thanks for the heads up on proper use of strace. I believe it to have been an interaction between the old os-prober and a drive entirely encrypted with truecrypt (in an old version at that). The problem disappeared when i installed Karmic Alpha 6, so this bug can probably be closed.
-- os-prober spawns interactive prompt 'Password:' and causes partial hang of /etc/grub.d/30_os-prober https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/428260 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list [email protected] https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
