Kernel update does not invoke update-grub in lucid

[Pieter Lexis]

Binary package hint: linux-image-2.6.32-6-generic

What is says in the title.

After updating to a newer kernel grub is not automatically updated by calling update-grub.

Possibly a wrong post installation script, i will try to look at the script, however i've never have looked at the post int script.

ProblemType: Bug
AlsaVersion: Advanced Linux Sound Architecture Driver Version 1.0.21.
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 USER PID ACCESS COMMAND
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Date: Wed Dec 2 11:32:45 2009
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 10.04
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Regression: No
RelatedPackageVersions: linux-firmware 1.27
Reproducible: Yes
SourcePackage: linux-meta
Tags: lucid needs-upstream-testing
TestedUpstream: No
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[Andy Whitcroft (apw)]

@Pieter -- that is unexpected as the post install scripting is unchanged in lucid from that used in karmic. Which version of grub are you using? grub or grub2? dpkg -l | grep grub should tell us. Also can you confirm that just running update-grub fixed things up for you? Finally can you confirm the absolute path to update-grub on your installation. Thanks for testing!

[Pieter Lexis (pieter-lexis)]

@Andy

- running update-grub solves this issue.

- I'm running grub2, this is however installed on the partition(/dev/sda6 (hd0,6)) and i chainload it from my karmic grub2 on my MBR(I have 3 distro's+ windows 7. My primary installation(karmic) uses the mbr, the rest is chainloaded(grub on partions), but this should not conflict with the post install script.
  root@lieters-klaptop:/# dpkg -l | grep grub
  ii grub-common 1.97~beta4-1ubuntu4 GRand Unified Bootloader, version 2 (common
  ii grub-pc 1.97~beta4-1ubuntu4 GRand Unified Bootloader, version 2 (PC/BIOS

-update-grub location:
  root@lieters-klaptop:/# which update-grub
  /usr/sbin/update-grub

  root@lieters-klaptop:/# ls -l /usr/sbin/update-grub
  -rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 60 2009-10-29 17:30 /usr/sbin/update-grub

[Andy Whitcroft (apw)]

@Pieter -- that should happen automatically. Could you attach the file /etc/kernel-img.conf please. That should be requesting that grub be added there.

[Andy Whitcroft (apw)]

This may be related to bug #470265 if the entries are missing for you.

[Pieter Lexis (pieter-lexis)]

Interestingly, after the latest update of grub AND the kernel the menu was updated, however, as i removed the older kernels the menu wasn't updated. (contrast to https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/grub/+bug/470265/comments/35). So it is possible that the problem is fixed either by the grub update or the latest kernel. Or it's just a co-incidence.

Also, the problem is perhaps related to #470265, I however have not updated any install. Also the problem isn't grub most likely, as running the update manually will yield a correct menu and no errors.

[Andy Whitcroft (apw)]

@Pieter -- that configuration is short two key lines:

    postinst_hook = update-grub
    postrm_hook = update-grub

Without those installation and removal of the kernel will not correctly update grub mostly. I think this is clearly another occurance of bug #470265. Could you update that bug with how your system got from a blank disks to where it is now, what was installed, what upgrades you did etc to get where we are today without those files.

[Steve Langasek (vorlon)]

Pieter,

Could you please attach your /var/log/installer/syslog file to this bug, so we can see why this file was not set up for you correctly at install time?

[Pieter Lexis (pieter-lexis)]

A little late, but here it is.

Also during the latest kernel updates update-grub did not get invoked. An update of grub-pc however did.

[Pieter Lexis (pieter-lexis)]

Whoops, wrong file. Here is the syslog file.