NetBSD Problem Report #33579

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From: ci4ic4@gmail.com
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Subject: kernel boot query does not turn off the splash screen
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>Number:         33579
>Category:       kern
>Synopsis:       kernel boot query does not turn off the splash screen
>Confidential:   no
>Severity:       non-critical
>Priority:       low
>Responsible:    kern-bug-people
>State:          open
>Class:          sw-bug
>Submitter-Id:   net
>Arrival-Date:   Sun May 28 22:05:01 +0000 2006
>Last-Modified:  Wed Nov 03 12:45:22 +0000 2010
>Originator:     Chavdar Ivanov
>Release:        3.99.20
>Organization:
Delcam UK
>Environment:
NetBSD maggie 3.99.20 NetBSD 3.99.20 (M0) #7: Sun May 28 22:34:50 BST 2006  root@maggie:/usr/src/sys/arch/i386/compile/M0 i386

>Description:
Non-multiboot kernel booted via grub-0.97nb5 using the following section:

title NetBSD-noMB
root (hd0,2,a)
kernel  --type=netbsd /m0 console=pc root=wd0a

The required parameters - root device, swap, filesystem type and path to init - are not passed to the kernel and a queried during boot. If one has the VGA splash screen enabled, it does not get cleared when the query is being made and one has to blindly type the four responses.

>How-To-Repeat:
Grub-boot a non-multiboot kernel with enabled splash screen.
>Fix:
For now - use chainloader if splash screen is on and multiboot have to be disabled. If multiboot has to be enabled, then a grub line similar to the above, but without the --type=netbsd part, works.  

>Release-Note:

>Audit-Trail:
From: "Jared D. McNeill" <jmcneill@invisible.ca>
To: gnats-bugs@NetBSD.org
Cc: kern-bug-people@netbsd.org, gnats-admin@netbsd.org,
	netbsd-bugs@netbsd.org
Subject: Re: kern/33579: kernel boot query does not turn off the splash screen
Date: Sun, 28 May 2006 19:34:47 -0300

 ci4ic4@gmail.com wrote:
 > The required parameters - root device, swap, filesystem type and path to init - are not passed to the kernel and a queried during boot. If one has the VGA splash screen enabled, it does not get cleared when the query is being made and one has to blindly type the four responses.
 >   
 Is this PR talking about the grub splash screen, or the NetBSD 
 vesafb/SPLASHSCREEN code?

 Cheers,
 Jared

From: "Chavdar Ivanov" <ci4ic4@gmail.com>
To: gnats-bugs@netbsd.org
Cc: kern-bug-people@netbsd.org, gnats-admin@netbsd.org,
	netbsd-bugs@netbsd.org
Subject: Re: kern/33579: kernel boot query does not turn off the splash screen
Date: Mon, 29 May 2006 00:09:19 +0100

 On 5/28/06, Jared D. McNeill <jmcneill@invisible.ca> wrote:
 > The following reply was made to PR kern/33579; it has been noted by GNATS=
 .
 >
 > From: "Jared D. McNeill" <jmcneill@invisible.ca>
 > To: gnats-bugs@NetBSD.org
 > Cc: kern-bug-people@netbsd.org, gnats-admin@netbsd.org,
 >         netbsd-bugs@netbsd.org
 > Subject: Re: kern/33579: kernel boot query does not turn off the splash s=
 creen
 > Date: Sun, 28 May 2006 19:34:47 -0300
 >
 >  ci4ic4@gmail.com wrote:
 >  > The required parameters - root device, swap, filesystem type and path =
 to init - are not passed to the kernel and a queried during boot. If one ha=
 s the VGA splash screen enabled, it does not get cleared when the query is =
 being made and one has to blindly type the four responses.
 >  >
 >  Is this PR talking about the grub splash screen, or the NetBSD
 >  vesafb/SPLASHSCREEN code?

 vesafb/SPLASHSCREEN

 Here is the relevant section:

 options SPLASHSCREEN
 options SPLASHSCREEN_PROGRESS
 options VESAFB_WIDTH=3D1400
 options VESAFB_HEIGHT=3D1050
 options VESAFB_DEPTH=3D16
 vesabios* at vesabiosbus?
 vesafb* at vesabios?
 wsdisplay* at vesafb? console?


 >
 >  Cheers,
 >  Jared
 >
 >

 Chavdar

Responsible-Changed-From-To: kern-bug-people->jmcneill
Responsible-Changed-By: jmcneill@netbsd.org
Responsible-Changed-When: Mon, 29 May 2006 00:22:42 +0000
Responsible-Changed-Why:
Mine.


From: Pierre Pronchery <khorben@defora.org>
To: gnats-bugs@netbsd.org
Cc: 
Subject: Re: kern/33579: kernel boot query does not turn off the splash screen
Date: Mon, 08 Jan 2007 14:29:23 +0100

 The same issue applies for any interactive boot process. This can be
 very annoying for things like:
 - cgd passphrases
 - SSL servers passphrases
 - file system checks

 HTH,
 -- 
 khorben

Responsible-Changed-From-To: jmcneill->kern-bug-people
Responsible-Changed-By: jmcneill@NetBSD.org
Responsible-Changed-When: Wed, 03 Nov 2010 12:45:22 +0000
Responsible-Changed-Why:
role account


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