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and subject line Re: grub-pc: installation does not return to aptitude
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regarding grub-pc: installation does not return to aptitude
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--- Begin Message ---
Package: grub-pc
Version: 1.98-1
Severity: normal
*** Please type your report below this line ***
May warrant higher severity. The package is was stuck
half-configured, and aptitude installation flow is broken. Either
because of repeated tries, or because of waiting several minutes,
installation eventually succeeded.
After upgrading to the latest grub-pc (from an earlier version, not
grub 1) I got a dialogue saying the my version of grub.cfg differed
from that of the package and asking what I wanted to do. I selected
3-way compare. I got a relatively small curses window showing a few
code fragments. I hit OK on the window. The screen then showed
Setting up grub-pc (1.98-1) ...
Installation finished. No error reported.
and it just sat there. Hitting return produced a blank line.
I hit ctl-C and the screen returned to aptitude, which said there was
an error. It automatically tried again, with the same result, i.e., a
hang up after Installation finished.
aptitude showed grub-pc was C, i.e., half-configured. I speculate
that it was fully configured, but the installer scripts have a problem
exiting. I tried to install again. There was no dialogue about the
different versions of grub.cfg, but the hang up after the
"Installation finished" message continued.
I tried again while filing this bug. Behavior appeared the same, but
after several minutes more messages appeared:
Setting up grub-pc (1.98-1) ...
Installation finished. No error reported.
Generating grub.cfg ...
Found background image: moreblue-orbit-grub.png
Found linux image: /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.32-trunk-amd64
Found initrd image: /boot/initrd.img-2.6.32-trunk-amd64
Found linux image: /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.32-3-amd64
Found initrd image: /boot/initrd.img-2.6.32-3-amd64
done
Press return to continue.
Pressing return works, i.e., returns you to aptitude. Package status
is now installed.
So maybe the problem is just that something takes a really long time,
at least in my environment? I did not wait several minutes with my
previous failures.
The environment is a kvm virtual machine running squeeze. amd64 host
and guest. I was operating over ssh in a terminal/curses based
interface. kvm is built direct from upstream latest source,
qemu-kvm-0.12.2.tar.gz. Host is running lenny mostly, but using the
Debianized 2.6.32 kernel.
-- Package-specific info:
*********************** BEGIN /proc/mounts
/dev/disk/by-uuid/5214601b-a9c6-496a-95cf-99962f6bb215 / ext3
rw,relatime,errors=remount-ro,data=ordered 0 0
*********************** END /proc/mounts
*********************** BEGIN /boot/grub/device.map
(hd0) /dev/hda
*********************** END /boot/grub/device.map
*********************** BEGIN /boot/grub/grub.cfg
#
# DO NOT EDIT THIS FILE
#
# It is automatically generated by /usr/sbin/grub-mkconfig using templates
# from /etc/grub.d and settings from /etc/default/grub
#
### BEGIN /etc/grub.d/00_header ###
if [ -s $prefix/grubenv ]; then
load_env
fi
set default="0"
if [ ${prev_saved_entry} ]; then
set saved_entry=${prev_saved_entry}
save_env saved_entry
set prev_saved_entry=
save_env prev_saved_entry
set boot_once=true
fi
function savedefault {
if [ -z ${boot_once} ]; then
saved_entry=${chosen}
save_env saved_entry
fi
}
insmod ext2
set root='(hd0,1)'
search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set 5214601b-a9c6-496a-95cf-99962f6bb215
if loadfont /usr/share/grub/unicode.pf2 ; then
set gfxmode=640x480
insmod gfxterm
insmod vbe
if terminal_output gfxterm ; then true ; else
# For backward compatibility with versions of terminal.mod that don't
# understand terminal_output
terminal gfxterm
fi
fi
set locale_dir=/boot/grub/locale
set lang=en
insmod gettext
set timeout=5
### END /etc/grub.d/00_header ###
### BEGIN /etc/grub.d/05_debian_theme ###
insmod ext2
set root='(hd0,1)'
search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set 5214601b-a9c6-496a-95cf-99962f6bb215
insmod png
if background_image /usr/share/images/desktop-base/moreblue-orbit-grub.png ;
then
set color_normal=black/black
set color_highlight=magenta/black
else
set menu_color_normal=cyan/blue
set menu_color_highlight=white/blue
fi
### END /etc/grub.d/05_debian_theme ###
### BEGIN /etc/grub.d/10_linux ###
menuentry "Debian GNU/Linux, with Linux 2.6.32-trunk-amd64" {
insmod ext2
set root='(hd0,1)'
search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set 5214601b-a9c6-496a-95cf-99962f6bb215
echo Loading Linux 2.6.32-trunk-amd64 ...
linux /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.32-trunk-amd64
root=UUID=5214601b-a9c6-496a-95cf-99962f6bb215 ro clock=pit quiet
echo Loading initial ramdisk ...
initrd /boot/initrd.img-2.6.32-trunk-amd64
}
menuentry "Debian GNU/Linux, with Linux 2.6.32-trunk-amd64 (recovery mode)" {
insmod ext2
set root='(hd0,1)'
search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set 5214601b-a9c6-496a-95cf-99962f6bb215
echo Loading Linux 2.6.32-trunk-amd64 ...
linux /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.32-trunk-amd64
root=UUID=5214601b-a9c6-496a-95cf-99962f6bb215 ro single clock=pit
echo Loading initial ramdisk ...
initrd /boot/initrd.img-2.6.32-trunk-amd64
}
menuentry "Debian GNU/Linux, with Linux 2.6.32-3-amd64" {
insmod ext2
set root='(hd0,1)'
search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set 5214601b-a9c6-496a-95cf-99962f6bb215
echo Loading Linux 2.6.32-3-amd64 ...
linux /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.32-3-amd64
root=UUID=5214601b-a9c6-496a-95cf-99962f6bb215 ro clock=pit quiet
echo Loading initial ramdisk ...
initrd /boot/initrd.img-2.6.32-3-amd64
}
menuentry "Debian GNU/Linux, with Linux 2.6.32-3-amd64 (recovery mode)" {
insmod ext2
set root='(hd0,1)'
search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set 5214601b-a9c6-496a-95cf-99962f6bb215
echo Loading Linux 2.6.32-3-amd64 ...
linux /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.32-3-amd64
root=UUID=5214601b-a9c6-496a-95cf-99962f6bb215 ro single clock=pit
echo Loading initial ramdisk ...
initrd /boot/initrd.img-2.6.32-3-amd64
}
### END /etc/grub.d/10_linux ###
### BEGIN /etc/grub.d/30_os-prober ###
### END /etc/grub.d/30_os-prober ###
### BEGIN /etc/grub.d/40_custom ###
# This file provides an easy way to add custom menu entries. Simply type the
# menu entries you want to add after this comment. Be careful not to change
# the 'exec tail' line above.
### END /etc/grub.d/40_custom ###
*********************** END /boot/grub/grub.cfg
-- System Information:
Debian Release: squeeze/sid
APT prefers testing
APT policy: (500, 'testing')
Architecture: amd64 (x86_64)
Kernel: Linux 2.6.32-trunk-amd64 (SMP w/4 CPU cores)
Locale: LANG=en_US.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=en_US.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8)
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/dash
Versions of packages grub-pc depends on:
ii debconf [debconf-2.0] 1.5.28 Debian configuration management sy
ii grub-common 1.98-1 GRand Unified Bootloader, version
ii libc6 2.10.2-6 Embedded GNU C Library: Shared lib
ii ucf 3.0025 Update Configuration File: preserv
grub-pc recommends no packages.
Versions of packages grub-pc suggests:
ii desktop-base 5.0.5 common files for the Debian Deskto
-- debconf information:
grub-pc/kopt_extracted: false
grub2/kfreebsd_cmdline:
* grub-pc/install_devices: (hd0)
grub-pc/postrm_purge_boot_grub: false
* grub2/linux_cmdline: clock=pit
grub2/kfreebsd_cmdline_default: quiet
* grub2/linux_cmdline_default: quiet
grub-pc/chainload_from_menu.lst: true
--- End Message ---
--- Begin Message ---
Source: grub2
Source-Version: 1.98+20100527-1
On Wed, Mar 17, 2010 at 06:06:22PM -0700, Ross Boylan wrote:
> After upgrading to the latest grub-pc (from an earlier version, not
> grub 1) I got a dialogue saying the my version of grub.cfg differed
> from that of the package and asking what I wanted to do. I selected
> 3-way compare. I got a relatively small curses window showing a few
> code fragments. I hit OK on the window. The screen then showed
> Setting up grub-pc (1.98-1) ...
> Installation finished. No error reported.
>
> and it just sat there. Hitting return produced a blank line.
[...]
> I tried again while filing this bug. Behavior appeared the same, but
> after several minutes more messages appeared:
[...]
> So maybe the problem is just that something takes a really long time,
> at least in my environment? I did not wait several minutes with my
> previous failures.
I think this is probably #508834/#574088, which did indeed often make
things take a really long time. Newer versions do much less repetitive
work and should be much faster. If you can reproduce this with
1.98+20100527-1 or newer, please reopen this bug.
Thanks,
--
Colin Watson [[email protected]]
--- End Message ---
