Your message dated Thu, 7 Feb 2008 13:09:45 +0100
with message-id <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
and subject line Bug#464464: grub-pc: syntax error in generated grub.cfg
has caused the attached Bug report to be marked as done.
This means that you claim that the problem has been dealt with.
If this is not the case it is now your responsibility to reopen the
Bug report if necessary, and/or fix the problem forthwith.
(NB: If you are a system administrator and have no idea what I am
talking about this indicates a serious mail system misconfiguration
somewhere. Please contact me immediately.)
Debian bug tracking system administrator
(administrator, Debian Bugs database)
--- Begin Message ---
Package: grub-pc
Version: 1.96+20080203-1
Severity: critical
Justification: breaks the whole system
The If-statement 00_header writes to grub.cfg is malformed, and causes grub2
to get stuck in an infinite loop of syntax errors.
This code breaks the system:
if font (hd0,5)/usr/share/grub/unicode.pff ; then
set gfxmode=1024x768
insmod gfxterm
insmod vbe
terminal gfxterm
fi
My fixed grub.cfg is below. I fixed 00_header the same way:
font (hd0,5)/usr/share/grub/unicode.pff
set gfxmode=1024x768
insmod gfxterm
insmod vbe
terminal gfxterm
-- Package-specific info:
*********************** BEGIN /proc/mounts
rootfs / rootfs rw 0 0
none /sys sysfs rw,nosuid,nodev,noexec 0 0
none /proc proc rw,nosuid,nodev,noexec 0 0
udev /dev tmpfs rw 0 0
/dev/sda5 / ext3 rw,data=ordered 0 0
/dev/sda5 /dev/.static/dev ext3 rw,data=ordered 0 0
tmpfs /lib/init/rw tmpfs rw,nosuid 0 0
usbfs /proc/bus/usb usbfs rw,nosuid,nodev,noexec 0 0
tmpfs /dev/shm tmpfs rw,nosuid,nodev 0 0
devpts /dev/pts devpts rw,nosuid,noexec 0 0
fusectl /sys/fs/fuse/connections fusectl rw 0 0
/dev/sda6 /home reiserfs rw 0 0
/dev/sda2 /mnt/c fuseblk
rw,nosuid,nodev,noexec,user_id=0,group_id=0,default_permissions,allow_other 0
0
binfmt_misc /proc/sys/fs/binfmt_misc binfmt_misc rw,nosuid,nodev,noexec 0 0
*********************** END /proc/mounts
*********************** BEGIN /boot/grub/device.map
(hd0) /dev/sda
*********************** END /boot/grub/device.map
*********************** BEGIN /boot/grub/grub.cfg
#
# DO NOT EDIT THIS FILE
#
# It is automatically generated by /usr/sbin/update-grub using templates
# from /etc/grub.d and settings from /etc/default/grub
#
### BEGIN /etc/grub.d/00_header ###
set default=0
set timeout=5
set root=(hd0,5)
#bug: syntax error right here:
font (hd0,5)/usr/share/grub/unicode.pff
set gfxmode=1024x768
insmod gfxterm
insmod vbe
terminal gfxterm
### END /etc/grub.d/00_header ###
### BEGIN /etc/grub.d/05_debian_theme ###
set menu_color_normal=cyan/blue
set menu_color_highlight=white/blue
### END /etc/grub.d/05_debian_theme ###
### BEGIN /etc/grub.d/10_hurd ###
### END /etc/grub.d/10_hurd ###
### BEGIN /etc/grub.d/10_linux ###
menuentry "Debian GNU/Linux, linux 2.6.22-3-686" {
linux (hd0,5)/boot/vmlinuz-2.6.22-3-686 root=/dev/sda5 ro
initrd (hd0,5)/boot/initrd.img-2.6.22-3-686
}
menuentry "Debian GNU/Linux, linux 2.6.22-3-686 (single-user mode)" {
linux (hd0,5)/boot/vmlinuz-2.6.22-3-686 root=/dev/sda5 ro single
initrd (hd0,5)/boot/initrd.img-2.6.22-3-686
}
### END /etc/grub.d/10_linux ###
### BEGIN /etc/grub.d/20_memtest86+ ###
menuentry "Memory test (memtest86+)" {
linux (hd0,5)/boot/memtest86+.bin
}
### END /etc/grub.d/20_memtest86+ ###
### BEGIN /etc/grub.d/21_dell ###
menuentry "Dell Diagnostic Utilities" {
set root=(hd0,1)
chainloader +1
}
### END /etc/grub.d/21_dell ###
### BEGIN /etc/grub.d/21_windows ###
menuentry "Microsoft Windows XP" {
set root=(hd0,2)
chainloader +1
}
### END /etc/grub.d/21_windows ###
*********************** END /boot/grub/grub.cfg
-- System Information:
Debian Release: lenny/sid
APT prefers testing
APT policy: (990, 'testing')
Architecture: i386 (i686)
Kernel: Linux 2.6.22-3-686 (SMP w/2 CPU cores)
Locale: LANG=en_US.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=en_US.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8)
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/bash
Versions of packages grub-pc depends on:
ii base-files 4.0.2 Debian base system miscellaneous
f
ii debconf [debconf-2.0] 1.5.18 Debian configuration management
sy
ii libc6 2.7-6 GNU C Library: Shared libraries
ii liblzo2-2 2.02-3 data compression library
ii libncurses5 5.6+20080119-1 Shared libraries for terminal
hand
grub-pc recommends no packages.
-- debconf information:
* grub-pc/chainload_from_menu.lst: true
signature.asc
Description: This is a digitally signed message part.
--- End Message ---
--- Begin Message ---
On Wed, Feb 06, 2008 at 09:24:16PM -0500, Barry Schatz wrote:
> Package: grub-pc
> Version: 1.96+20080203-1
> Severity: critical
> Justification: breaks the whole system
>
> The If-statement 00_header writes to grub.cfg is malformed, and causes grub2
> to get stuck in an infinite loop of syntax errors.
This is a bug in GRUB itself not grub.cfg. Just (re-)run grub-install.
--
Robert Millan
<GPLv2> I know my rights; I want my phone call!
<DRM> What use is a phone call… if you are unable to speak?
(as seen on /.)
--- End Message ---
