Bug#1110759: the boot menu does not display during installation when using UEFI

[Pascal Hambourg <pascal@plouf.fr.eu.org>]

On 12/08/2025 at 15:42, Steve McIntyre wrote:
> Please reassign to grub-efi-amd64, yeah.

Wilco, but since a trivial workaround is available, wouldn't it be safer 
to implement it in ISO images until the bug is fixed in GRUB ? I may be 
pessimistic but I do not expect this bug to be fixed soon and at least 4 
bug reports were filed in the BTS, implying that a significant number of 
users may be affected.


> On Tue, Aug 12, 2025 at 07:26:42AM +0200, Pascal Hambourg wrote:
> > Forwarding Leonardo's reply to the bug report and debian-cd list.
> >
> > What's next ? Reassign to grub-efi-amd64, or include the workaround in
> > installation images grub.cfg ?
> >
> > On 12/08/2025 at 01:14, Leonardo Bruno wrote:
> > > Yes, exactly as you described: the boot menu is invisible but remains
> > > functional. Through blind selection (using keyboard navigation), I
> > > was able to launch and complete the installation successfully.
> > >
> > > After testing, I confirm this is a duplicate of the issues referenced
> > > (#1088356 and #1110446). The workaround proposed in [3]
> > > (https://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/?65503#comment2) resolves the problem
> > > as expected.