On Sat, May 02, 2009 at 01:31:14PM +0200, Robert Millan wrote:
> > > > "vga=ask" is not a warning now.  It causes "error: You need to load the
> > > > kernel first", apparently from initrd.  In other words, the "linux"
> > > > command fails and there is no visible warning.
> > > 
> > > Sounds like my error code is wrong, but we could turn it into a warning
> > > like you suggested.
> > 
> > I was editing the command line from the menu, so I  could not see the
> > message.  Waiting for input is a fair game for an option that implies
> > waiting for input.
> 
> Spot on.  Will do that.

Fixed.

See also this new patch.  It restructures the checks so that
"vid_mode == 0" indicates lack of "vga=" parameter.  For user requesting
text mode (vga=normal or vga=0) we already have GRUB_LINUX_VID_MODE_NORMAL
so there's no need to handle both values in GRUB.

It also introduces the GRUB_ASSUME_LINUX_HAS_FB_SUPPORT macro, which allows
easy override of the "fallback to text mode" setting.

-- 
Robert Millan

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