missing GRUB_TIMEOUT -> TypeError: expected string or buffer
Affects | Status | Importance | Assigned to | Milestone | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
StartUp-Manager |
New
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Undecided
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Unassigned | ||
Debian |
Fix Released
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Unknown
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Bug Description
Startupmanager is crashing on start with following error messages :
Generating grub.cfg ...
Found background image: Lake_mapourika_
Found linux image: /boot/vmlinuz-
Found initrd image: /boot/initrd.
Found linux image: /boot/vmlinuz-
Found initrd image: /boot/initrd.
Found Microsoft Windows XP Professionnel on /dev/sdb1
Found Ubuntu 10.04 LTS (10.04) on /dev/sdc12
Found Debian GNU/Linux (squeeze/sid) on /dev/sdc6
Found Windows 7 (loader) on /dev/sdd1
done
Grub2 detected
Usplash detected
Splashy not detected
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "/usr/sbin/
main()
File "/usr/sbin/
SumGui()
File "/usr/share/
__init__
self.
File "/usr/share/
setup_widgets
self.
File "/usr/share/
set_shared_
self.
File "/usr/lib/
get_timeout
timeout = utils.extract_
File "/usr/lib/
extract_number
match = number_
TypeError: expected string or buffer
Solution:
Add this line:
GRUB_TIMEOUT=5
(or similar) to the config.
Changed in debian: | |
status: | Unknown → Confirmed |
Changed in debian: | |
status: | Confirmed → Fix Released |