Ubuntu
grub2 package

Syntaxerror in /boot/grub/grub.cfg

Bug #190741 reported by dgf
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Bug Description

Binary package hint: grub2

Hi with recent grub-pc I get on start a fast repeating error message saying that there is an syntax error and there is nothing I can do to stop it. I had to boot a Livecd and edit the /boot/grub/grub.cfg to make grub work again, here is a piece from it with my changes:

### BEGIN /etc/grub.d/00_header ###
set default=0
set timeout=5
set root=(hd0,2)

## Causes Syntaxerror on startup
#if font (hd0,2)/usr/share/grub/unicode.pff ; then
# set gfxmode=640x480
# insmod gfxterm
# insmod vbe
# terminal gfxterm
#fi

### END /etc/grub.d/00_header ###

I'm using a Sony Vaio SZ2M-B with an Intelchipset (Core Duo, GMA950)

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dgf (dgf)
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aleneguou (alexandergould) wrote : Re: [Bug 190741] Re: Syntaxerror in /boot/grub/grub.cfg

On Sun, 2008-02-10 at 19:16 +0000, Tormod Volden wrote:
> *** This bug is a duplicate of bug 190147 ***
> https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/190147
>
> ** This bug has been marked a duplicate of bug 190147
> grub2 error on grub-probe, does not boot

I was able to stop this behavior by purging the grub-pc package and
reinstalling it.

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