Thanks Walter. On Mar 18, 2015 2:01 PM, "Walter Lapchynski" <w...@ubuntu.com> wrote:
> As far as I know, this is par for the course and how it has been for a > long time, particularly because many of the GRUB settings are inherited > from Ubuntu. You get the same result out of `lsb_release`. It may not be > ideal, but this is how it is. > > As I hope you all know, `update-grub` pulls from /etc/default/grub and > /etc/grub.d. Currently, the former specifies > "GRUB_DISTRIBUTOR=`lsb_release -i -s 2> /dev/null || echo Debian`" which > will ultimately result in using "Ubuntu." It's not clear what package > this comes from (`apt-file find /etc/default/grub` fails to find it), so > that will make it hard to fix in any permanent fashion. > > My guess, though, is that if you look upstream in Debian, you'll find it > has the same specification. That being said, I'd say that this is going > to be darn hard to fix. > > Additionally, I would repeat the old Lubuntu motto: "Lubuntu *IS* > Ubuntu." You can build it off of a regular Ubuntu distro, it uses the > Ubuntu repos, etc. It's Ubuntu. So it makes sense to keep it as is. > > Consider this, too: what if you take your Lubuntu and strip out all the > Lubuntu bits and install all the Xubuntu bits. What should GRUB call it > now? More importantly: how would it know which one it is automatically? > So really, the issue is that there's no great way to fix this that's > going to work for all scenarios. > > Because of that, I'm going to call this Won't Fix. > > If you would like a solution, please change the GRUB_DISTRIBUTOR string > in /etc/default/grub and run `update-grub`. Something like > "GRUB_DISTRIBUTOR=Lubuntu" would be reasonable. > > ** Changed in: ubiquity (Ubuntu) > Status: Confirmed => Won't Fix > > -- > You received this bug notification because you are a member of Lubuntu > Packages Team, which is subscribed to the bug report. > https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1409209 > > Title: > After installing Lubuntu from USB stick, GRUB mistakenly lists Lubuntu > as Ubuntu > > Status in ubiquity package in Ubuntu: > Won't Fix > > Bug description: > I installed Lubuntu 15.04 Vervet (Live image 2015-01-09) as a Manual > installation (choosing "Something else...") to install the test > Lubuntu alongside a machine that already has Ubuntu 14.04 LTS and > Windows 7. > > After installation, Lubuntu was mistakenly listed as "Ubuntu" in the > GRUB menu. The existing Ubuntu installation, which had formerly been > labeled as "Ubuntu" was now (accurately) labeled as Ubuntu 14.04. > > To reproduce: > > Install Lubuntu alongside other existing operating systems using the > "Something else..." option and configuring your partitions in the > ubiquity installer. > > Expected result: > > Grub lists your new installation as "Lubuntu" and the other operating > systems as their correct names. > > Actual result: > > Grub lists my new lubuntu installation as "Ubuntu" (only) and the > other operating systems correctly (for me, Ubuntu 14.04.1 LTS and > Windows 7). > > Hardware profile: https://gist.github.com/e4e4d9d3e41ccf5c27c7 > > To manage notifications about this bug go to: > > https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/ubiquity/+bug/1409209/+subscriptions > -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1409209 Title: After installing Lubuntu from USB stick, GRUB mistakenly lists Lubuntu as Ubuntu To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/ubiquity/+bug/1409209/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
