** Summary changed:
- [Feisty] update-grub fails mysteriously on feisty
+ [patch] update-grub is broken
** Description changed:
Binary package hint: grub
The 2.6.19-7 kernel package fails to run update-grub properly. Or perhaps
update-grub fails because somebody broke it ;-).
Both were updated to new versions today (grub version: 0.97-19ubuntu1)
The error message is this:
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[EMAIL PROTECTED]:/boot# aptitude install linux-image-generic
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
Reading extended state information
Initializing package states... Done
Building tag database... Done
The following NEW packages will be automatically installed:
linux-image-2.6.19-7-generic
The following NEW packages will be installed:
linux-image-2.6.19-7-generic linux-image-generic
0 packages upgraded, 2 newly installed, 0 to remove and 0 not upgraded.
Need to get 0B/23.0MB of archives. After unpacking 68.2MB will be used.
Do you want to continue? [Y/n/?] Y
Writing extended state information... Done
Preconfiguring packages ...
Selecting previously deselected package linux-image-2.6.19-7-generic.
(Reading database ... 167548 files and directories currently installed.)
Unpacking linux-image-2.6.19-7-generic (from
.../linux-image-2.6.19-7-generic_2.6.19-7.10_i386.deb) ...
Done.
Selecting previously deselected package linux-image-generic.
Unpacking linux-image-generic (from
.../linux-image-generic_2.6.19.2_i386.deb) ...
Setting up linux-image-2.6.19-7-generic (2.6.19-7.10) ...
Running depmod.
update-initramfs: Generating /boot/initrd.img-2.6.19-7-generic
Running postinst hook /usr/sbin/update-grub.
Searching for GRUB installation directory ... found: /boot/grub
Testing for an existing GRUB menu.lst file ... found: /boot/grub/menu.lst
Searching for splash image ... none found, skipping ...
Found kernel: /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.19-7-generic
User hook script /usr/sbin/update-grub failed at
/var/lib/dpkg/info/linux-image-2.6.19-7-generic.postinst line 1201.
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Running the /usr/sbin/update-grub script by hand gives me as output:
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[EMAIL PROTECTED]:/boot# /usr/sbin/update-grub
Searching for GRUB installation directory ... found: /boot/grub
Testing for an existing GRUB menu.lst file ... found: /boot/grub/menu.lst
Searching for splash image ... none found, skipping ...
Found kernel: /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.19-7-generic
[EMAIL PROTECTED]:/boot#
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The disturbing thing is that I have a number of kernels but only the new
one is listed.
If I reboot the new kernel does NOT show up in the grub menu; Instead it
shows all the old boot options, suggesting update-grub did not actually
update grub.
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+ Workaround: uninstall kdump and set #alternative=false in menu.lst
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[patch] update-grub is broken
https://launchpad.net/bugs/73966
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