Bug 11602 - Bootloader displays strange characters
Summary: Bootloader displays strange characters
Status: RESOLVED FIXED
Alias: None
Product: Mageia
Classification: Unclassified
Component: Installer (show other bugs)
Version: Cauldron
Hardware: All Linux
Priority: release_blocker normal
Target Milestone: ---
Assignee: Anne Nicolas
QA Contact: QA Team
URL:
Whiteboard: 4RC
Keywords:
: 11683 12118 (view as bug list)
Depends on:
Blocks: 11704
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Reported: 2013-11-06 11:23 CET by Rémi Verschelde
Modified: 2013-12-29 10:13 CET (History)
7 users (show)

See Also:
Source RPM: syslinux
CVE:
Status comment:


Attachments
Bootloader loading (55.43 KB, image/png)
2013-11-06 11:25 CET, Rémi Verschelde
Details
When selecting boot from HD (36.51 KB, image/png)
2013-11-06 11:47 CET, Rémi Verschelde
Details

Description Rémi Verschelde 2013-11-06 11:23:56 CET
Testing the third round of ISOs for 4beta1. With the i586 DVD, I get the output in attachment when loading the boot menu.

Trying to boot on HD also produces a line which seems to have encoding issues, see second attachment.

Reproducible: 

Steps to Reproduce:
Comment 1 Rémi Verschelde 2013-11-06 11:25:48 CET
Created attachment 4485 [details]
Bootloader loading
Rémi Verschelde 2013-11-06 11:26:18 CET

Component: Release (media or process) => Installer
QA Contact: (none) => qa-bugs

Rémi Verschelde 2013-11-06 11:26:31 CET

CC: sysadmin-bugs => (none)

Comment 2 Rémi Verschelde 2013-11-06 11:47:19 CET
Created attachment 4486 [details]
When selecting boot from HD
Manuel Hiebel 2013-11-06 16:33:14 CET

Source RPM: (none) => syslinux

Comment 3 Georges Eckenschwiller 2013-11-14 16:45:40 CET
I have the same problem with the installation from the CD created with boot-nonfree.iso (boot-nonfree.iso of 13/11/2013)

CC: (none) => paiiou

Comment 4 Anne Nicolas 2013-11-14 16:48:14 CET
This is due to last update on syslinux. It will be investigated after beta 1 is out.
Comment 5 Georges Eckenschwiller 2013-11-14 16:50:34 CET
Edit : same problem as comment 1
Comment 6 Dick Gevers 2013-11-14 21:41:39 CET
confirmed

Hardware: i586 => All
Whiteboard: (none) => 4beta1

Comment 7 Georges Eckenschwiller 2013-11-16 10:27:34 CET
(In reply to Georges Eckenschwiller from comment #3)
> I have the same problem with the installation from the CD created with
> boot-nonfree.iso (boot-nonfree.iso of 13/11/2013)

Besides, the installation is impossible from the CD made with boot.iso
Comment 8 Manuel Hiebel 2013-11-16 12:33:03 CET
*** Bug 11683 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***

CC: (none) => mageia

Comment 9 PC LX 2013-11-16 12:38:54 CET
I see the same problem when booting the net install images in a VirtualBox VM.
Details in https://bugs.mageia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=11683
Comment 10 Georges Eckenschwiller 2013-11-24 14:28:02 CET
New test, this morning, with boot-nonfree.iso of 21-11-2013.
The strange characters always appear, but the installation starts well.
Maybe that I had not waited enough the last time.
I test on an old computer, not very fast.
Comment 11 Dick Gevers 2013-11-27 09:43:23 CET
Valid for B2

Summary: Bootloader displays strange characters in 4beta1 => Bootloader displays strange characters in 4beta2
Whiteboard: 4beta1 => 4beta2

Manuel Hiebel 2013-12-05 23:48:31 CET

Priority: Normal => release_blocker
Blocks: (none) => 11704
Summary: Bootloader displays strange characters in 4beta2 => Bootloader displays strange characters

Comment 12 Anne Nicolas 2013-12-15 22:37:45 CET
Should be fixed in drakx-installer-images 2.4.1. Soon in the mirror (see help.msg in isolinux directory)
Comment 13 Dave Hodgins 2013-12-15 23:42:36 CET
Fixed

Status: NEW => RESOLVED
CC: (none) => davidwhodgins
Resolution: (none) => FIXED

Comment 14 Colin Guthrie 2013-12-16 10:41:33 CET
What was the fix? I thought it was a syslinux problem as referenced in this commit: http://git.kernel.org/cgit/boot/syslinux/syslinux.git/commit/?h=firmware&id=a2f057c289cbf142cdd6de7d89123df2f21e475a

Do we have a reference to the fix?

CC: (none) => mageia

Comment 15 Colin Guthrie 2013-12-16 10:45:00 CET
Ahh never mind, here is the fix:

http://gitweb.mageia.org/software/drakx/commit/?id=bc8cf46f070ef8244e0018c91e41170a40528242

Note to Anne: as per my message to cauldron, if you'd used the format "mga#11602" rather than just "#11602" it would have automatically injected a comment on this bug when you pushed the commit :)
Comment 16 Thierry Vignaud 2013-12-27 07:05:20 CET
*** Bug 12118 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***

CC: (none) => fri

Comment 17 Dick Gevers 2013-12-28 19:39:26 CET
Still visible in today's classical 64-bit iso.

Status: RESOLVED => REOPENED
Resolution: FIXED => (none)
Whiteboard: 4beta2 => 4RC

Comment 18 Thierry Vignaud 2013-12-28 19:41:10 CET
_I_ have...

CC: (none) => thierry.vignaud

Comment 19 Thierry Vignaud 2013-12-28 19:41:43 CET
Wrong bug.
Like the other report, you're likely using an old boot.iso

Status: REOPENED => RESOLVED
Resolution: (none) => FIXED

Comment 20 Thomas Backlund 2013-12-28 19:49:50 CET
I doubt its an old boot.iso since he's afaik referring to the RC DVD released today to QA which is built against a repo synced Tue Dec 24 19:27:24 CET 2013

CC: (none) => tmb

Comment 21 Manuel Hiebel 2013-12-28 20:27:00 CET
(In reply to Dick Gevers from comment #17)
> Still visible in today's classical 64-bit iso.

(In reply to Thomas Backlund from comment #20)
> I doubt its an old boot.iso since he's afaik referring to the RC DVD
> released today to QA which is built against a repo synced Tue Dec 24
> 19:27:24 CET 2013

confirmed with the i586 iso (but yes boot.iso are still ok)

Anne ?

Keywords: (none) => PATCH
Status: RESOLVED => REOPENED
Resolution: FIXED => (none)

Comment 22 Manuel Hiebel 2013-12-28 20:27:49 CET
(sorry bug script)

Keywords: PATCH => (none)

Comment 23 Thierry Vignaud 2013-12-28 21:06:00 CET
I guess it's a different issue (this time in bcd...)
Comment 24 Anne Nicolas 2013-12-29 10:13:27 CET
Working with oldies in build tree. Sorry for that mess. fixed for next set of isos

Status: REOPENED => RESOLVED
Resolution: (none) => FIXED


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