1" {
        linux /boot/kernel-x86_64-3.10.7-r1-gentoo-rescue root=/dev/sda8 net.ifnames=0
}
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Regards
Peter