Package: grub-pc Version: 1.98~20100128-1 Severity: normal On my system (an AMD64) I have the same problem that grub-pc hang on "Loading ramdisk" if "set gfxpayload=keep" is present. I'm using a stock linux kernel provided by linux-image-2.6.32-trunk-amd64 Debian package.
The only way to make my system boot is commenting the line. Please let me know if you need any more information. Thanks, Ernesto. -- Package-specific info: *********************** BEGIN /proc/mounts /dev/mapper/principal-raiz / reiserfs rw,relatime 0 0 /dev/mapper/principal-depot /home/edomato/depot reiserfs rw,relatime 0 0 /dev/mapper/principal-devel /home/edomato/devel reiserfs rw,relatime 0 0 /dev/mapper/principal-mldonkey /var/lib/mldonkey reiserfs rw,relatime 0 0 /dev/hda /media/cdrom0 iso9660 ro,nosuid,nodev,noexec,relatime,iocharset=iso8859-1 0 0 *********************** END /proc/mounts *********************** BEGIN /boot/grub/device.map (fd0) /dev/fd0 (hd0) /dev/hdc (hd1) /dev/sda *********************** END /boot/grub/device.map *********************** BEGIN /boot/grub/grub.cfg # # DO NOT EDIT THIS FILE # # It is automatically generated by /usr/sbin/grub-mkconfig using templates # from /etc/grub.d and settings from /etc/default/grub # ### BEGIN /etc/grub.d/00_header ### if [ -s $prefix/grubenv ]; then load_env fi set default="0" if [ ${prev_saved_entry} ]; then set saved_entry=${prev_saved_entry} save_env saved_entry set prev_saved_entry= save_env prev_saved_entry set boot_once=true fi function savedefault { if [ -z ${boot_once} ]; then saved_entry=${chosen} save_env saved_entry fi } insmod lvm insmod reiserfs set root=(principal-raiz) search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set aa77221d-bbe3-4d2a-bfbe-134457a4cce1 if loadfont /usr/share/grub/unicode.pf2 ; then set gfxmode=640x480 insmod gfxterm insmod vbe if terminal_output gfxterm ; then true ; else # For backward compatibility with versions of terminal.mod that don't # understand terminal_output terminal gfxterm fi fi insmod lvm insmod reiserfs set root=(principal-raiz) search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set aa77221d-bbe3-4d2a-bfbe-134457a4cce1 set locale_dir=($root)/boot/grub/locale set lang=es insmod gettext set timeout=5 ### END /etc/grub.d/00_header ### ### BEGIN /etc/grub.d/05_debian_theme ### insmod lvm insmod reiserfs set root=(principal-raiz) search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set aa77221d-bbe3-4d2a-bfbe-134457a4cce1 insmod png if background_image /boot/grub/moreblue-orbit-grub.png ; then set color_normal=black/black set color_highlight=magenta/black else set menu_color_normal=cyan/blue set menu_color_highlight=white/blue fi ### END /etc/grub.d/05_debian_theme ### ### BEGIN /etc/grub.d/10_linux ### menuentry "Debian GNU/Linux, with Linux 2.6.32-trunk-amd64" { set gfxpayload=keep insmod lvm insmod reiserfs set root=(principal-raiz) search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set aa77221d-bbe3-4d2a-bfbe-134457a4cce1 echo Loading Linux 2.6.32-trunk-amd64 ... linux /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.32-trunk-amd64 root=/dev/mapper/principal-raiz ro quiet echo Loading initial ramdisk ... initrd /boot/initrd.img-2.6.32-trunk-amd64 } menuentry "Debian GNU/Linux, with Linux 2.6.32-trunk-amd64 (recovery mode)" { set gfxpayload=keep insmod lvm insmod reiserfs set root=(principal-raiz) search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set aa77221d-bbe3-4d2a-bfbe-134457a4cce1 echo Loading Linux 2.6.32-trunk-amd64 ... linux /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.32-trunk-amd64 root=/dev/mapper/principal-raiz ro single echo Loading initial ramdisk ... initrd /boot/initrd.img-2.6.32-trunk-amd64 } menuentry "Debian GNU/Linux, with Linux 2.6.31-1-amd64" { set gfxpayload=keep insmod lvm insmod reiserfs set root=(principal-raiz) search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set aa77221d-bbe3-4d2a-bfbe-134457a4cce1 echo Loading Linux 2.6.31-1-amd64 ... linux /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.31-1-amd64 root=/dev/mapper/principal-raiz ro quiet echo Loading initial ramdisk ... initrd /boot/initrd.img-2.6.31-1-amd64 } menuentry "Debian GNU/Linux, with Linux 2.6.31-1-amd64 (recovery mode)" { set gfxpayload=keep insmod lvm insmod reiserfs set root=(principal-raiz) search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set aa77221d-bbe3-4d2a-bfbe-134457a4cce1 echo Loading Linux 2.6.31-1-amd64 ... linux /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.31-1-amd64 root=/dev/mapper/principal-raiz ro single echo Loading initial ramdisk ... initrd /boot/initrd.img-2.6.31-1-amd64 } ### END /etc/grub.d/10_linux ### ### BEGIN /etc/grub.d/30_os-prober ### ### END /etc/grub.d/30_os-prober ### ### BEGIN /etc/grub.d/40_custom ### # This file provides an easy way to add custom menu entries. Simply type the # menu entries you want to add after this comment. Be careful not to change # the 'exec tail' line above. ### END /etc/grub.d/40_custom ### *********************** END /boot/grub/grub.cfg -- System Information: Debian Release: squeeze/sid APT prefers unstable APT policy: (500, 'unstable'), (500, 'testing'), (1, 'experimental') Architecture: amd64 (x86_64) Kernel: Linux 2.6.32-trunk-amd64 (SMP w/1 CPU core) Locale: LANG=es_AR.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=es_AR.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8) Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/bash Versions of packages grub-pc depends on: ii debconf [debconf-2.0] 1.5.28 Debian configuration management sy ii grub-common 1.98~20100128-1 GRand Unified Bootloader, version ii libc6 2.10.2-5 Embedded GNU C Library: Shared lib ii ucf 3.0025 Update Configuration File: preserv grub-pc recommends no packages. Versions of packages grub-pc suggests: ii desktop-base 5.0.5 common files for the Debian Deskto -- debconf information excluded -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-bugs-dist-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org