[Bug 1684606] Re: Version 1.5.1 for zesty

2018-11-26 Thread Felix Zielcke
I'm now the new Debian Maintainer of it. And my sponsor uploaded today for me the new upstream version 1.5.3 to Debian unstable. So now only someone from Ubuntu needs to pull it. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https:/

Re: [Bug 512572] [NEW] 915resolution module requires 915resolution userspace

2010-01-25 Thread Felix Zielcke
tion source file for the GRUB module parses -l and -r and should behave differently. If not then it's somewhere a bug in parsing them from the commandline. -- Felix Zielcke Proud Debian Maintainer and GNU GRUB developer -- 915resolution module requires 915resolution userspace https://

[Bug 512296] Re: GRUB2 fails to set resolution

2010-01-25 Thread Felix Zielcke
*** This bug is a duplicate of bug 512245 *** https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/512245 ** This bug has been marked a duplicate of bug 512245 GRUB2 fails to set resolution -- GRUB2 fails to set resolution https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/512296 You received this bug notification because you a

Re: [Bug 512245] [NEW] GRUB2 fails to set resolution

2010-01-25 Thread Felix Zielcke
BIOS extensions. Use GRUB_GFXMODE in /etc/default/grub to set the resolution for GRUB. For the Kernel you would need to copy /etc/grub.d/40_custom to for example /etc/grub.d/05_gfxpayload and in there use: set gfxpayload="1680x1050" or you could try `set gfxpayload=keep' to use GRU

Re: [Bug 509797] Re: cannot boot: GRUB error symbol 'grub_puts' not found

2010-01-22 Thread Felix Zielcke
grub-installer (not grub-install!) to completely avoid the question if grub2 gets installed by it. If you want to see it (again) you have to run sudo dpkg-reconfigure grub-pc. -- Felix Zielcke Proud Debian Maintainer and GNU GRUB developer -- cannot boot: GRUB error symbol 'grub_puts' no

Re: [Bug 510371] [NEW] "save default" becomes "save 0default" on upgrading from grub to grub2

2010-01-20 Thread Felix Zielcke
hich still works even if there's text behind the 0) but still somehow preserve the old value. But for that IMO it would be better to comment out the existing line and just add a new one for less confusion. -- Felix Zielcke Proud Debian Maintainer and GNU GRUB developer -- "save defa

Re: [Bug 420933] Re: Current grub-pc takes several minutes to show menu

2010-01-20 Thread Felix Zielcke
anymore allow it to rebuild then in karmic due to the same version number. Feel free to sent me a mail in private for any questions about my PPA. -- Felix Zielcke Proud Debian Maintainer and GNU GRUB developer -- Current grub-pc takes several minutes to show menu https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs

Re: [Bug 509797] [NEW] cannot boot: GRUB error symbol 'grub_puts' not found

2010-01-19 Thread Felix Zielcke
c inside the chroot -- Felix Zielcke Proud Debian Maintainer and GNU GRUB developer -- cannot boot: GRUB error symbol 'grub_puts' not found https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/509797 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu.

[Bug 509438] Re: installing grub2 to partition does not ask (y or n)

2010-01-19 Thread Felix Zielcke
Ok so it's fix released. If you want to have this fixed/changed in karmic you have to nominate this bug for it. ** Changed in: grub2 (Ubuntu) Status: New => Fix Released -- installing grub2 to partition does not ask (y or n) https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/509438 You received this bug n

Re: [Bug 509438] [NEW] installing grub2 to partition does not ask (y or n)

2010-01-19 Thread Felix Zielcke
lity. So IMO this is either Fix Released or Invalid. -- Felix Zielcke Proud Debian Maintainer and GNU GRUB developer -- installing grub2 to partition does not ask (y or n) https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/509438 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is

[Bug 420933] Re: Current grub-pc takes several minutes to show menu

2010-01-18 Thread Felix Zielcke
benzino I don't think you're familiar with how Ubuntu uses the LP bug status field, since you just registered today. This is fixed in lucid and so it's Fix Released and not Fix Commited: Please see https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Bugs/Status My ppa doestn't contain any other fix for this which is not in

Re: [Bug 499483] Re: /etc/default/grub cannot disable use of UUID

2010-01-18 Thread Felix Zielcke
and not the Linux kernel root= parameter. Then your submission is wrong and please fix it then. As I said search command has nothing to do with the Linux root= parameter. /etc/grub.d/10_linux honours GRUB_DISABLE_LINUX_UUID. -- Felix Zielcke Proud Debian Maintainer and GNU GRUB developer -- /etc/

Re: [Bug 499483] Re: /etc/default/grub cannot disable use of UUID

2010-01-18 Thread Felix Zielcke
D of the filesystem which contains the file the command after search uses. So if your /boot is a seperate partition search command uses the UUID of /boot so GRUB can find the Linux kernel and then in the linux command it uses for root=UUID= the UUID of your / filesystem. -- Felix Zielcke Proud

Re: [Bug 403408] Re: Grub 2 problem, error: no such device

2010-01-17 Thread Felix Zielcke
life easier and that's why I added the --disk-module=ata option to grub-install. To make testing easier of it. -- Felix Zielcke Proud Debian Maintainer and GNU GRUB developer -- Grub 2 problem, error: no such device https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/403408 You received this bug notification

Re: [Bug 499483] Re: /etc/default/grub cannot disable use of UUID

2010-01-17 Thread Felix Zielcke
't know how the later booted kernel and udev names the /dev/ files for your disks. It can only use UUIDs LABEL and a file on the filesystem which the search command already supports. -- Felix Zielcke Proud Debian Maintainer and GNU GRUB developer -- /etc/default/grub cannot disab

[Bug 508863] Re: update-grub really slow

2010-01-17 Thread Felix Zielcke
We have one bug for slowness in update-grub upstream in Debian http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=508834 I'm just not sure if I should mark that one directly as *the* upstream bug for that. ** Bug watch added: Debian Bug tracker #508834 http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cg

[Bug 492191] Re: multiboot systems fail at grub when a drive containinng an os is removed

2010-01-17 Thread Felix Zielcke
The problem is probable that your /boot/grub is on the external drive but the MBR bootcode of GRUB is on the internal drive. The installer installs GRUB by default to (hd0) which is probable your internal drive. The only solutions for you is to either move /boot/grub to the internal one and then

Re: [Bug 420933] Re: Current grub-pc takes several minutes to show menu

2010-01-07 Thread Felix Zielcke
Yes, it is not in the MBR of your SSD. With GRUB the boot flag doestn't matter at all, as long as GRUB is installed on the MBR. > Or is > the long grub load time because my HDD is first boot priority and grub > is on SSD? Yes, if you mean that GRUB is in the MBR of your hdd and your

Re: [Bug 461583] Re: Grub2 not updated after kernel upgrade.

2010-01-07 Thread Felix Zielcke
tartup Manager replaced grub-pc with grub was fixed long ago already? -- Felix Zielcke Proud Debian Maintainer and GNU GRUB developer -- Grub2 not updated after kernel upgrade. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/461583 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, wh

Re: [Bug 496435] Re: upgrades of the grub-pc package can overwrite wrong MBR

2010-01-06 Thread Felix Zielcke
t; request please). The UUID refers to the boot partition on the external > drive which contains the grub files and the os. For now you have to type the commands of grub.cfg into GRUB's commandline yourself to see it. -- Felix Zielcke Proud Debian Maintainer and GNU GRUB developer -- u

[Bug 432595] Re: Formating with RieserFS fails..

2010-01-05 Thread Felix Zielcke
Can you please be a bit more verbose? How exactly does mkreiserfs fail? ** Changed in: reiserfsprogs (Ubuntu) Status: New => Incomplete -- Formating with RieserFS fails.. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/432595 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, whi

Re: [Bug 441941] Re: grub fails after running Windows

2010-01-01 Thread Felix Zielcke
Am Freitag, den 01.01.2010, 13:42 + schrieb Lancman: > Just wondering, would I have the same issue with Mint 8 or does it > only happen with Ubuntu? > It happens as long as you keep that Compaq preinstalled Windows XP. That has nothing to do with some specific Linux Distribution.

[Bug 420933] Re: Current grub-pc takes several minutes to show menu

2009-12-30 Thread Felix Zielcke
** Changed in: grub2 (Ubuntu) Status: Fix Released => Confirmed -- Current grub-pc takes several minutes to show menu https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/420933 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing l

Re: [Bug 420933] Re: Current grub-pc takes several minutes to show menu

2009-12-30 Thread Felix Zielcke
's fixed in my PPA and in Debian doestn't mean it's fixed in an official Ubuntu repository. Please see here: https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Bugs/Status -- Felix Zielcke Proud Debian Maintainer and GNU GRUB developer -- Current grub-pc takes several minutes to show menu https://bugs.

Re: [Bug 420933] Re: Current grub-pc takes several minutes to show menu

2009-12-29 Thread Felix Zielcke
ad had 1.97+experimental.20091213-1 as version. The 1.98~ is now used due to that. Upstream merged this fix into the trunk branch after the latest sid upload. So for now you either have to use the Debian experimental package which is also avaible via my PPA with the Ubuntu changes merged in or comp

Re: [Bug 432276] Re: 'insmod uhci' crashed GRUB2

2009-12-28 Thread Felix Zielcke
if the ubuntu package maintainers upgrade from upstream, > please... > They already did. But the updated package is only in lucid not karmic. -- Felix Zielcke Proud Debian Maintainer and GNU GRUB developer -- 'insmod uhci' crashed GRUB2 https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/432

Re: [Bug 499849] [NEW] "Failed to boot default entries." with grub-efi-amd64 upon reboot on HP 8530p with UEFI enabled

2009-12-23 Thread Felix Zielcke
ny need at all to include all modules you need directly into the grub.efi file. Only the ones needed to access /boot/grub. -- Felix Zielcke Proud Debian Maintainer and GNU GRUB developer -- "Failed to boot default entries." with grub-efi-amd64 upon reboot on HP 8530p with UEFI ena

Re: [Bug 499483] [NEW] /etc/default/grub cannot disable use of UUID

2009-12-22 Thread Felix Zielcke
RUB Legacy style `set root=(hd,xy)' in grub.cfg and only rely on search --fs-uuid. -- Felix Zielcke Proud Debian Maintainer and GNU GRUB developer -- /etc/default/grub cannot disable use of UUID https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/499483 You received this bug notification because you are a m

Re: [Bug 498533] Re: failures on grub-install to create rescue boot media

2009-12-19 Thread Felix Zielcke
gt; blocklist. (I guess that is what many dislike from installing into a > partition?) > If you only need core.img and don't care about the MBR/bootsector code you can use grub-install with --grub-setup=/bin/true which we use in the postinst if you choose to chainload GRUB 2 from GRUB Legac

Re: [Bug 498533] Re: failures on grub-install to create rescue boot media

2009-12-19 Thread Felix Zielcke
omething like --root-directory= of grub-install. Also all /etc/grub.d/* files only look in /boot/ for the kernels etc. -- Felix Zielcke Proud Debian Maintainer and GNU GRUB developer -- failures on grub-install to create rescue boot media https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/498533 You received t

Re: [Bug 498533] [NEW] failures on grub-install to create rescue boot media

2009-12-19 Thread Felix Zielcke
grub-setup: warn: Embedding is not possible. GRUB can only be > installed in this setup by using blocklists. However, blocklists are > UNRELIABLE and its use is discouraged. > grub-setup: error: Cannot read `/grub/core.img' correctly That bug should be fixed now in lucid. -- Felix Zielcke

[Bug 23057] Re: Windows not detected if /windows is called something else

2009-12-19 Thread Felix Zielcke
IIRC the windows path for the 9x/ME versions was stored in some c:\*.sys plain text file. I think it was named io.sys. This bug report is now very old, but does someone still have access to some 9x/ME system? -- Windows not detected if /windows is called something else https://bugs.launchpad.n

[Bug 231728] Re: installer fails detecting Vista reinstall partitions

2009-12-19 Thread Felix Zielcke
Probable this still happens with karmic. If you still have it, could you try to find out how the normal vista differs with your vista meant for reinstalling? -- installer fails detecting Vista reinstall partitions https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/231728 You received this bug notification because

[Bug 428260] Re: os-prober spawns interactive prompt 'Password:' and causes partial hang of /etc/grub.d/30_os-prober

2009-12-19 Thread Felix Zielcke
** Changed in: os-prober (Ubuntu) Status: Incomplete => Fix Released -- os-prober spawns interactive prompt 'Password:' and causes partial hang of /etc/grub.d/30_os-prober https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/428260 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, wh

[Bug 392078] Re: Should only run at most once per dpkg/apt run

2009-12-19 Thread Felix Zielcke
For making update-grub of grub2 a trigger is already requested as bug #396381 I don't see how os-prober itself could be made one -- Should only run at most once per dpkg/apt run https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/392078 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, whic

[Bug 482102] Re: os-prober doesn't detect Solaris/OpenSolaris, especially on ZFS

2009-12-19 Thread Felix Zielcke
lucid has now zfs-fuse packaged, but only in universe. Please check if installing that fixes this. Else 90solaris needs some other changes for the newer Solaris builds. -- os-prober doesn't detect Solaris/OpenSolaris, especially on ZFS https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/482102 You received this bug

[Bug 385714] Re: GRUB2 Theme for Ubuntu

2009-12-18 Thread Felix Zielcke
This seems to be related to bug #391774 Colin Bennets gfxmenu (http://grub.gibibit.com/) has been now merged into upstreams' experimental branch and is now avaible in my PPA: https://launchpad.net/~fzielcke/+archive/grub-ppa/ If anyone feels like working on an official Ubuntu theme, or talk with

[Bug 391774] Re: Simple changes to make the grub menu look more elegant

2009-12-18 Thread Felix Zielcke
gfxmenu has been merged into upstreams' experimental branch and is avaible in my PPA: https://launchpad.net/~fzielcke/+archive/grub-ppa/ Maybe this bug and #385714 should be merged if you want to solve both problems with a gfxmenu theme? -- Simple changes to make the grub menu look more elegant

[Bug 442631] Re: update-grub generates an incorrect entry

2009-12-18 Thread Felix Zielcke
Please check if this still happens with newest grub2. At least that it still appends /boot/ if you have a seperate /boot partition should be fixed now in karmic. -- update-grub generates an incorrect entry https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/442631 You received this bug notification because you are

[Bug 448466] Re: no such device: (UUID) but i am able to boot

2009-12-18 Thread Felix Zielcke
*** This bug is a duplicate of bug 403408 *** https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/403408 ** This bug has been marked a duplicate of bug 403408 Grub 2 problem, error: no such device -- no such device: (UUID) but i am able to boot https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/448466 You received this bug not

[Bug 463015] Re: grub incorrectly identifies ext3 as fat

2009-12-18 Thread Felix Zielcke
The lucid package has the grub-probe check again activated. But that will make grub-install only abort if the wrong filesystem code is used. -- grub incorrectly identifies ext3 as fat https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/463015 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs

[Bug 440587] Re: grub2: 'error: no such partition' when trying to boot from hd0, 10

2009-12-18 Thread Felix Zielcke
Please try if this still happens with my latest PPA upload: https://launchpad.net/~fzielcke/+archive/grub-ppa/ Note that it's the experimental branch from upstream and so could contain other bugs. -- grub2: 'error: no such partition' when trying to boot from hd0,10 https://bugs.launchpad.net/bu

[Bug 480159] Re: grub console is ridiculously slow

2009-12-18 Thread Felix Zielcke
The seperate /boot partition problem has been now fixed. The version I uploaded yesterday shouldn't have any big bugs. For me it works fine and I even uploaded this by accident to Debian unstable instead of experimental and nothing critical comed up the day it was there. -- grub console is ridic

[Bug 392158] Re: grub2 doesn't support security features, such as password

2009-12-18 Thread Felix Zielcke
experimental branch supports now encrypted/hashed passwords. See here how to use them: http://grub.enbug.org/Authentication My PPA has it now included: https://launchpad.net/~fzielcke/+archive/grub-ppa/ -- grub2 doesn't support security features, such as password https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/3

[Bug 436101] Re: GRUB 2 fails to find boot partition (by uuid)

2009-12-18 Thread Felix Zielcke
*** This bug is a duplicate of bug 403408 *** https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/403408 ** This bug has been marked a duplicate of bug 403408 Grub 2 problem, error: no such device -- GRUB 2 fails to find boot partition (by uuid) https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/436101 You received this bug no

[Bug 403408] Re: Grub 2 problem, error: no such device

2009-12-18 Thread Felix Zielcke
My PPA has upstreams' bugfix for that included: https://launchpad.net/~fzielcke/+archive/grub-ppa/ Note that this is the experimental branch and could have other bugs. I also attach the fix which is in Bazaar revision 1924 in trunk. Should apply cleanly to the karmic package. ** Attachment added:

Re: [Bug 430333] Re: beta installer left ASUS EeePC 900 unbootable

2009-12-15 Thread Felix Zielcke
-install --root-directory=/mnt /dev/sdc and then it uses /mnt/boot/grub instead of /boot/grub. -- Felix Zielcke Proud Debian Maintainer and GNU GRUB developer -- beta installer left ASUS EeePC 900 unbootable https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/430333 You received this bug notification because you are

Re: [Bug 495423] Re: update to grub-pc writes MBR without checks, prompt or backup

2009-12-14 Thread Felix Zielcke
vice because that totally depends on /boot/grub/device.map and that could be completely wrong. -- Felix Zielcke Proud Debian Maintainer and GNU GRUB developer -- update to grub-pc writes MBR without checks, prompt or backup https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/495423 You received this bug notification

[Bug 496650] Re: Grub Loading. (message 15 to 25 seconds)

2009-12-14 Thread Felix Zielcke
This is probable a duplicate of https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/grub2/+bug/420933 -- Grub Loading. (message 15 to 25 seconds) https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/496650 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bug

Re: [Bug 430333] Re: beta installer left ASUS EeePC 900 unbootable

2009-12-14 Thread Felix Zielcke
debconf database for it. If you want to change/disable that one, then run `sudo dpkg-reconfigure grub-pc' But as I just replied to #495423, disabling it can make your system unbootable if the package gets upgraded and update-grub generates a grub.cfg which isn't anymore 100% compatible with

Re: [Bug 495423] Re: update-grub writes MBR without prompt or backup

2009-12-14 Thread Felix Zielcke
and update-grub generates a grub.cfg which isn't 100% compatible with the GRUB version in /boot/grub and embeding area then maybe you can't boot. That's why we implemented this. -- Felix Zielcke Proud Debian Maintainer and GNU GRUB developer -- update to grub-pc writes

[Bug 496435] Re: upgrades of the grub-pc package can overwrite wrong MBR

2009-12-14 Thread Felix Zielcke
** Bug watch added: Debian Bug tracker #554790 http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=554790 ** Also affects: grub2 (Debian) via http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=554790 Importance: Unknown Status: Unknown -- upgrades of the grub-pc package can overwrite

Re: [Bug 464743] Re: error: sparse file not allowed

2009-12-12 Thread Felix Zielcke
ith `sudo grub-editenv create' Maybe there's some way to tell the system to create the env file without tail packing Hm or we should just revert the change of Okuji to make it only 1024 bytes big instead of initial 8192. -- Felix Zielcke Proud Debian Maintainer and GNU GRUB developer --

[Bug 495927] Re: memtest86+ does not run in UNR

2009-12-12 Thread Felix Zielcke
*** This bug is a duplicate of bug 450351 *** https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/450351 ** This bug has been marked a duplicate of bug 450351 cannot start memtest86+ when /boot is a separate partition -- memtest86+ does not run in UNR https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/495927 You received this

Re: [Bug 477104] Re: After 9.10 grub update can not boot into Wubi install

2009-12-12 Thread Felix Zielcke
won't do an upload in the next days in Debian as long as nothing critical comes up. -- Felix Zielcke Proud Debian Maintainer and GNU GRUB developer -- After 9.10 grub update can not boot into Wubi install https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/477104 You received this bug notification because you

Re: [Bug 477104] Re: After 9.10 grub update can not boot into Wubi install

2009-12-12 Thread Felix Zielcke
ot= linux parameter has the right device or UUID of it. -- Felix Zielcke Proud Debian Maintainer and GNU GRUB developer -- After 9.10 grub update can not boot into Wubi install https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/477104 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, whi

[Bug 450351] Re: cannot start memtest86+ when /boot is a separate partition

2009-12-10 Thread Felix Zielcke
Oh and I'm not an Ubuntu developer so I can't do anything to help getting this fix into karmic. It's fixed in lucid and backporting that change would be trivial. -- cannot start memtest86+ when /boot is a separate partition https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/450351 You received this bug notificatio

[Bug 450351] Re: cannot start memtest86+ when /boot is a separate partition

2009-12-10 Thread Felix Zielcke
Please see the official Ubuntu Documentation about the Bug Status: https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Bugs/Status If a bug is fixed in the current development release, it is Fix Released. If the bug also needs to be fixed in a stable release, use the "Target to release" link to nominate it for that release.

Re: [Bug 391044] Re: grub2 update adds --no-floppy to "search " lines

2009-12-10 Thread Felix Zielcke
And you are booting from /dev/sda and not some different disk? -- Felix Zielcke Proud Debian Maintainer and GNU GRUB developer -- grub2 update adds --no-floppy to "search " lines https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/391044 You received this bug notification because you are a member o

Re: [Bug 391044] Re: grub2 update adds --no-floppy to "search " lines

2009-12-09 Thread Felix Zielcke
o dpkg-reconfigure grub-pc to see it (again). Doing anything else is just a workaround and doestn't fix the problem for the next time when add again something to grub.cfg which isn't compatible with older versions of GRUB. -- Felix Zielcke Proud Debian Maintainer and GNU GRUB developer -- grub2

Re: [Bug 480571] Re: Man page for grub-install missing.

2009-12-09 Thread Felix Zielcke
; your > change was to break the --grub-probe option again, just as the effect > of > my change was to break help2man. Clearly we need a compromise. Could > you > have a look at r1922? I think that resolves the conflict between our > two > changes. Ah so I was the blind one here :)

Re: [Bug 396564] Re: grub2 shows 'biosdisk read error', then boots

2009-12-07 Thread Felix Zielcke
tions there mounted. > Is that where the grub "prefix" gets set? It gets set in the $grub_mkimage line with the --prefix option. -- Felix Zielcke Proud Debian Maintainer and GNU GRUB developer -- grub2 shows 'biosdisk read error', then boots https://bugs.launchpad.net/bug

Re: [Bug 392136] Re: package grub-pc 1.96+20080724-12ubuntu2 failed to install on dmraid (fakeraid) no mapping exists

2009-12-06 Thread Felix Zielcke
exception and merge GRUB 2 from unstable instead of having to wait until we get it into testing. -- Felix Zielcke Proud Debian Maintainer and GNU GRUB developer -- package grub-pc 1.96+20080724-12ubuntu2 failed to install on dmraid (fakeraid) no mapping exists https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/392136 Yo

Re: [Bug 420933] Re: Current grub-pc takes several minutes to show menu

2009-12-06 Thread Felix Zielcke
ll to the correct device? Check what `echo GET grub-pc/install_devices | debconf-communicate' says. To be safe that GRUB has been updated just run grub-install /dev/sda. Of course change the device to the one your BIOS boots from. -- Felix Zielcke Proud Debian Maintainer and GNU GRUB develope

[Bug 492995] Re: Howmany option from grub no longer available in grub2

2009-12-06 Thread Felix Zielcke
to submit it upstream. -- Felix Zielcke Proud Debian Maintainer and GNU GRUB developer ** Changed in: grub2 (Ubuntu) Status: Invalid => Confirmed ** Bug watch added: Debian Bug tracker #548600 http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=548600 ** Also affects: grub2 (Debian) via ht

Re: [Bug 396564] Re: grub2 shows 'biosdisk read error', then boots

2009-12-06 Thread Felix Zielcke
fix' or just `set' in GRUB's commandline shows prefix as a normal GRUB device (hdx,y)/boot/grub or as (UUID=abc123...)/boot/grub If it's UUID= it can happen that it still accesses the floppy device. -- Felix Zielcke Proud Debian Maintainer and GNU GRUB developer -- grub2 shows

Re: [Bug 441941] Re: grub fails after running Windows

2009-12-06 Thread Felix Zielcke
hich ends up there and is much bigger then stage1_5 from Legacy. Because it not only contains the filesystem module to access /boot/grub but also the GRUB kernel with the rescue mode. -- Felix Zielcke Proud Debian Maintainer and GNU GRUB developer -- grub fails after running Windows https://bugs.

Re: [Bug 492092] Re: [grub ver. 1.97] unbootable system - the system waiting with message "grub loading"

2009-12-04 Thread Felix Zielcke
*** This bug is a duplicate of bug 441941 *** https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/441941 Am Freitag, den 04.12.2009, 16:08 +0100 schrieb Felix Zielcke: > But I suggest the following to keep GRUB 2: > Run grub-install --force /dev/sda1 (or whatever your Ubuntu partition > is) > Then

[Bug 492092] Re: [grub ver. 1.97] unbootable system - the system waiting with message "grub loading"

2009-12-04 Thread Felix Zielcke
sda1 (or whatever your Ubuntu partition is) Then install mbr package install-mbr /dev/sda And then use cfdisk/fdisk/gparted or so to set the boot flag on your Ubuntu partition (the one were you ran grub-install) -- Felix Zielcke Proud Debian Maintainer and GNU GRUB developer ** This bug has been

Re: [Bug 491740] Re: grub-pc can not install on old drives, use grub instead

2009-12-04 Thread Felix Zielcke
bigger. - Make grub-installer install to the disk where /boot/grub is on, instead of by default assuming (hd0) is the right disk. In future hopefully debian-installer defaults to create GPT partition tables, then it always creates a bios_grub partition and then blocklists aren't a probl

[Bug 492092] Re: [grub ver. 1.97] unbootable system - the system waiting with message "grub loading"

2009-12-04 Thread Felix Zielcke
Please check if this really happens after a boot of Windows. If it does, then this is a duplicate of https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/grub2/+bug/441941 -- [grub ver. 1.97] unbootable system - the system waiting with message "grub loading" https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/492092 You rece

Re: [Bug 491740] Re: grub-pc can not install on old drives, use grub instead

2009-12-03 Thread Felix Zielcke
o you say you can't use blocklists? As I said install GRUB to your new harddisk and then change your BIOS to boot from it. Or use (g)parted to resize the first partition so it starts at/after sector 63 so that there is enough space to embed core.img -- Felix Zielcke Proud Debian Maintainer and

Re: [Bug 491740] [NEW] grub-pc can not install on old drives, use grub instead

2009-12-03 Thread Felix Zielcke
t install GRUB to the disk where your /boot/grub is on. And then you need to check in your BIOS that it boots from that one. I recently experienced this problem myself and we really should abort with an error in grub-setup/grub-install if blocklists get used and you install to a different disk then

[Bug 490451] Re: Unable to set multiple grub terminals using /etc/default/grub

2009-12-02 Thread Felix Zielcke
** Bug watch added: GNU Savannah Bug Tracker #27336 http://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/?27336 ** Also affects: grub via http://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/?27336 Importance: Unknown Status: Unknown -- Unable to set multiple grub terminals using /etc/default/grub https://bugs.launchpad.net/bu

[Bug 490451] Re: Unable to set multiple grub terminals using /etc/default/grub

2009-12-02 Thread Felix Zielcke
Currently it's not possible at all to use 2 terminals at once, even by manual hacking of grub.cfg. ** Bug watch added: Debian Bug tracker #506707 http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=506707 ** Also affects: grub2 (Debian) via http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=5067

[Bug 489926] Re: memtest86+ fails to boot when GRUB and the system filesystem are on separate disks

2009-11-29 Thread Felix Zielcke
Actually it doestn't matter. It's fixed in lucid now that 20_memtest86+ finally uses prepare_grub_to_access_device() ** Changed in: memtest86+ (Ubuntu) Status: New => Fix Released -- memtest86+ fails to boot when GRUB and the system filesystem are on separate disks https://bugs.launchpa

[Bug 435575] Re: memtest86+ 4.00 released - new Intel CPU support, bug fixes, etc

2009-11-29 Thread Felix Zielcke
4.00 has been merged into lucid now memtest86+ (4.00-2ubuntu1) lucid; urgency=low * Merge from debian testing, remaining changes: - Makefile: Add -fno-stack-protector to CFLAGS, since this package does not link against libc. - debian/grub: check for existance of /usr/lib/grub/grub

[Bug 489926] Re: memtest86+ fails to boot when GRUB and the system filesystem are on separate disks

2009-11-29 Thread Felix Zielcke
just having GRUB in the MBR of a different disk then Linux is on doestn't cause this. Do you have a seperate /boot partition? Then this is a duplicate of 450351 which is already fixed in lucid. ** Package changed: grub2 (Ubuntu) => memtest86+ (Ubuntu) -- memtest86+ fails to boot when GRUB and t

[Bug 485191] Re: Grub uses harddrive a lot before starting

2009-11-28 Thread Felix Zielcke
*** This bug is a duplicate of bug 420933 *** https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/420933 ** This bug has been marked a duplicate of bug 420933 Current grub-pc takes several minutes to show menu -- Grub uses harddrive a lot before starting https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/485191 You received th

Re: [Bug 481613] Re: grub2 - cat - security - it becomes too easy without pwd-protected grub-shell

2009-11-27 Thread Felix Zielcke
command in commandline. But if you set a password to protect against init=/bin/bash you're also protected against our cat command. -- Felix Zielcke Proud Debian Maintainer and GNU GRUB developer -- grub2 - cat - security - it becomes too easy without pwd-protected grub-shell https://bugs.lau

[Bug 485636] Re: Can not disable GRUB2 background image

2009-11-27 Thread Felix Zielcke
"Generating grub.cfg ... No path or device is specified. Try ``grub-probe --help'' for more information. No path or device is specified. Try ``grub-probe --help'' for more information." This can only happen if you modify the use_bg=false to use_bg=true and doing this is just wrong. ** Changed in:

[Bug 480159] Re: grub console is ridiculously slow

2009-11-27 Thread Felix Zielcke
It would be nice if you could try the version from my PPA: https://launchpad.net/~fzielcke/+archive/grub-ppa I think there are now some changes included which hopefully makes this faster for you. Note that there's currently a bug, that if your /boot is a seperate partition the generated grub.cfg

Re: [Bug 486151] [NEW] grub-pc will not install grub to the mbr of an IDE slave drive

2009-11-27 Thread Felix Zielcke
drive . grub2 is > installed > correctly when directed to any other drive on the system either ide > master or sata . > How does it fail if you run grub-install yourself? And you use grub-install /dev/hdb and not /dev/hdb1 or some other partition? -- Felix Zielcke Proud Debian Mainta

[Bug 485191] Re: Grub uses harddrive a lot before starting

2009-11-27 Thread Felix Zielcke
Please press `c' at the menu to go to command line and type echo $prefix or if you can't find $ because of the US keyboard layout we use in GRUB you can also use just set If prefix contains (UUID=) then this probable is a duplicate of https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/grub2/+bug/420933

[Bug 420933] Re: Current grub-pc takes several minutes to show menu

2009-11-27 Thread Felix Zielcke
My PPA contains now Vladimir's fix for this problem: https://launchpad.net/~fzielcke/+archive/grub-ppa But currently there's a bug if you /boot is a seperate partition then /. The linux menu entries wrongly have /boot/ added when they should not. -- Current grub-pc takes several minutes to show

[Bug 450351] Re: cannot start memtest86+ when /boot is a separate partition

2009-11-24 Thread Felix Zielcke
This has been fixed in lucid. memtest86+ (4.00-2ubuntu1) lucid; urgency=low * Merge from debian testing, remaining changes: - Makefile: Add -fno-stack-protector to CFLAGS, since this package does not link against libc. - debian/grub: check for existance of /usr/lib/grub/grub-mkcon

Re: [Bug 487456] [NEW] Missing dependency to bash

2009-11-23 Thread Felix Zielcke
all. Just wishlist to remove the bash dependency at all, but I don't think we ever do this in Debian. -- Felix Zielcke Proud Debian Maintainer and GNU GRUB developer -- Missing dependency to bash https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/487456 You received this bug notification because you are a membe

[Bug 392136] Re: package grub-pc 1.96+20080724-12ubuntu2 failed to install on dmraid (fakeraid) no mapping exists

2009-11-23 Thread Felix Zielcke
** Bug watch added: Debian Bug tracker #540549 http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=540549 ** Also affects: grub2 (Debian) via http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=540549 Importance: Unknown Status: Unknown -- package grub-pc 1.96+20080724-12ubuntu2 failed

[Bug 447655] Re: grub2 install cant recognize sata fake raid/dmraid volumes

2009-11-23 Thread Felix Zielcke
*** This bug is a duplicate of bug 392136 *** https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/392136 ** This bug has been marked a duplicate of bug 392136 package grub-pc 1.96+20080724-12ubuntu2 failed to install on dmraid (fakeraid) no mapping exists -- grub2 install cant recognize sata fake raid/dmrai

[Bug 435679] Re: Failed to set-up GRUB while doing a fresh installation

2009-11-23 Thread Felix Zielcke
*** This bug is a duplicate of bug 392136 *** https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/392136 ** This bug has been marked a duplicate of bug 392136 package grub-pc 1.96+20080724-12ubuntu2 failed to install on dmraid (fakeraid) no mapping exists -- Failed to set-up GRUB while doing a fresh install

Re: [Bug 392136] Re: package grub-pc 1.96+20080724-12ubuntu2 failed to install on dmraid (fakeraid) no mapping exists

2009-11-23 Thread Felix Zielcke
Haven't looked since then much into it. For me personally this isn't that important. Linux isn't on my dmraid. -- Felix Zielcke Proud Debian Maintainer and GNU GRUB developer -- package grub-pc 1.96+20080724-12ubuntu2 failed to install on dmraid (fakeraid) no mapping exists https:

[Bug 487083] Re: grub post-installation script shows side-by-side difference in very poor way

2009-11-23 Thread Felix Zielcke
If this is about /etc/default/grub then it should be reassigned to ucf. If this is about for the /etc/grub.d/* files which I doubt then this belongs to dpkg. Though the 3-way merge doestn't work correctly due to our way we handle /etc/default/grub now -- grub post-installation script shows side

[Bug 458079] Re: /boot/grub or ... desktop-base required in 05_debian_theme path?

2009-11-21 Thread Felix Zielcke
** Changed in: grub2 (Ubuntu) Status: New => Invalid -- /boot/grub or ... desktop-base required in 05_debian_theme path? https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/458079 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailin

[Bug 485977] Re: Grub loads very slowly

2009-11-20 Thread Felix Zielcke
*** This bug is a duplicate of bug 420933 *** https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/420933 ** This bug has been marked a duplicate of bug 420933 Current grub-pc takes several minutes to show menu -- Grub loads very slowly https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/485977 You received this bug notification

Re: [Bug 485636] Re: Can not disable GRUB2 background image

2009-11-20 Thread Felix Zielcke
ally executed change the `-e' to `-ex' in the first line of it. -- Felix Zielcke Proud Debian Maintainer and GNU GRUB developer -- Can not disable GRUB2 background image https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/485636 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bu

Re: [Bug 485636] [NEW] Can not disable GRUB2 background image

2009-11-20 Thread Felix Zielcke
d I just tested both now to be sure. Note that it doestn't count what update-grub outputs or 00_header says for the real GRUB. Only /boot/grub/grub.cfg counts for it. If there's no background_image line in it, it will never use one. -- Felix Zielcke Proud Debian Maintainer and GNU GR

[Bug 485375] Re: Grub takes too much time to load

2009-11-19 Thread Felix Zielcke
*** This bug is a duplicate of bug 420933 *** https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/420933 ** This bug has been marked a duplicate of bug 420933 Current grub-pc takes several minutes to show menu -- Grub takes too much time to load https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/485375 You received this bug no

Re: [Bug 482757] Re: Grub loading. The symbol ' ' not found. Aborted. Press any key...

2009-11-18 Thread Felix Zielcke
tries inside /etc/grub.d/40_custom or some other file. -- Felix Zielcke Proud Debian Maintainer and GNU GRUB developer -- Grub loading. The symbol ' ' not found. Aborted. Press any key... https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/482757 You received this bug notification because you are a membe

Re: [Bug 440587] Re: grub2: 'error: no such partition' when trying to boot from hd0, 10

2009-11-17 Thread Felix Zielcke
ifying it you could also replace the grub_dprintf with normal grub_printfs. -- Felix Zielcke Proud Debian Maintainer and GNU GRUB developer -- grub2: 'error: no such partition' when trying to boot from hd0,10 https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/440587 You received this bug notification bec

Re: [Bug 428519] Re: Unable to enable framebuffer modes with grub 2

2009-11-16 Thread Felix Zielcke
! i.e. :w! or :wq! if you directly want to save and exit it. -- Felix Zielcke Proud Debian Maintainer and GNU GRUB developer -- Unable to enable framebuffer modes with grub 2 https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/428519 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which

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