Re: Emulate 'vga=none' by gfxpayload as kernel boot parameter

[john doe <johndoe65534@mail.com>]

On 5/15/2020 6:31 PM, john doe wrote:
> Debians-boot,
>
> I'm trying to troubleshoot what I'm doing rong when trying to install
> Debian through serial console.
>
> If I start a Qemu VM like so:
>
> qemu-system-x86_64 -cdrom debian-bullseye-DI-alpha2-amd64-netinst.iso
> -nographic -vga none -m 1024
>
> At the Debian install prompt pressing the escape key get me to the boot
> prompt.
>
> boot: install console=ttyS0,115200n8 DEBIAN_FRONTEND=text gfxpayload=text
> Undefined video mode number: 314
> Press <ENTER> to see video modes available, <SPACE> to continue, or wait
> 30 sec
>
>
> If I use 'vga=none' the above is suppressed but Debian will not start
> properly after installation by saying that 'vga=none' is deprecated and
> that 'set gfxpayload=text' should be used instead.
>
> How can I specify 'set gfxpayload=text' to the boot prompt above?
>
> In other words, how can i emulate 'vga=none' when this argument is
> deprecated.
>
> This issue originated from a host on which I'm facing this issue and
> reproduced here for testing purposes with Qemu.

Does anyone has any feedback on this, is this a kernel issue, a grub issue?

I'm not sure which package I should file a bug against?

--
John Doe