severity 492213 grave thanks On Sat, Jul 26, 2008 at 11:01:37AM +1000, Tim Richardson wrote: > > > What do you see when running: > > > > bash -x update-grub -y > > > > ? > > > > Please paste the last 10 lines or so. > > Firstly, after the initial encounter of the problem, I run update-grub > as root, and the problem was solved. > > To answer your question I reproduced the problem by > a) removing menu.lst > b) reinstalling the current lenny linux-image from Synaptic > > Problem occurs again. Installation stalls, and Synaptic must be killed > because ctrl-c just gets you in a loop of prompts about recreating > menu.lst > > I kill synaptic, and run > > bash -x update-grub -y > > + memtest86names='memtest86 memtest86+' > + test '!' xtrue = xfalse > + for name in '$memtest86names' > + test -f /boot/memtest86.bin > + for name in '$memtest86names' > + test -f /boot/memtest86+.bin > + echo '###' END DEBIAN AUTOMAGIC KERNELS LIST > + echo -n 'Updating /boot/grub/menu.lst ... ' > Updating /boot/grub/menu.lst ... + grep -q '^### BEGIN AUTOMAGIC KERNELS > LIST' /boot/grub/menu.lst > + cat /tmp/fileSkSJrP > + rm -f /tmp/fileSkSJrP > + '[' '' = true ']' > + test -z yes > + echo done > done > + echo
I need the '-x' log of the script failing. If you can't reproduce the problem by invoking it directly, try setting its first line to '#!/bin/bash -x' and then using your package manager to reproduce it. -- Robert Millan <GPLv2> I know my rights; I want my phone call! <DRM> What good is a phone call… if you are unable to speak? (as seen on /.) -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]