It happened again...See the following for detailed description: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/fontconfig/+bug/271246/comments/7
Maybe update-grub doesn't like a menu.lst~ or a menu.lst.backup being in /boot/grub? After fixing the problems listed in bug 271246 and removing the 2 old files, running startupmanager from a terminal window brings up the ASCI window during "Performing pre-configuration tasks" and I selected to keep the local version (I'm gonna redo it all anyways). Did my stuff in sum, and during post-config, the ASCI window came up again...selecting to view a 3-way difference shows the following: 5a ||||||| Older kernel /vmlinuz-2.6.28-11-generic root=/dev/mapper/dereksbox-root ro splash vga=795 ======= kernel /vmlinuz-2.6.28-11-generic root=/dev/mapper/dereksbox-root ro vga=795 splash >>>>>>> New . 4a <<<<<<< Current . The only difference seems to be the order of vga= and splash... I selected to install the package maintainer's version (sum's?) this time. Complete terminal log: de...@dereksbox:/boot/grub$ sudo startupmanager Grub2 not detected Version: ImageMagick 6.4.5 2009-01-22 Q16 OpenMP http://www.imagemagick.org Copyright: Copyright (C) 1999-2008 ImageMagick Studio LLC 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 ... found: /grub/splashimages/grub-fingerprint-0.11.xpm.gz Found kernel: /vmlinuz-2.6.28-11-generic Found kernel: /memtest86+.bin Updating /boot/grub/menu.lst ... done Grub Legacy detected Usplash detected Splashy not detected Using '/usr/lib/usplash/usplash-theme-ubuntu.so' to provide 'usplash-artwork.so'. Using '/usr/lib/usplash/afisufi-high-tech-0.1-alpha-4.so' to provide 'usplash-artwork.so'. update-initramfs: Generating /boot/initrd.img-2.6.28-11-generic 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 ... found: /grub/splashimages/grub-fingerprint-0.11.xpm.gz Found kernel: /vmlinuz-2.6.28-11-generic Found kernel: /memtest86+.bin Replacing config file /var/run/grub/menu.lst with new version Updating /boot/grub/menu.lst ... done Now 'ls /boot/grub | grep menu' shows: menu.lst menu.lst~ menu.lst.backup They are back! Subsequent runs of sum go off without any problems. Hope this helps some. -- [Hardy] startupmanager-1.9.10-2 hangs at "Performing post-configureation tasks" https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/213006 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://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs