Bug 310115 - sax2: modifies grub's menu.lst - why is sax2 modifying a boot loader?!
Summary: sax2: modifies grub's menu.lst - why is sax2 modifying a boot loader?!
Status: RESOLVED FIXED
Alias: None
Product: openSUSE 10.3
Classification: openSUSE
Component: SaX2 (show other bugs)
Version: Beta 3
Hardware: Other Other
: P5 - None : Normal (vote)
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Assignee: Marcus Schaefer
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Reported: 2007-09-13 03:15 UTC by darren winter
Modified: 2007-09-23 22:15 UTC (History)
2 users (show)

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sax.log (1.53 KB, text/plain)
2007-09-21 14:59 UTC, darren winter 		Details
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Description darren winter 2007-09-13 03:15:31 UTC 
every time i run sax2 and try to finish, it updates /boot/grub/menu.lst and modifies the "vga=" part of my open suse title from "0x31a" to "0x0", so when i reboot next the text is 10 inches tall and looks like pewp.

maybe this is because i have chosen to leave in the yast ident comment?

regardless, sax2 shouldn't be doing anything to modify a boot loader!!!

before sax2:

###Don't change this comment - YaST2 identifier: Original name: linux###
title openSUSE 10.3
    root (hd0,0)
    kernel /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.22.5-10-default root=/dev/disk/by-id/scsi-SATA_WDC_WD2500JB-00WD-WMAEH2470464-part1 vga=0x31a resume=/dev/sda2 splash=verbose showopts
    initrd /boot/initrd-2.6.22.5-10-default

after sax2:

###Don't change this comment - YaST2 identifier: Original name: linux###
title openSUSE 10.3
    root (hd0,0)
    kernel /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.22.5-10-default root=/dev/disk/by-id/scsi-SATA_WDC_WD2500JB-00WD-WMAEH2470464-part1 vga=0x0 resume=/dev/sda2 splash=verbose showopts
    initrd /boot/initrd-2.6.22.5-10-default
Comment 1 Stefan Dirsch 2007-09-13 03:42:15 UTC 
The bootloader needs to be changed for fbdev X driver configurations. You need to set the correct kernel framebuffer (resolution and color depth). Setting it to 0x0 indeed looks like a bug to me.

Possibly it is no longer required to configure a 

  # EVGA Corporation:GeForce 7800 GT
  10de 0092 3842 c517

still with fbdev. You can check this with "sax2 -r -m 0=nv" to use the nv
driver instead. Let me know if this driver works for you and attach /var/log/SaX.log.
Comment 2 Marcus Schaefer 2007-09-13 08:36:17 UTC 
like Stefan already said it is required to setup the kernel framebuffer
mode if you want to be able to change the resolution in case of a fbdev
based X11 configuration

I have added a check to the mode value of the grub updater
Comment 3 Stefan Dirsch 2007-09-13 09:50:33 UTC 
Thanks, but shouldn't we also figure out, why the framebuffer mode determination didn't work?
Comment 4 Marcus Schaefer 2007-09-13 10:12:19 UTC 
I get that information from hwinfo and we need /var/log/SaX.log
Comment 5 Marcus Schaefer 2007-09-18 10:28:40 UTC 
no further details
Comment 6 darren winter 2007-09-21 14:23:40 UTC 
> I get that information from hwinfo and we need /var/log/SaX.log

was this comment for me?
Comment 7 Stefan Dirsch 2007-09-21 14:30:19 UTC 
Of course. Who else could provide this information?
Comment 8 darren winter 2007-09-21 14:59:24 UTC 
Created attachment 173917 [details]
sax.log

sorry, i didn't see any indication that it was tasked back to me.

here is the log.
Comment 9 darren winter 2007-09-21 15:00:05 UTC 
re-opening for now.
Comment 10 darren winter 2007-09-23 22:15:35 UTC 
in rc1 sax2 was able to write an xorg.conf correctly and any modifications to grub's menu.lst didn't cause any major problems or mess with the size of the text during the bootloader.

marking this bug as resolved.