Grub2 crashes

[Alasdair Nicol]

Binary package hint: grub2

I installed Xubuntu 9.10 from the live CD, and did not make any changes to Grub

Grub2 is extremely unstable. If I press return on the default option, or wait for the timeout, Ubuntu successfully boots.

However, Grub crashes for any other input. That is:

* c for command line
* e for edit
* down arrow to select another option

all cause Grub2 to crash.

Below is the Grub version info. Please let me know if you need any other information.

grub-pc:
  Installed: 1.97~beta4-1ubuntu3
  Candidate: 1.97~beta4-1ubuntu3
  Version table:
 *** 1.97~beta4-1ubuntu3 0
        500 http://de.archive.ubuntu.com karmic/main Packages
        100 /var/lib/dpkg/status

ProblemType: Bug
Architecture: i386
Date: Mon Nov 2 23:40:45 2009
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 9.10
InstallationMedia: Xubuntu 9.10 "Karmic Koala" - Release i386 (20091028.3)
Package: grub-pc 1.97~beta4-1ubuntu3
ProcEnviron:
 LANG=en_US.UTF-8
 SHELL=/bin/bash
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.31-14.48-generic
SourcePackage: grub2
Uname: Linux 2.6.31-14-generic i686
XsessionErrors:
 (polkit-gnome-authentication-agent-1:1393): GLib-CRITICAL **: g_once_init_leave: assertion `initialization_value != 0' failed
 (xfwm4:1357): Gdk-CRITICAL **: gdk_window_get_events: assertion `GDK_IS_WINDOW (window)' failed

[Charlie Kravetz (cjkgeek)]

Thank you for taking the time to report this bug and helping to make Ubuntu better. You reported this bug a while ago and there hasn't been any activity in it recently. We were wondering if this is still an issue for you. Thanks in advance.

[Alasdair Nicol (alasdair)]

I reverted to 9.04 in the end. I have since bought a new laptop, so I have not checked to see whether the issue is resolved with 9.10.

[Charlie Kravetz (cjkgeek)]

This bug report is being closed due to your last comment regarding this being fixed with a software or hardware change. Thank you again for taking the time to report this bug and helping to make Ubuntu better. Please submit any future bugs you may find.