[bug #66200] Booting EFI shell from GRUB using "chainloader" in Qemu with UEFI boot shows video artifacts if we have all_video
Askar Safin <[email protected]> Sat, 7 Feb 2026 15:12:27 -0500 (EST)
| Newsgroups | gmane.comp.boot-loaders.grub.bugs |
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--8323329-1714636915-1770495147=:3052544 Content-Type: TEXT/plain; CHARSET=utf-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: QUOTED-PRINTABLE Content-Disposition: inline Follow-up Comment #1, bug #66200 (group grub):=0A=0AThis bug is solved by t= his patch:=0A=0Ahttps://lore.kernel.org/grub-devel/20251107002433.42648-1-a= [email protected]/=0A=0AIt indeed solved my immediate problem.=0A=0ABut I s= till believe that ideally we should do some more fundamental fix.=0A=0AIdea= lly whatever Gerd Hoffmann proposed here:=0Ahttps://lore.kernel.org/grub-de= vel/3boqeafidphhrxmbzc7ojp6a4ezwdcoxphjcwpaa2jlhgdpwkz@he4xf627vqik/=0A> Al= ternatively you can check for conflicts. Check which physical device=0A> b= acks efi_gop, block that from being used by grub drivers. Same for=0A> all= other device types.=0A=0A> The latter would handle the corner case that th= ere is hardware which is=0A> (a) supported by grub, and (b) not supported b= y the firmware, and (c)=0A> essential to boot the system. Not sure how rel= evant that is in=0A> practice, most EFI firmware I've seen recently is pret= ty complete when=0A> it comes to hardware support. NIC drivers are missing= sometimes, iPXE=0A> to the rescue ;)=0A=0ASo I will keep this bug opened= =0A=0A=0A _______________________________________________________=0A=0AR= eply to this item at:=0A=0A <https://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/?66200>=0A=0A__= _____________________________________________=0AMessage sent via Savannah= =0Ahttps://savannah.gnu.org/=0A --8323329-1714636915-1770495147=:3052544 Content-Type: APPLICATION/pgp-signature; name=signature.asc -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- iHUEABYIAB0WIQQk97aszIMMAvLLwm6qLAuaBUf3TgUCaYecqwAKCRCqLAuaBUf3 TktZAQC48zFr+S+U88ytjUsO8YL+qK84ul+vILxhd/EouqSn0QEAr30wtPyP+dIo CkXfrzD012ZTWmLDzCDF1S8XlCbCegQ= =ycN9 -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --8323329-1714636915-1770495147=:3052544--