On Tue, Apr 07, 2009 at 04:35:44PM +0100, Farran Lee wrote: > > er here: http://pastebin.com/f1530e2cf
OK, I'm only guessing here. I don't know much about how update-grub actually works, but... You've got "default saved" in there with "savedefault=false" and "updatedefaultentry=true". I think update-grub is trying to calculate a new default entry from that and finding it can't do maths on the string "saved". You might get update-grub to run cleanly if you set "updatedefaultentry=false" but you get no guarantees what the default will be then. My set up here (which would have been default at one time - I think this machine had 8.04 installed and then upgraded to 8.10 - I've no idea if the defaults have changed) has "default 0" and both savedefault and updatedefaultentry are set to false. This gives the most recent kernel as the default (this might not work on a dual boot system - I can't remember if other OSs go before or after the kernel list for Ubuntu). I edited your paste bin entry to mirror my setup: http://pastebin.com/m20346f7f Disclaimer: I know nothing about your system and have only a vague grasp of how grub works. Using this config is at your own risk and might render your system unbootable and/or kill kittens through my lack of understanding and/or typos. Robert ________________________________________________________ Robert McWilliam [email protected] www.ormiret.com What the world needs is more geniuses with humility, there are so few of us left. -- Oscar Levant -- [email protected] https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
