#976986 Dell Precision 3540: Unable to use gfxterm

Package:
grub-efi
Source:
grub2
Description:
GRand Unified Bootloader, version 2 (dummy package)
Submitter:
Paul Menzel
Date:
2020-12-09 15:33:03 UTC
Severity:
normal
#976986#5
Date:
2020-12-09 15:28:22 UTC
From:
To:
Dear Debian folks,


On the Dell Precision 3540/0M14W7, BIOS 1.9.1 07/06/2020, I only see the
GRUB console menu and the gfxterm one. `/etc/default/grub` is the default.

Entering the GRUB command line, I get the results below.

```
 > videoinfo
[…]
Adapter `EFI GOP driver':
* 0x000 1920 x 1080 x 32 (7680)  Direct color, mask: 8/8/8/8  pos: 16/8/0/24
   0x001  640 x  480 x 32 (2560)  Direct color, mask: 8/8/8/8  pos:
16/8/0/24
   0x002  800 x  600 x 32 (3200)  Direct color, mask: 8/8/8/8  pos:
16/8/0/24
   0x003 1024 x  768 x 32 (4096)  Direct color, mask: 8/8/8/8  pos:
16/8/0/24
   0x004 1280 x 1024 x 32 (5120)  Direct color, mask: 8/8/8/8  pos:
16/8/0/24
   EDID version: 1.4
     Preferred mode: 1920x1080
 > set debug=all
[…]
 > terminal_output gfxterm
[nothing gfxterm related]
 >
```

Does not switch to the gfx terminal.

Explicitly setting `GRUB_GFXMODE=1920x1080` (and `sudo update-grub`)
also does not help.

Do you have an idea, how this can be fixed or debugged? Or should I
report this upstream?


Kind regards,

Paul