From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with archive (Exim 4.43) id 1KWWDK-0003DH-1d for mharc-grub-devel@gnu.org; Fri, 22 Aug 2008 08:58:02 -0400 Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1KWWDI-0003Ch-Dn for grub-devel@gnu.org; Fri, 22 Aug 2008 08:58:00 -0400 Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1KWWDG-0003By-Mm for grub-devel@gnu.org; Fri, 22 Aug 2008 08:57:59 -0400 Received: from [199.232.76.173] (port=50570 helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1KWWDG-0003Bb-AA for grub-devel@gnu.org; Fri, 22 Aug 2008 08:57:58 -0400 Received: from aybabtu.com ([69.60.117.155]:56521) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS-1.0:RSA_AES_256_CBC_SHA1:32) (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1KWWDF-0002HO-1o for grub-devel@gnu.org; Fri, 22 Aug 2008 08:57:57 -0400 Received: from [192.168.10.10] (helo=thorin) by aybabtu.com with esmtps (TLS-1.0:RSA_AES_256_CBC_SHA1:32) (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1KWW4B-0001py-F4 for grub-devel@gnu.org; Fri, 22 Aug 2008 14:48:35 +0200 Received: from rmh by thorin with local (Exim 4.63) (envelope-from ) id 1KWWBv-0005KG-Pj for grub-devel@gnu.org; Fri, 22 Aug 2008 14:56:35 +0200 Date: Fri, 22 Aug 2008 14:56:35 +0200 From: Robert Millan To: The development of GRUB 2 Message-ID: <20080822125635.GB20330@thorin> References: <20080821195144.GA17536@pina.cat> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20080821195144.GA17536@pina.cat> Organization: free as in freedom X-Message-Flag: Worried about Outlook viruses? Switch to Thunderbird! www.mozilla.com/thunderbird X-Debbugs-No-Ack: true User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.13 (2006-08-11) X-detected-kernel: by monty-python.gnu.org: Genre and OS details not recognized. Subject: Re: [Wishlist] Better warning if grub.cfg not found X-BeenThere: grub-devel@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list Reply-To: The development of GRUB 2 List-Id: The development of GRUB 2 List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 22 Aug 2008 12:58:01 -0000 On Thu, Aug 21, 2008 at 09:51:44PM +0200, Carles Pina i Estany wrote: > > Hello, > > Doing some tests with Grub2 and qemu I've made a mistake that Grub (I > think) could warn me better. > > The mistake is that I didn't have a grub.cfg file (well, I had but in > the wrong place). > > The Grub2 feedback for a standard user it's just flickering (I think > that Grub2 paints the menu) and after that shows the command line. > > I would expect a warning, before the command line or in the command line > screen informing user that grub.cfg has not been found in the expected > place. Agreed. Can you fix this? Also, it shouldn't bother to draw the menu if it isn't going to use it for anything. > I'm doing the Grub2 imagine file using grub-mkrescue. > > Should already grub-mkrescue warn if grub.cfg is not there? (at least if > using overlay option). I could take a look if grub-mkrescue should do > it. AFAICT, this problem is in GRUB itself, and shouldn't affect what grub-mkrescue does. -- Robert Millan The DRM opt-in fallacy: "Your data belongs to us. We will decide when (and how) you may access your data; but nobody's threatening your freedom: we still allow you to remove your data and not access it at all."