Removing 'insmod gfxterm' and 'insmod vbe' let's the guest boot up. The full output of the error message is:
error: no suitable mode found. error: unknown command `terminal'. out of range pointer 0x80220000 Aborted: Press any key to exit. The first error is from video/video.c:grub_video_set_mode(). This function is presumably triggered from `insmod gfxmenu'. For whatever reason, grub is unable to find a working mode when using the standard VGA driver in QEMU. I tried changing the default 640x480 mode to 800x600 but that didn't help. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/717445 Title: grub2 in lucid doesn't work in qemu with '-vga std' -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs