Public bug reported: Ubuntu 12.04 x64 and Ubuntu 12.10 x64 have been a horrible adventure for booting. When a package update is installed that modifies anything within /boot/, the Grub configuration stops automatically loading Ubuntu. This means that the remote server ends up offline until someone physically goes to the system and hits any key to load Ubuntu. I expected it to always timeout and boot which it loses the ability to do after every round of updates are installed. I do package updates every couple of weeks.
This has been going on with every updated package since 12.04 was installed in April 2012. It's impossible as far as I know to figure out the name of all packages from then til now for both of the affected releases. My temporary solution has been to run Boot Repair after every software update so that Grub is reconfigured to automatically boot. Today, it was stuck yet again. I used Grub Customizer to select the boot option for "Ubuntu" and to re-enable the timeout variable which was again disabled. A long thread of this matter can be found at http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=2050035. Originally, boot/ was part of the root partition. It was separated out to its own partition. This didn't help. Lot's has been attempted and reviewed. The problem just keeps reappearing. Today's pastebin logs: Before attempting to fix problem: http://paste.ubuntu.com/1300086/ After first attempt which did not fix problem with BR: http://paste.ubuntu.com/1300090/ Problem fixed after manual variable modifications using GC: http://paste.ubuntu.com/1300585/ ** Affects: grub2 (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided Status: New ** Tags: boot freeze grub timeout -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1070534 Title: Boot-related package updates disable Grub timeout each update To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/grub2/+bug/1070534/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list [email protected] https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
