[Bug 202009] Re: update-grub not updating menu.lst

2015-06-24 Thread dino99
None of the affected versions reported here are supported versions; and grub legacy upstream is also stopped, only receiving possible random fixes locally ** Changed in: grub (Ubuntu) Status: Confirmed => Invalid -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bu

[Bug 202009] Re: update-grub not updating menu.lst

2013-07-12 Thread Gabriele Tozzi
I got my system unbootable after deleting some "old" kernels, then spent about an hour recovering the system, debugging and trying to figure out why update-grub is not doing what is saying it's doing. I'm using latest Ubuntu, of course. There should at least be an HUGE warning when one runs updat

[Bug 202009] Re: update-grub not updating menu.lst

2012-09-17 Thread Nathaniel W. Turner
** Tags added: precise -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/202009 Title: update-grub not updating menu.lst To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/

[Bug 202009] Re: update-grub not updating menu.lst

2012-03-21 Thread Jackflame
I'm having same problem in Oneiric too and the strange fact is that the Upgrade from Natty to Oneiric didn't upgrade my grub installation keeping Grub legacy instead of Grub2. About last issue, i don't know if this behaviour is correct or not. -- You received this bug notification because you ar

[Bug 202009] Re: update-grub not updating menu.lst

2012-01-25 Thread Pierce Gerhart
Sorry, meant to say Oneiric, not Natty. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/202009 Title: update-grub not updating menu.lst To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.laun

[Bug 202009] Re: update-grub not updating menu.lst

2012-01-23 Thread Pierce Gerhart
I am having this problem with grub legacy in Natty. I just realized that despite update-manager downloading new versions of the kernel and running update-grub with apparent success, that my menu options only go as high as 3.0.0-12 when the latest installed version is 3.0.0-15. -- You received thi

[Bug 202009] Re: update-grub not updating menu.lst

2011-11-22 Thread RoyK
This should not be flagged medium - it's a serious bug in that the kernel isn't upgraded without manual override. Please upgrade this to major -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/202009 Titl

[Bug 202009] Re: update-grub not updating menu.lst

2011-10-21 Thread RoyK
as for the public, this is not a minor bug, having servers running old kernels is a security issue -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/202009 Title: update-grub not updating menu.lst To m

[Bug 202009] Re: update-grub not updating menu.lst

2011-10-21 Thread RoyK
this still is a problem with lucid, some 18 months after its relese. would it be a good idea to fix this? -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/202009 Title: update-grub not updating menu.ls

[Bug 202009] Re: update-grub not updating menu.lst

2011-06-01 Thread jim brown
Hi just encountered a similar issue after upgrading to Natty. The menu.lst was refusing to update (I believe I've still got grub installed not grub2) with the 11.04 kernels. I've just backed up my menu.lst and recreated it using update-grub and new kernels appear to have been added correctly. I'v

[Bug 202009] Re: update-grub not updating menu.lst

2010-12-26 Thread jpka
To comment #67: after boot another (old) Ubuntu from 2nd partition and running update-grub2 under it, boot menu was fixed, but only until i modify it again. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bug

[Bug 202009] Re: update-grub not updating menu.lst

2010-12-22 Thread jpka
$ update-grub --version grub-mkconfig (GRUB) 1.98+20100804-5ubuntu3 $ update-grub2 --version grub-mkconfig (GRUB) 1.98+20100804-5ubuntu3 Both not work: properly listed items on terminal during updating, not shown in boot menu after restart. But when auto-update installs new kernel image, result i

[Bug 202009] Re: update-grub not updating menu.lst

2010-07-30 Thread marvstod
WIth the Lucid release, there are installed both: ~$ ls /usr/sbin/update-grub* /usr/sbin/update-grub /usr/sbin/update-grub2 Added lines in /etc/grub.d/40_custom are NOT incorporated into /boot/grub/grub.cfg with usage of $ sudo update-grub However there is success if there is used $ sudo upd

[Bug 202009] Re: update-grub not updating menu.lst

2010-06-13 Thread [euchrid]
On upgrade to Lucid, grub2 was NOT installed for me; not sure if it should have been. Therefore, I am still experiencing this bug in Lucid. I resolved it by backing up my menu.lst (renaming it to menu.lst.backup), and then running update-grub. New menu.lst had correct entries. (If you copy menu.ls

[Bug 202009] Re: update-grub not updating menu.lst

2010-05-04 Thread Philip Muškovac
This isn't a patch that fixes the bug but a script that works around the issue to get things working again. Unsubscribing reviewers. ** Tags removed: patch -- update-grub not updating menu.lst https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/202009 You received this bug notification because you are a member of U

[Bug 202009] Re: update-grub not updating menu.lst

2010-04-21 Thread brainstorm
To retain compatibility with 9.04 I've just moved the only external function (grub_file_is_not_garbage) that was used in the script. Now it should work with Jaunty and maybe other previous releases. Artur, can you further detail the commands you issued and the output ? Please also keep in mind tha

[Bug 202009] Re: update-grub not updating menu.lst

2010-04-21 Thread Brian Murray
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[Bug 202009] Re: update-grub not updating menu.lst

2010-04-21 Thread Artur Rona
After install new -image- package, update-grub2 doesn't run. Lucid. -- update-grub not updating menu.lst https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/202009 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@list

[Bug 202009] Re: update-grub not updating menu.lst

2010-04-21 Thread brainstorm
Bear in mind that this script has been tested on 9.10's with grub (not grub2), when trying it on a 9.04: .: 39: Can't open /usr/lib/grub/grub-mkconfig_lib Another fix/workaround should be found then :-S -- update-grub not updating menu.lst https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/202009 You received thi

[Bug 202009] Re: update-grub not updating menu.lst

2010-04-21 Thread brainstorm
I've been trying with other workstations/setups and I've added some corrections on their particular case, as well as a warning regarding "updatedefaultentry" and "savedefault" menu.lst options. Please keep in mind that, according to menu.lst, changing the "savedefault" setting could break dmraid-b

[Bug 202009] Re: update-grub not updating menu.lst

2010-04-20 Thread brainstorm
Hi people, I've put together a little script that should be placed under: /etc/grub.d Since I'm pretty sure that there are plenty of corner cases, I encourage you to try it and: 1) Report success/failure. 2) Send patches based on it ! You can run this by simply instantianting it: sh /etc/grub

[Bug 202009] Re: update-grub not updating menu.lst

2010-01-11 Thread Steve Langasek
mike, the issue you describe is unrelated to this bug report, and results from your having installed the legacy 'grub' package, replacing the grub-pc (grub2) package included Ubuntu 9.10. To resolve this, you should run 'sudo apt-get install grub-pc' to pull grub2 back in. -- update-grub not up

[Bug 202009] Re: update-grub not updating menu.lst

2010-01-09 Thread mike
I just took the latest kernel 2.6.31-17-generic and again had to apply the hack I listed above. update-grub continues to update the menu.lst rather than grub.cfg -- update-grub not updating menu.lst https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/202009 You received this bug notification because you are a memb

[Bug 202009] Re: update-grub not updating menu.lst

2009-12-05 Thread mike
This moved me from being stuck at 2.6.31-14-generic to 2.6.31-16-generic, it allso filled in the menu for 15 sudo chmod 777 /boot/grub/grub.cfg sudo grub-mkconfig > /boot/grub/grub.cfg sudo chmod 444 /boot/grub/grub.cfg -- update-grub not updating menu.lst https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/202009

[Bug 202009] Re: update-grub not updating menu.lst

2009-11-04 Thread warezwaldo
I have also experienced this bug on both the HP G60-231WM & the Acer Aspire 3690-2900 -- the fix is very simple... so simple you will think "Why didn't I think of that???" Ok so mouse doesn't work after upgrade to 9.10... then press CNTRL/ALT/F1 to get yourself to the Command Line... First login

Re: [Bug 202009] Re: update-grub not updating menu.lst

2009-10-29 Thread Przemysław Kulczycki
It's still relevant because Grub2 is not installed automatically on upgrade from Jaunty. 2009/10/29 parker : > Ok It seems to me that this is irrelevant at this point as all new > releases of Ubuntu will use grub2. It's a pain in the ass, but it is > what is. "Make a change and call it progress" A

Re: [Bug 202009] Re: update-grub not updating menu.lst

2009-10-29 Thread parker
Ok It seems to me that this is irrelevant at this point as all new releases of Ubuntu will use grub2. It's a pain in the ass, but it is what is. "Make a change and call it progress" All I want a boot loader to do is load the OS I want and the latest kernels and then leave me alone. But the deve

Re: [Bug 202009] Re: update-grub not updating menu.lst

2009-10-29 Thread Przemysław Kulczycki
2009/10/29 Steve Langasek : > On Thu, Oct 29, 2009 at 08:44:57AM -, Przemysław Kulczycki wrote: >> Same thing after upgrading from Jaunty to Karmic. Update-grub fails to >> update menu.lst after I chose to keep my version of menu.lst during the >> upgrade. > > If you chose to keep your version

Re: [Bug 202009] Re: update-grub not updating menu.lst

2009-10-29 Thread Steve Langasek
On Thu, Oct 29, 2009 at 08:44:57AM -, Przemysław Kulczycki wrote: > Same thing after upgrading from Jaunty to Karmic. Update-grub fails to > update menu.lst after I chose to keep my version of menu.lst during the > upgrade. If you chose to keep your version of menu.lst, this is not a "failure"

Re: [Bug 202009] Re: update-grub not updating menu.lst

2009-10-29 Thread parker
When I had this problem using 'legacy grub' because I didn't accept 'install maintainer's version' I simply removed grub/menu.lst. When I rebooted it created a new menu.lst with the updated kernels. Now I'm using grub2 which presents a whole new set of problems. Good luck, Paco Przemysław Kulc

[Bug 202009] Re: update-grub not updating menu.lst

2009-10-29 Thread Przemysław Kulczycki
I had to edit menu.lst by hand to fix it, yet I'm afraid that I'll have to do it again after each kernel update. ** Tags added: grub jaunty karmic regression-release -- update-grub not updating menu.lst https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/202009 You received this bug notification because you are a m

[Bug 202009] Re: update-grub not updating menu.lst

2009-10-29 Thread Przemysław Kulczycki
** Attachment added: "menu.lst" http://launchpadlibrarian.net/34590261/menu.lst -- update-grub not updating menu.lst https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/202009 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list

[Bug 202009] Re: update-grub not updating menu.lst

2009-10-29 Thread Przemysław Kulczycki
azr...@laptop:~$ sudo fdisk -l [sudo] password for azrael: Disk /dev/sda: 80.0 GB, 80026361856 bytes 255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 9729 cylinders Units = cylinders of 16065 * 512 = 8225280 bytes Disk identifier: 0xb452b452 Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System /dev/sda1

[Bug 202009] Re: update-grub not updating menu.lst

2009-10-29 Thread Przemysław Kulczycki
** Attachment added: "fstab" http://launchpadlibrarian.net/34590213/fstab -- update-grub not updating menu.lst https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/202009 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu

[Bug 202009] Re: update-grub not updating menu.lst

2009-10-29 Thread Przemysław Kulczycki
Same thing after upgrading from Jaunty to Karmic. Update-grub fails to update menu.lst after I chose to keep my version of menu.lst during the upgrade. -- update-grub not updating menu.lst https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/202009 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu

[Bug 202009] Re: update-grub not updating menu.lst

2009-09-09 Thread gj_schoneveld
This bug shows itself at my place if I make any modifications to the automagic generated kernels. After a modification (for example removing the kernel from the title) a subsequent "sudo update-grub" seems to work, but fails to update the kernel list. Parker's solution (#41) works, but it is also

[Bug 202009] Re: update-grub not updating menu.lst

2009-08-19 Thread parker
Had this problem when I installed the latest kernel in Jaunty. At the end of the install I accepted the default of keeping the existing Grub menu. Big mistake. update-grub would not add the new kernel to the menu.lst. Spent 2 days trying various solutions proposed in forums. Finally found a simple

Re: [Bug 202009] Re: update-grub not updating menu.lst

2009-08-09 Thread Colin Watson
I don't disagree that this is serious, but unfortunately the old update-grub is such a mess at this point that it's nearly certain that any attempts to fix problems will make something else worse. We're replacing the old update-grub system with grub2's entirely rewritten version in karmic; I have s

[Bug 202009] Re: update-grub not updating menu.lst

2009-08-06 Thread humble_coffee
Confirmed on jaunty. This is a pretty serious problem. I just discovered that I haven't been running the latest kernel since about four releases ago. I don't really think it's fair to blame on the user for editing the wrong part of the file too. On my system the automagic kernels section was so bi

[Bug 202009] Re: update-grub not updating menu.lst

2009-05-22 Thread Paul Mattes
I was also bitten by this when upgrading from 8.10 to 9.04. update-grub said that it found the new kernel, but it did not change menu.lst. The reason was that I had previously modified the 'automagically generated' section of menu.lst (removing the 'splash' option to help diagnose another issue),

[Bug 202009] Re: update-grub not updating menu.lst

2009-05-13 Thread retief
+1 on upgrade from 8.10 to 9.04 not updating the menu.lst on amd-64 - worked fine on my i386 upgrade I manually changed the names for the images referred in the menu.lst Now the Grub menu displays correctly and boots correct image. Sudo update-grub did not write correct image names to menu.lst alt

[Bug 202009] Re: update-grub not updating menu.lst

2009-05-11 Thread Christoph Bier
This bug affects me, too: ch...@lotus:~$ date Mo 11. Mai 13:29:05 CEST 2009 ch...@lotus:~$ sudo update-grub Searching for GRUB installation directory ... found: /boot/grub Searching for default file ... found: /boot/grub/default Testing for an existing GRUB menu.lst file ... found: /boot/grub/menu

[Bug 202009] Re: update-grub not updating menu.lst

2009-04-01 Thread Brunellus
Confirmed on jaunty. $ sudo update-grub Searching for GRUB installation directory ... found: /boot/grub Searching for default file ... found: /boot/grub/default Testing for an existing GRUB menu.lst file ... found: /boot/grub/menu.lst Searching for splash image ... none found, skipping ... Found k

[Bug 202009] Re: update-grub not updating menu.lst

2009-03-29 Thread Ari
Confirmed on jaunty. $ sudo update-grub Searching for GRUB installation directory ... found: /boot/grub Searching for default file ... found: /boot/grub/default Testing for an existing GRUB menu.lst file ... found: /boot/grub/menu.lst Searching for splash image ... none found, skipping ... Found k

[Bug 202009] Re: update-grub not updating menu.lst

2009-01-30 Thread Rolf Leggewie
Guy M, if you are looking for support on how to get around this (or any other) problem, I suggest the ubuntu forums or Launchpad Answers http://ubuntuforums.org https://answers.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/grub -- update-grub not updating menu.lst https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/202009 You recei

[Bug 202009] Re: update-grub not updating menu.lst

2009-01-30 Thread Guy M
I have just run into this. Now when I ran grub and looked for /boot/grub/menu.lst I get "error 15: file not found" I'm a noob but I'd like to figure this thing out Thanks -- update-grub not updating menu.lst https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/202009 You received this bug notification because you

[Bug 202009] Re: update-grub not updating menu.lst

2009-01-29 Thread Philippe Piquer
After https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/grub/+bug/202009/comments/29 (just a few messages up) , I'm back and everything works -- update-grub not updating menu.lst https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/202009 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is su

[Bug 202009] Re: update-grub not updating menu.lst

2009-01-29 Thread JacobSteelsmith
My buddy Alex helped me fix this. I had to use Grub to write the new /boot/grub/menu.lst to the MBR. So: First, get into grub ja...@jakes-desktop:~$ grub Probing devices to guess BIOS drives. This may take a long time. [ Minimal BASH-like line editing is supported. For the f

[Bug 202009] Re: update-grub not updating menu.lst

2009-01-29 Thread Philippe Piquer
Well , I got the same issue. I backed up my menu.lst, deleted the original one , ran 'sudo upgrade-grub', answered 'yes' to create the file for me ... And I've got a full menu.lst with all installed kernels. I just have to reboot to see if everything is ok ... -- update-grub not updating menu.ls

[Bug 202009] Re: update-grub not updating menu.lst

2009-01-29 Thread JacobSteelsmith
Thanks again Steve. I posted in the forum at: http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?p=6638834#post6638834 I have three disks with two partitions each. Two disks are part of the raid 1 array and the third disk is a spare. One partition is mounted on root and the second is the swap. I checked the a

Re: [Bug 202009] Re: update-grub not updating menu.lst

2009-01-28 Thread Steve Langasek
On Thu, Jan 29, 2009 at 06:01:17AM -, JacobSteelsmith wrote: > Thanks for the reply. I run only one operating system on this machine > and I do not have a separate boot partition: > ja...@jakes-desktop:~$ df -h > FilesystemSize Used Avail Use% Mounted on > /dev/md0 22

[Bug 202009] Re: update-grub not updating menu.lst

2009-01-28 Thread JacobSteelsmith
Thanks for the reply. I run only one operating system on this machine and I do not have a separate boot partition: ja...@jakes-desktop:~$ df -h FilesystemSize Used Avail Use% Mounted on /dev/md0 228G 161G 56G 75% / tmpfs 2.0G 0 2.0G 0% /lib/init

[Bug 202009] Re: update-grub not updating menu.lst

2009-01-28 Thread JacobSteelsmith
I tried running sudo update-grub and sudo dpkg-reconfigure linux- image-2.6.27-11-generic to no avail. menu.lst looks good, but the grub menu at boot time is still the old menu. I am curious as to where menu.lst is being read from or cached. In my experience, if menu.lst was changed, it would show

Re: [Bug 202009] Re: update-grub not updating menu.lst

2009-01-28 Thread Steve Langasek
On Thu, Jan 29, 2009 at 05:36:27AM -, JacobSteelsmith wrote: > I removed linux-image-2.6.24-22-generic and got the same prompt about > menu.lst. I chose to keep the maintainers version. I rebooted with the > same results. In fact, I was able to boot to the 2.6.24-22 kernel even > though I remov

[Bug 202009] Re: update-grub not updating menu.lst

2009-01-28 Thread JacobSteelsmith
I removed linux-image-2.6.24-22-generic and got the same prompt about menu.lst. I chose to keep the maintainers version. I rebooted with the same results. In fact, I was able to boot to the 2.6.24-22 kernel even though I removed the image. -- update-grub not updating menu.lst https://bugs.launchp

[Bug 202009] Re: update-grub not updating menu.lst

2009-01-28 Thread JacobSteelsmith
I think I have a similar issue. I also removed the splash option from the kernel, and I was also prompted to keep my modified version of menu.lst. However, I remembered what I had done and choose to use the maintainer's version. Now, menu.lst does not reflect what is presented at boot time. It doe

[Bug 202009] Re: update-grub not updating menu.lst

2009-01-27 Thread Mark Painter
As this can cause users to run older kernels, in particular missing security fixes, I'd argue that it's fairly important. -- update-grub not updating menu.lst https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/202009 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to

[Bug 202009] Re: update-grub not updating menu.lst

2009-01-06 Thread Steve Langasek
for this bug to leave your system unbootable, you must: - manually edit the list of boot stanzas in the "automagic" section of menu.lst - install a new kernel and choose the "safe" default when asked what to do about menu.lst - manually uninstall your existing kernel. Downgrading the bug importan

[Bug 202009] Re: update-grub not updating menu.lst

2008-12-19 Thread Rolf Leggewie
just got bitten by this myself. I do think that something leaving an inexperienced user unable to boot the system is indeed critical. Marking as such, please adjust if you feel this is necessary. ** Changed in: grub (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided => Critical -- update-grub not updating menu.

Re: [Bug 202009] Re: update-grub not updating menu.lst

2008-11-24 Thread fgcc
Thanks for this . Will try as soon as possible. -- Francis On Mon, Nov 24, 2008 at 6:42 PM, felix.rommel <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Have located my problem: > > NEVER put anything manually into the > > BEGIN AUTOMAGIC KERNELS LIST > > section. Otherwise menu.lst will grow bigger and bigg

[Bug 202009] Re: update-grub not updating menu.lst

2008-11-24 Thread felix.rommel
Have located my problem: NEVER put anything manually into the BEGIN AUTOMAGIC KERNELS LIST section. Otherwise menu.lst will grow bigger and bigger! Put menu additions below the ## End default options ## section -- update-grub not updating menu.lst https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/202009 Y

[Bug 202009] Re: update-grub not updating menu.lst

2008-11-22 Thread Jeffrey Ellis
Me too.. Is there any workaround? I tried re-installing the kernel, but still update-grub refuses to modify menu.lst. Also tried to install and use startupmanager; this hangs on close. /var/lib/ucf/cache/\:var\:run\:grub\:menu.lst does show the kernels I expect to see in the normal menu.lst. I

[Bug 202009] Re: update-grub not updating menu.lst

2008-11-16 Thread tdl
I'm still experiencing this problem in Intrepid. -- update-grub not updating menu.lst https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/202009 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https:

[Bug 202009] Re: update-grub not updating menu.lst

2008-07-10 Thread felix.rommel
Another big problem is: If I start grub-update and choose the menu.lst version which is provided by the packager, my menu.lst file grows bigger and bigger everytime I run grub-update. That mustn't happen - choosing menu.lst version from packager should create a clean menu.lst file - otherwise peo

[Bug 202009] Re: update-grub not updating menu.lst

2008-06-26 Thread Gabor CZIGOLA
Please set Importance to critical, as this is a serious issue: if someone runs into this, and deinstalls older kernels, he/she will be unable to boot his/her system. ** Changed in: grub (Ubuntu) Status: New => Confirmed -- update-grub not updating menu.lst https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/

[Bug 202009] Re: update-grub not updating menu.lst

2008-06-26 Thread Gabor CZIGOLA
Can confirm this. The same issue: aptitude installed the newer kernels, I failed to allow the postinstall script to overwrite grub.lst. I thought it wants to change some default values, that I set to my preferences, and the boot lines are going to be updated anyway, later, when update-grub is calle

[Bug 202009] Re: update-grub not updating menu.lst

2008-06-19 Thread Ryan Hamilton
I have to agree with jfjellstad and bugmenot, the wording is pretty confusing. I assumed that what came up with as default was the prior action, that it would update menu.lst with the new kernels at the top of the AUTOMAGIC section. I think better wording for "Install package maintainers version"

[Bug 202009] Re: update-grub not updating menu.lst

2008-04-26 Thread Jonathan
I was having this problem too. I just uninstalled all the old kernel items via synaptic. Anything with linux 2.6.22-14 should be able to be removed. I was then prompted again whether I would like to keep my current menu.lst. This time I said to use the package maintainer's version and menu.lst

[Bug 202009] Re: update-grub not updating menu.lst

2008-04-12 Thread bugmenot
Ditto. The wording of the prompt is totally unhelpful. It asks something like "What would you like to do with menu.lst", to which my natural response is "I haven't a clue, please tell me what you're trying to do with it!" Since I didn't understand the question and couldn't find an answer online

[Bug 202009] Re: update-grub not updating menu.lst

2008-04-04 Thread jfjellstad
I ran into the same problem. That is, update-grub did not update menu.lst because I answered "keep old version" Note that with "Keep old version", update-grub will not install new kernel images into menu.lst The wording seems wrong, since I interpreted "Install package maintainers version" to m

[Bug 202009] Re: update-grub not updating menu.lst

2008-03-14 Thread Brian Pitts
I am in the same boat. Like Jamie, I said not to alter menu.lst because I had removed "splash" from the default options. -- update-grub not updating menu.lst https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/202009 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to U

[Bug 202009] Re: update-grub not updating menu.lst

2008-03-13 Thread Jamie Strandboge
I am not explicitly setting DEBIAN_FRONTEND and I have never set that myself. I did change menu.lst at one point (playing with splash and quiet) and do remember getting prompted by grub. I said to keep the currently installed version: $ echo "get grub/update_grub_changeprompt_threeway" | debcon

[Bug 202009] Re: update-grub not updating menu.lst

2008-03-13 Thread Steve Langasek
$ echo "get debconf/frontend" | debconf-communicate 0 Dialog This is not DEBIAN_FRONTEND; I'm looking for the value of the DEBIAN_FRONTEND environment variable here, which overrides whatever frontend setting is stored in debconf itself. The expected behavior is that when you run update-grub (as

[Bug 202009] Re: update-grub not updating menu.lst

2008-03-13 Thread Jamie Strandboge
Here is an strace, though nothing jumped out at me. ** Attachment added: "update-grub.strace" http://launchpadlibrarian.net/12660443/update-grub.strace ** Changed in: grub (Ubuntu) Status: Incomplete => New -- update-grub not updating menu.lst https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/202009 Yo

[Bug 202009] Re: update-grub not updating menu.lst

2008-03-13 Thread Jamie Strandboge
$ echo "get debconf/frontend" | debconf-communicate 0 Dialog ** Attachment added: ":var:run:grub:menu.lst" http://launchpadlibrarian.net/12660435/%3Avar%3Arun%3Agrub%3Amenu.lst -- update-grub not updating menu.lst https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/202009 You received this bug notification beca

[Bug 202009] Re: update-grub not updating menu.lst

2008-03-13 Thread Steve Langasek
Hi Jamie, Please also provide the contents of /var/lib/ucf/cache/\:var\:run\:grub\:menu.lst . What is your DEBIAN_FRONTEND set to when you invoke update-grub? ** Changed in: grub (Ubuntu) Status: New => Incomplete -- update-grub not updating menu.lst https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/2020

[Bug 202009] Re: update-grub not updating menu.lst

2008-03-13 Thread Jamie Strandboge
Here is my menu.lst ** Attachment added: "menu.lst" http://launchpadlibrarian.net/12657846/menu.lst -- update-grub not updating menu.lst https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/202009 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubunt