Re: Bug#1110759: the boot menu does not display during installation when using UEFI

Pascal Hambourg <[email protected]> Tue, 12 Aug 2025 07:26:42 +0200
Newsgroups gmane.linux.debian.devel.cd
Organization Plouf !
Message-ID <[email protected]>
Forwarding Leonardo's reply to the bug report and debian-cd list.

What's next ? Reassign to grub-efi-amd64, or include the workaround in 
installation images grub.cfg ?

On 12/08/2025 at 01:14, Leonardo Bruno wrote:
> 
> Yes, exactly as you described: the boot menu is invisible but remains
> functional. Through blind selection (using keyboard navigation), I
> was able to launch and complete the installation successfully.
> 
> After testing, I confirm this is a duplicate of the issues referenced
> (#1088356 and #1110446). The workaround proposed in [3]
> (https://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/?65503#comment2) resolves the problem
> a and wait for a fixs expected.
(...)
> Em segunda-feira, 11 de agosto de 2025 às 19:09, Pascal Hambourg
> <[email protected]> escreveu:
>> On 10/08/2025 at 23:37, Leonardo Bruno wrote:
>>
>>> When testing both netinst and dlbd (double layer Blu-ray) media, the
>>> boot menu does not display during installation when using UEFI mode with
>>> Secure Boot enabled. The menu is only displayed when using the BIOS
>>> (legacy) boot option.
>>
>> Do you mean that the boot menu was invisible but functioning and could
>> launch the installation ? If yes, can you check if it is a duplicate of
>> #1088356 [1] and #1110446 [2] and the workaroud proposed in [3] works
>> for you ?
>>
>> [1] https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=1088356
>> [2] https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=1110446
>> [3] https://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/?65503#comment2