I am testing with rEFInd (refind_0.6.4-1_amd64) on my Lenovo x230 laptop. Generally I like it but I noticed that the boot sub menu items are not visible. The items are present though, when navigating blindly I can select a different submenu item. This is so with both autogenerated as manual configured items. The texts above it ("boot options for") is visible.
Beside this bug, I noticed rEFInd takes long (apr 10 seconds) to load. Is that normal?
thanks a lot,
Winfried
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I am testing with rEFInd (refind_0.6.4-1_amd64) on my Lenovo x230
laptop. Generally I like it but I noticed that the boot sub menu
items are not visible. The items are present though, when navigating
blindly I can select a different submenu item. This is so with both
autogenerated as manual configured items. The texts above it ("boot
options for") is visible.
At what resolution is rEFInd running? You can get this information from
the Information menu (assuming ITS contents are visible). If that menu
is invisible, try pressing F10 to take a screen shot and check its size
using a graphics editor once you've booted.
Beside this bug, I noticed rEFInd takes long (apr 10 seconds) to
load. Is that normal?
It can be under some circumstances, such as if you're loading a lot of
filesystem drivers, if you load one filesystem driver that must parse
several filesystems, or if you have a CD inserted in the drive when you
boot.
The reported resolution is 640x480. When looking around again, I noticed the autogenerated elilo options were visible. All others were empty.
Deleting the ext4 driver from the drivers partition (all relevant kernels are in the EFI partition anyway, I had no other fs drivers active) solved the slowness.
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640x480 is awfully small. See if you can increase it via the "resolution" option in refind.conf.
FWIW, I'm currently working on some other display issues, and plan to revise the code that creates the submenu displays so that it's more flexible. (Your problem is due to some inflexibility in the existing code, which was inherited from rEFIt.) Thus, even if you're stuck with a 640x480 display, this issue will probably be fixed with the next full release (0.6.5, probably).
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Hi,
I am testing with rEFInd (refind_0.6.4-1_amd64) on my Lenovo x230 laptop. Generally I like it but I noticed that the boot sub menu items are not visible. The items are present though, when navigating blindly I can select a different submenu item. This is so with both autogenerated as manual configured items. The texts above it ("boot options for") is visible.
Beside this bug, I noticed rEFInd takes long (apr 10 seconds) to load. Is that normal?
thanks a lot,
Winfried
On 01/11/2013 09:22 AM, Winfried wrote:
At what resolution is rEFInd running? You can get this information from
the Information menu (assuming ITS contents are visible). If that menu
is invisible, try pressing F10 to take a screen shot and check its size
using a graphics editor once you've booted.
It can be under some circumstances, such as if you're loading a lot of
filesystem drivers, if you load one filesystem driver that must parse
several filesystems, or if you have a CD inserted in the drive when you
boot.
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Rod Smith
rodsmith@rodsbooks.com
http://www.rodsbooks.com
Hi,
The reported resolution is 640x480. When looking around again, I noticed the autogenerated elilo options were visible. All others were empty.
Deleting the ext4 driver from the drivers partition (all relevant kernels are in the EFI partition anyway, I had no other fs drivers active) solved the slowness.
640x480 is awfully small. See if you can increase it via the "resolution" option in refind.conf.
FWIW, I'm currently working on some other display issues, and plan to revise the code that creates the submenu displays so that it's more flexible. (Your problem is due to some inflexibility in the existing code, which was inherited from rEFIt.) Thus, even if you're stuck with a 640x480 display, this issue will probably be fixed with the next full release (0.6.5, probably).
Increasing the display resolution did make the options visible. So for me the problem is solved.
Thanks.