Using grub-coreboot instead of grub
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I have problems booting trisquel with Libreboot (202107) on X200 and T400 (it eventually boots but see details at the end) and on #gnuboot, it was reported the same problems occur with gnuboot, and it was advised to try using grub-coreboot instead of grub.
Would the following method work to do that:
- sudo apt remove grub
- sudo apt install grub-coreboot
- sudo grub-install /dev/sda
- sudo grub-mkconfig -o /boot/grub/grub.cfg
- update-initramfs -a
?
The details:
- after asking to boot from the initial GNU boot/Libreboot menu, the time until getting the graphical screen and the box to type the cryptsetup password comes is random, it can be a few seconds but it can also be more than two minutes.
- in that last case, a graphical screen appears but no box to enter the cryptsetup password, the Trisquel sign is breathing for a while and nothing happens for some more time. If I wait long enough, there may be an input box that finally appears but then, the computer will not be able to shut down unless by a long press on the power button.
- the same problem occurs when selecting seabios instead of grub in libreboot
- the problem
- the problem does not occur with parabola (and it was not noticed by anyone using guix sd)
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The incomplete sentence was supposed to be: it does not always happens but it is common, and when it happens, it usually happens at least twice in a row (i.e. when the first boot attempts fails, so does the second).
EDIT: no progress on grub but after flashing gnuboot on the T400, from perhaps 5 times booting, the unpredictable delay was reasonably short. I'll flash gnuboot on the X200 when I will be at work.