Bug#910227: installation-reports: installation on DELL XPS 13 9370

[Samuel Thibault <sthibault@debian.org>]

Hello,

Samuel Thibault, le dim. 28 oct. 2018 20:30:02 +0100, a ecrit:
> Samuel Thibault, le dim. 28 oct. 2018 20:22:52 +0100, a ecrit:
> > Samuel Thibault, le mer. 03 oct. 2018 19:07:38 +0200, a ecrit:
> > > samy, le mer. 03 oct. 2018 18:51:32 +0200, a ecrit:
> > > > One problem, however, is that since laptop has a HiDPI screen. The font used by
> > > > console-setup is far from being big enough, see bug 816111 about this. I manage
> > > > to read it but I have good eyes, most people won't be able to read it.
> > > 
> > > And it's the same in graphical mode, the fonts are extremely tiny (and
> > > the banner at the top is very compressed).
> > > 
> > > I have attached photos of what it looks like (sorry it's so awful, but
> > > you get the idea).
> > 
> > I'll commit a fix to debian-installer to keep the 800x600 resolution
> > from the grub menu.
> 
> I propose to include this in stretch too, because on 4K laptops the
> current debian installer is hardly usable (I can myself hardly read the
> text).

I have backported it to the stretch branch, so it should get upload at
least along the next kernel ABI bump.

Samuel

> commit 78c74a9d53e5f929bac8921ed02ef39a6bb84a3d
> Author: Samuel Thibault <samuel.thibault@ens-lyon.org>
> Date:   Sun Oct 28 20:27:54 2018 +0100
> 
>     Keep grub resolution in EFI boot, to avoid tiny fonts (closes: #910227)
> 
> diff --git a/build/boot/hurd/grub-hurd-cdrom.cfg b/build/boot/hurd/grub-hurd-cdrom.cfg
> index d6a25c7a6..31ecfa3eb 100644
> --- a/build/boot/hurd/grub-hurd-cdrom.cfg
> +++ b/build/boot/hurd/grub-hurd-cdrom.cfg
> @@ -12,6 +12,7 @@ insmod chain
>  
>  if loadfont /boot/grub/font.pf2 ; then
>  	set gfxmode=640x480
> +	set gfxpayload=keep
>  	insmod vbe
>  	insmod gfxterm
>  	terminal_output gfxterm
> diff --git a/build/boot/hurd/grub-hurd-pxe.cfg b/build/boot/hurd/grub-hurd-pxe.cfg
> index 6f9d274d8..045a2629f 100644
> --- a/build/boot/hurd/grub-hurd-pxe.cfg
> +++ b/build/boot/hurd/grub-hurd-pxe.cfg
> @@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ set timeout=-1
>  
>  if loadfont $prefix/font.pf2 ; then
>  	set gfxmode=640x480
> +	set gfxpayload=keep
>  	insmod vbe
>  	insmod gfxterm
>  	terminal_output gfxterm
> diff --git a/build/boot/kfreebsd/grub-kfreebsd-cdrom.cfg b/build/boot/kfreebsd/grub-kfreebsd-cdrom.cfg
> index db3b592ba..30c11d25d 100644
> --- a/build/boot/kfreebsd/grub-kfreebsd-cdrom.cfg
> +++ b/build/boot/kfreebsd/grub-kfreebsd-cdrom.cfg
> @@ -12,6 +12,7 @@ insmod chain
>  
>  if loadfont /boot/grub/font.pf2 ; then
>  	set gfxmode=640x480
> +	set gfxpayload=keep
>  	insmod vbe
>  	insmod gfxterm
>  	terminal_output gfxterm
> diff --git a/build/boot/kfreebsd/grub-kfreebsd-pxe.cfg b/build/boot/kfreebsd/grub-kfreebsd-pxe.cfg
> index c2108f22a..bc4b72e64 100644
> --- a/build/boot/kfreebsd/grub-kfreebsd-pxe.cfg
> +++ b/build/boot/kfreebsd/grub-kfreebsd-pxe.cfg
> @@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ set timeout=-1
>  
>  if loadfont $prefix/font.pf2 ; then
>  	set gfxmode=640x480
> +	set gfxpayload=keep
>  	insmod vbe
>  	insmod gfxterm
>  	terminal_output gfxterm
> diff --git a/build/boot/x86/grub/grub-efi.cfg b/build/boot/x86/grub/grub-efi.cfg
> index 7ddbcafd6..9fe5563c1 100644
> --- a/build/boot/x86/grub/grub-efi.cfg
> +++ b/build/boot/x86/grub/grub-efi.cfg
> @@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
>  if loadfont $prefix/font.pf2 ; then
>    set gfxmode=800x600
> +  set gfxpayload=keep
>    insmod efi_gop
>    insmod efi_uga
>    insmod video_bochs
> diff --git a/debian/changelog b/debian/changelog
> index 27de9a63d..c29a28318 100644
> --- a/debian/changelog
> +++ b/debian/changelog
> @@ -26,6 +26,9 @@ debian-installer (20180622) UNRELEASED; urgency=medium
>    [ Karsten Merker ]
>    * Add basic riscv64 support.
>  
> +  [ Samuel Thibault ]
> +  * Keep grub resolution in EFI boot, to avoid tiny fonts (closes: #910227).
> +
>   -- Andreas B. Mundt <andi@debian.org>  Fri, 22 Jun 2018 17:25:42 +0200
>  
>  debian-installer (20180610) unstable; urgency=medium


-- 
Samuel
 > et sinon, quand on s'interesse a un media que l'on ne maitrise pas,
 > on essaye de le comprendre d'abord.
 (Suivi par l'intégralité du message initial de 45 lignes.)
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