Package: grub-pc Version: 1.97~beta4-1 Severity: important As you can see below my kernel cmd line is linux /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.32-rc3 root=/dev/sda3 ro acpi_osi="!Windows 2006" nmi_watchdog=0 reboot=pci so there are quotes around the argument for acpi_osi.
Unfortunately grub-pc does NOT honor that quotes and strips them before passing that to the kernel as can be seen from the boot messages: [ 0.000000] Command line: BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-2.6.32-rc3 root=/dev/sda3 ro acpi_osi=!Windows 2006 nmi_watchdog=0 reboot=pci To be sure I added a printk to params.c from the kernel that shows that current argument and value: [ 0.000000] DDDD param=BOOT_IMAGE, val=.../boot/vmlinuz-2.6.32-rc3... [ 0.000000] DDDD param=root, val=.../dev/sda3... [ 0.000000] DDDD param=ro, val=...<NULL>... [ 0.000000] DDDD param=acpi_osi, val=...!Windows... [ 0.000000] DDDD param=2006, val=...<NULL>... [ 0.000000] DDDD param=nmi_watchdog, val=...0... [ 0.000000] DDDD param=reboot, val=...pci... Here we go, that is completely hosed. That is in fact a SERIOUS bug and a severe regression against grub1 where it was working. No combinations of \\\""" '"'" or whatever could convince grub2 to take the quotes over to the kernel. Please consider this a serious bug, forward it upstream. -- Package-specific info: *********************** BEGIN /proc/mounts /dev/sda3 / ext3 rw,noatime,errors=remount-ro,user_xattr,data=writeback 0 0 /dev/sda2 /xp fuseblk rw,relatime,user_id=0,group_id=0,allow_other,blksize=4096 0 0 /dev/loop0 /media/TLDVD iso9660 ro,relatime 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/grub-mkconfig using templates # from /etc/grub.d and settings from /etc/default/grub # ### BEGIN /etc/grub.d/00_header ### set default=0 if terminal_input console ; then true ; else # For backward compatibility with versions of terminal.mod that don't # understand terminal_input terminal console fi if terminal_output console ; then true ; else # For backward compatibility with versions of terminal.mod that don't # understand terminal_output terminal console fi set timeout=5 ### 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_linux ### menuentry "Debian GNU/Linux, Linux 2.6.32-rc3" { insmod ext2 set root=(hd0,3) search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set 961635f4-762d-4136-a3d5-35fca8e4f3d8 linux /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.32-rc3 root=/dev/sda3 ro acpi_osi="!Windows 2006" nmi_watchdog=0 reboot=pci initrd /boot/initrd.img-2.6.32-rc3 } menuentry "Debian GNU/Linux, Linux 2.6.32-rc3 (recovery mode)" { insmod ext2 set root=(hd0,3) search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set 961635f4-762d-4136-a3d5-35fca8e4f3d8 linux /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.32-rc3 root=/dev/sda3 ro single acpi_osi="!Windows 2006" nmi_watchdog=0 reboot=pci initrd /boot/initrd.img-2.6.32-rc3 } menuentry "Debian GNU/Linux, Linux 2.6.31.2-rc1" { insmod ext2 set root=(hd0,3) search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set 961635f4-762d-4136-a3d5-35fca8e4f3d8 linux /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.31.2-rc1 root=/dev/sda3 ro acpi_osi="!Windows 2006" nmi_watchdog=0 reboot=pci initrd /boot/initrd.img-2.6.31.2-rc1 } menuentry "Debian GNU/Linux, Linux 2.6.31.2-rc1 (recovery mode)" { insmod ext2 set root=(hd0,3) search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set 961635f4-762d-4136-a3d5-35fca8e4f3d8 linux /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.31.2-rc1 root=/dev/sda3 ro single acpi_osi="!Windows 2006" nmi_watchdog=0 reboot=pci initrd /boot/initrd.img-2.6.31.2-rc1 } menuentry "Debian GNU/Linux, Linux 2.6.31" { insmod ext2 set root=(hd0,3) search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set 961635f4-762d-4136-a3d5-35fca8e4f3d8 linux /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.31 root=/dev/sda3 ro acpi_osi="!Windows 2006" nmi_watchdog=0 reboot=pci initrd /boot/initrd.img-2.6.31 } menuentry "Debian GNU/Linux, Linux 2.6.31 (recovery mode)" { insmod ext2 set root=(hd0,3) search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set 961635f4-762d-4136-a3d5-35fca8e4f3d8 linux /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.31 root=/dev/sda3 ro single acpi_osi="!Windows 2006" nmi_watchdog=0 reboot=pci initrd /boot/initrd.img-2.6.31 } menuentry "Debian GNU/Linux, Linux 2.6.30" { insmod ext2 set root=(hd0,3) search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set 961635f4-762d-4136-a3d5-35fca8e4f3d8 linux /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.30 root=/dev/sda3 ro acpi_osi="!Windows 2006" nmi_watchdog=0 reboot=pci initrd /boot/initrd.img-2.6.30 } menuentry "Debian GNU/Linux, Linux 2.6.30 (recovery mode)" { insmod ext2 set root=(hd0,3) search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set 961635f4-762d-4136-a3d5-35fca8e4f3d8 linux /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.30 root=/dev/sda3 ro single acpi_osi="!Windows 2006" nmi_watchdog=0 reboot=pci initrd /boot/initrd.img-2.6.30 } ### END /etc/grub.d/10_linux ### ### BEGIN /etc/grub.d/20_memtest86+ ### menuentry "Memory test (memtest86+)" { insmod ext2 set root=(hd0,3) search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set 961635f4-762d-4136-a3d5-35fca8e4f3d8 linux16 /boot/memtest86+.bin } menuentry "Memory test (memtest86+, serial console 115200)" { insmod ext2 set root=(hd0,3) search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set 961635f4-762d-4136-a3d5-35fca8e4f3d8 linux16 /boot/memtest86+.bin console=ttyS0,115200n8 } ### END /etc/grub.d/20_memtest86+ ### ### BEGIN /etc/grub.d/30_os-prober ### ### END /etc/grub.d/30_os-prober ### ### BEGIN /etc/grub.d/40_custom ### # For booting Microsoft Windows menuentry "Microsoft XP" { set root=(hd0,2) drivemap -s (hd0) ${root} chainloader +1 } menuentry "Windows Vista Rescue Partition" { set root=(hd0,1) chainloader +1 } # This file provides an easy way to add custom menu entries. Simply type the # menu entries you want to add after this comment. Be careful not to change # the 'exec tail' line above. ### END /etc/grub.d/40_custom ### *********************** END /boot/grub/grub.cfg -- System Information: Debian Release: squeeze/sid APT prefers unstable APT policy: (500, 'unstable') Architecture: amd64 (x86_64) Kernel: Linux 2.6.32-rc3 (SMP w/2 CPU cores; PREEMPT) 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 debconf [debconf-2.0] 1.5.27 Debian configuration management sy ii grub-common 1.97~beta4-1 GRand Unified Bootloader, version ii libc6 2.9-27 GNU C Library: Shared libraries ii ucf 3.0022 Update Configuration File: preserv grub-pc recommends no packages. Versions of packages grub-pc suggests: ii desktop-base 5.0.5 common files for the Debian Deskto ii genisoimage 9:1.1.9-1 Creates ISO-9660 CD-ROM filesystem -- debconf information: grub2/kfreebsd_cmdline: * grub2/linux_cmdline: acpi_osi="!Windows 2006" nmi_watchdog=0 reboot=pci * grub-pc/chainload_from_menu.lst: true grub-pc/kopt_extracted: false * grub-pc/install_devices: /dev/sda grub-pc/postrm_purge_boot_grub: false grub2/kfreebsd_cmdline_default: quiet * grub2/linux_cmdline_default: -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-bugs-dist-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org