Sorry, just an update to this. Since the display is so corrupt on boot, I was misunderstanding what was going on, and I have re-evaluated this. I believe it happens like this:
Grub either does not initialize the display, or initializes an incorrect display (I have since tried vga=792 with no success). It says that it's entering stage 1.5, and then goes to a blank screen. The menu functions properly, as I am able to select menu options with the keyboard at this point and boot the correct kernel/OS. I just cannot see it. Since the grub has not correctly initialized the display, when the kernel framebuffer is loaded, the display remains corrupt until X is loaded. However, Usplash works fine, although I'm not sure if the status messages were deliberately removed or not, as this is my only Edgy box. But I am unable to view console output with Ctrl-Alt-F1, or any of the others. Although everything works, I think this is a rather critical bug, as grub is not overly useful without a display. -- Grub display is corrupt https://launchpad.net/bugs/60043 -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
