update-grub problem

2008-05-14 Thread John Fleming
I'm trying to install linux-image-2.6.18-6-686 using apt-get. I recently made the recommended change in /etc/kernel-img.conf to include: postinst_hook = usr/sbin/update-grub postrm_hook = usr/sbin/update-grub When I run the apt-get install, the configuration fails with the error about

Re: update-grub problem

2008-05-14 Thread Mike Bird
On Wed May 14 2008 18:43:14 John Fleming wrote: I'm trying to install linux-image-2.6.18-6-686 using apt-get. I recently made the recommended change in /etc/kernel-img.conf to include: postinst_hook = usr/sbin/update-grub postrm_hook = usr/sbin/update-grub When I run the apt-get

Re: update-grub problem

2008-05-14 Thread Douglas A. Tutty
On Wed, May 14, 2008 at 09:43:14PM -0400, John Fleming wrote: I'm trying to install linux-image-2.6.18-6-686 using apt-get. I recently made the recommended change in /etc/kernel-img.conf to include: postinst_hook = usr/sbin/update-grub postrm_hook = usr/sbin/update-grub When I run the

Re: update-grub problem

2008-05-14 Thread Damon L. Chesser
John Fleming wrote: I'm trying to install linux-image-2.6.18-6-686 using apt-get. I recently made the recommended change in /etc/kernel-img.conf to include: postinst_hook = usr/sbin/update-grub postrm_hook = usr/sbin/update-grub When I run the apt-get install, the configuration fails

Re: update-grub problem

2008-05-14 Thread John Fleming
What is the current working directory when this script gets run. You told it usr/sbin/update-grub not /usr/sbin/update-grub Note the difference. I still don't know why this is necessary. During the most recent kernel upgrade in Etch, I watched carefully for the usual warning message about

update-grub problem

2008-05-14 Thread John Fleming
I'm trying to install linux-image-2.6.18-6-686 using apt-get. I recently made the recommended change in /etc/kernel-img.conf to include: postinst_hook = usr/sbin/update-grub postrm_hook = usr/sbin/update-grub When I run the apt-get install, the configuration fails with the error about

Re: update-grub problem

2008-05-14 Thread John Hasler
However, that script DOES exist in the stated path. So what gives with this? That path (usr/sbin/update-grub) is relative to the current directory of the process using it. You probably want /usr/sbin/update-grub. -- John Hasler -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject