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RE: grub-efi with latest mac mini
From: |
John Frankish |
Subject: |
RE: grub-efi with latest mac mini |
Date: |
Mon, 4 Jun 2012 10:22:10 +0000 |
> -----Original Message-----
> From: address@hidden [mailto:grub-devel-
> address@hidden On Behalf Of Vladimir 'f-
> coder/phcoder' Serbinenko
> Sent: Monday, 04 June, 2012 13:57
> To: address@hidden
> 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 Use grub-install, not the outdated manual instructions.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
- grub-efi with latest mac mini, John Frankish, 2012/06/04
- Re: grub-efi with latest mac mini, Georg Wicherski, 2012/06/04
- Re: grub-efi with latest mac mini, Vladimir 'φ-coder/phcoder' Serbinenko, 2012/06/04
- RE: grub-efi with latest mac mini,
John Frankish <=
- FW: grub-efi with latest mac mini, John Frankish, 2012/06/08
- Re: FW: grub-efi with latest mac mini, Vladimir 'φ-coder/phcoder' Serbinenko, 2012/06/08
- RE: FW: grub-efi with latest mac mini, John Frankish, 2012/06/08
- Re: FW: grub-efi with latest mac mini, Vladimir 'φ-coder/phcoder' Serbinenko, 2012/06/08
- RE: FW: grub-efi with latest mac mini, John Frankish, 2012/06/08
- Re: FW: grub-efi with latest mac mini, Vladimir 'φ-coder/phcoder' Serbinenko, 2012/06/08
- RE: FW: grub-efi with latest mac mini, John Frankish, 2012/06/09
- Re: FW: grub-efi with latest mac mini, Vladimir 'φ-coder/phcoder' Serbinenko, 2012/06/09