[SeaBIOS] vgabios testing

[Gerd Hoffmann]

On 03/04/12 20:06, Kevin O'Connor wrote:
> On Fri, Mar 02, 2012 at 10:09:10AM +0100, Gerd Hoffmann wrote:
>>   Hi,
>>
>> Did some more testing of the vgabios today, two issues popped up:
>>
>>   (1) screen isn't cleared in some cases.  Visible with grub1 in text
>>       mode.  When it displays the menu a few stray chars are visible.
>>       Even more obvious it becomes when hitting 'c' then to get a
>>       prompt, then alot of the menu is still visible.
> 
> Thanks.  Can you point me to an image and/or the steps to reproduce?
> I've tracked down a few of these before, and I'm sure I can fix it if
> I can reproduce it.

Install fedora 15 (or older) in qemu (mimimal is enougth).  Edit
/boot/grub/menu.lst and comment out the splashimage and hiddenmenu
lines.  On next reboot grub will come up in text mode and you'll see the
behavior described above.

cheers,
  Gerd