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  1. Bug #1579391
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Activity log for bug #1579391

Date Who What changed Old value New value Message
2016-05-07 16:08:02 Tong Sun bug added bug
2016-05-07 16:08:23 Tong Sun description Tthe extlinux under Ubuntu has been broken since Vivid, and it is still not fixed in Ubuntu 16.04 LTS Xenial. What I got: In Vivid, having installed extlinux, I still don't have the extlinux.conf configuration file, so I do it manually again: % extlinux --install /boot/extlinux /boot/extlinux is device /dev/sda7 % dir -l /boot/extlinux total 116 -r--r--r-- 1 root root 116632 May 1 21:21 ldlinux.c32 What is expected: According to the official doc at http://www.syslinux.org/wiki/index.php/EXTLINUX, "extlinux --update /boot/extlinux" will generate extlinux.conf under /boot/extlinux, and it has always been working like that before, until I'm testing it under Vivid. In Xenial, things are still the same: % apt-get install extlinux syslinux-common Get:1 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu xenial/universe amd64 extlinux amd64 3:6.03+dfsg-11ubuntu1 [130 kB] ... Get:5 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu xenial/main amd64 syslinux-common all 3:6.03+dfsg-11ubuntu1 [1,181 kB] ... Preparing to unpack .../extlinux_3%3a6.03+dfsg-11ubuntu1_amd64.deb ... Unpacking extlinux (3:6.03+dfsg-11ubuntu1) ... Preparing to unpack .../syslinux-common_3%3a6.03+dfsg-11ubuntu1_all.deb ... Unpacking syslinux-common (3:6.03+dfsg-11ubuntu1) ... ... Setting up extlinux (3:6.03+dfsg-11ubuntu1) ... Setting up syslinux-common (3:6.03+dfsg-11ubuntu1) ... ... % ls -l /boot/vmlinuz* /boot/initrd* /boot/extlinux/*.conf /boot/extlinux/*.cfg ls: cannot access '/boot/vmlinuz*': No such file or directory ls: cannot access '/boot/extlinux/*.conf': No such file or directory ls: cannot access '/boot/extlinux/*.cfg': No such file or directory -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 37950863 May 7 14:58 /boot/initrd.img-4.4.0-21-generic I had been able to workaround the problem by installing the working extlinux packages from prior to Vivid, but not any more under Xenial, in which I will get: extlinux --install /boot/extlinux extlinux: cannot find device for path /boot/extlinux extlinux: cannot open device (null) I.e., using the previous working extlinux packages no longer works under Xenial. The system cannot boot any more. The extlinux under Ubuntu has been broken since Vivid, and it is still not fixed in Ubuntu 16.04 LTS Xenial. What I got: In Vivid, having installed extlinux, I still don't have the extlinux.conf configuration file, so I do it manually again: % extlinux --install /boot/extlinux /boot/extlinux is device /dev/sda7 % dir -l /boot/extlinux total 116 -r--r--r-- 1 root root 116632 May 1 21:21 ldlinux.c32 What is expected: According to the official doc at http://www.syslinux.org/wiki/index.php/EXTLINUX, "extlinux --update /boot/extlinux" will generate extlinux.conf under /boot/extlinux, and it has always been working like that before, until I'm testing it under Vivid. In Xenial, things are still the same: % apt-get install extlinux syslinux-common Get:1 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu xenial/universe amd64 extlinux amd64 3:6.03+dfsg-11ubuntu1 [130 kB] ... Get:5 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu xenial/main amd64 syslinux-common all 3:6.03+dfsg-11ubuntu1 [1,181 kB] ... Preparing to unpack .../extlinux_3%3a6.03+dfsg-11ubuntu1_amd64.deb ... Unpacking extlinux (3:6.03+dfsg-11ubuntu1) ... Preparing to unpack .../syslinux-common_3%3a6.03+dfsg-11ubuntu1_all.deb ... Unpacking syslinux-common (3:6.03+dfsg-11ubuntu1) ... ... Setting up extlinux (3:6.03+dfsg-11ubuntu1) ... Setting up syslinux-common (3:6.03+dfsg-11ubuntu1) ... ... % ls -l /boot/vmlinuz* /boot/initrd* /boot/extlinux/*.conf /boot/extlinux/*.cfg ls: cannot access '/boot/vmlinuz*': No such file or directory ls: cannot access '/boot/extlinux/*.conf': No such file or directory ls: cannot access '/boot/extlinux/*.cfg': No such file or directory -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 37950863 May 7 14:58 /boot/initrd.img-4.4.0-21-generic I had been able to workaround the problem by installing the working extlinux packages from prior to Vivid, but not any more under Xenial, in which I will get:  extlinux --install /boot/extlinux extlinux: cannot find device for path /boot/extlinux extlinux: cannot open device (null) I.e., using the previous working extlinux packages no longer works under Xenial. The system cannot boot any more.
2016-05-07 16:10:03 Tong Sun description The extlinux under Ubuntu has been broken since Vivid, and it is still not fixed in Ubuntu 16.04 LTS Xenial. What I got: In Vivid, having installed extlinux, I still don't have the extlinux.conf configuration file, so I do it manually again: % extlinux --install /boot/extlinux /boot/extlinux is device /dev/sda7 % dir -l /boot/extlinux total 116 -r--r--r-- 1 root root 116632 May 1 21:21 ldlinux.c32 What is expected: According to the official doc at http://www.syslinux.org/wiki/index.php/EXTLINUX, "extlinux --update /boot/extlinux" will generate extlinux.conf under /boot/extlinux, and it has always been working like that before, until I'm testing it under Vivid. In Xenial, things are still the same: % apt-get install extlinux syslinux-common Get:1 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu xenial/universe amd64 extlinux amd64 3:6.03+dfsg-11ubuntu1 [130 kB] ... Get:5 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu xenial/main amd64 syslinux-common all 3:6.03+dfsg-11ubuntu1 [1,181 kB] ... Preparing to unpack .../extlinux_3%3a6.03+dfsg-11ubuntu1_amd64.deb ... Unpacking extlinux (3:6.03+dfsg-11ubuntu1) ... Preparing to unpack .../syslinux-common_3%3a6.03+dfsg-11ubuntu1_all.deb ... Unpacking syslinux-common (3:6.03+dfsg-11ubuntu1) ... ... Setting up extlinux (3:6.03+dfsg-11ubuntu1) ... Setting up syslinux-common (3:6.03+dfsg-11ubuntu1) ... ... % ls -l /boot/vmlinuz* /boot/initrd* /boot/extlinux/*.conf /boot/extlinux/*.cfg ls: cannot access '/boot/vmlinuz*': No such file or directory ls: cannot access '/boot/extlinux/*.conf': No such file or directory ls: cannot access '/boot/extlinux/*.cfg': No such file or directory -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 37950863 May 7 14:58 /boot/initrd.img-4.4.0-21-generic I had been able to workaround the problem by installing the working extlinux packages from prior to Vivid, but not any more under Xenial, in which I will get:  extlinux --install /boot/extlinux extlinux: cannot find device for path /boot/extlinux extlinux: cannot open device (null) I.e., using the previous working extlinux packages no longer works under Xenial. The system cannot boot any more. The extlinux under Ubuntu has been broken since Vivid, and it is still not fixed in Ubuntu 16.04 LTS Xenial. What I got: In Vivid, having installed extlinux, I still don't have the extlinux.conf configuration file, so I do it manually again: % extlinux --install /boot/extlinux /boot/extlinux is device /dev/sda7 % dir -l /boot/extlinux total 116 -r--r--r-- 1 root root 116632 May 1 21:21 ldlinux.c32 What is expected: According to the official doc at http://www.syslinux.org/wiki/index.php/EXTLINUX, "extlinux --update /boot/extlinux" will generate extlinux.conf under /boot/extlinux, and it has always been working like that before, until I'm testing it under Vivid. In Xenial, things are still the same: % apt-get install extlinux syslinux-common Get:1 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu xenial/universe amd64 extlinux amd64 3:6.03+dfsg-11ubuntu1 [130 kB] ... Get:5 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu xenial/main amd64 syslinux-common all 3:6.03+dfsg-11ubuntu1 [1,181 kB] ... Preparing to unpack .../extlinux_3%3a6.03+dfsg-11ubuntu1_amd64.deb ... Unpacking extlinux (3:6.03+dfsg-11ubuntu1) ... Preparing to unpack .../syslinux-common_3%3a6.03+dfsg-11ubuntu1_all.deb ... Unpacking syslinux-common (3:6.03+dfsg-11ubuntu1) ... ... Setting up extlinux (3:6.03+dfsg-11ubuntu1) ... Setting up syslinux-common (3:6.03+dfsg-11ubuntu1) ... ... % ls -l /boot/vmlinuz* /boot/initrd* /boot/extlinux/*.conf /boot/extlinux/*.cfg ls: cannot access '/boot/vmlinuz*': No such file or directory ls: cannot access '/boot/extlinux/*.conf': No such file or directory ls: cannot access '/boot/extlinux/*.cfg': No such file or directory -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 37950863 May 7 14:58 /boot/initrd.img-4.4.0-21-generic I had been able to workaround the problem by installing the working extlinux packages from prior to Vivid, but not any more under Xenial, in which I will get: % extlinux --install /boot/extlinux extlinux: cannot find device for path /boot/extlinux extlinux: cannot open device (null) I.e., using the previous working extlinux packages no longer works under Xenial. The system cannot boot any more.
2016-05-07 19:54:51 Tong Sun description The extlinux under Ubuntu has been broken since Vivid, and it is still not fixed in Ubuntu 16.04 LTS Xenial. What I got: In Vivid, having installed extlinux, I still don't have the extlinux.conf configuration file, so I do it manually again: % extlinux --install /boot/extlinux /boot/extlinux is device /dev/sda7 % dir -l /boot/extlinux total 116 -r--r--r-- 1 root root 116632 May 1 21:21 ldlinux.c32 What is expected: According to the official doc at http://www.syslinux.org/wiki/index.php/EXTLINUX, "extlinux --update /boot/extlinux" will generate extlinux.conf under /boot/extlinux, and it has always been working like that before, until I'm testing it under Vivid. In Xenial, things are still the same: % apt-get install extlinux syslinux-common Get:1 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu xenial/universe amd64 extlinux amd64 3:6.03+dfsg-11ubuntu1 [130 kB] ... Get:5 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu xenial/main amd64 syslinux-common all 3:6.03+dfsg-11ubuntu1 [1,181 kB] ... Preparing to unpack .../extlinux_3%3a6.03+dfsg-11ubuntu1_amd64.deb ... Unpacking extlinux (3:6.03+dfsg-11ubuntu1) ... Preparing to unpack .../syslinux-common_3%3a6.03+dfsg-11ubuntu1_all.deb ... Unpacking syslinux-common (3:6.03+dfsg-11ubuntu1) ... ... Setting up extlinux (3:6.03+dfsg-11ubuntu1) ... Setting up syslinux-common (3:6.03+dfsg-11ubuntu1) ... ... % ls -l /boot/vmlinuz* /boot/initrd* /boot/extlinux/*.conf /boot/extlinux/*.cfg ls: cannot access '/boot/vmlinuz*': No such file or directory ls: cannot access '/boot/extlinux/*.conf': No such file or directory ls: cannot access '/boot/extlinux/*.cfg': No such file or directory -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 37950863 May 7 14:58 /boot/initrd.img-4.4.0-21-generic I had been able to workaround the problem by installing the working extlinux packages from prior to Vivid, but not any more under Xenial, in which I will get: % extlinux --install /boot/extlinux extlinux: cannot find device for path /boot/extlinux extlinux: cannot open device (null) I.e., using the previous working extlinux packages no longer works under Xenial. The system cannot boot any more. The extlinux under Ubuntu has been broken since Vivid, and it is still not fixed in Ubuntu 16.04 LTS Xenial. What I got: In Vivid, having installed extlinux, I still don't have the extlinux.conf configuration file, so I do it manually again: % extlinux --install /boot/extlinux /boot/extlinux is device /dev/sda7 % dir -l /boot/extlinux total 116 -r--r--r-- 1 root root 116632 May 1 21:21 ldlinux.c32 What is expected: According to the official doc at http://www.syslinux.org/wiki/index.php/EXTLINUX, "extlinux --update /boot/extlinux" will generate extlinux.conf under /boot/extlinux, and it has always been working like that before, until I'm testing it under Vivid. In Xenial, things are still the same: % apt-get install extlinux syslinux-common Get:1 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu xenial/universe amd64 extlinux amd64 3:6.03+dfsg-11ubuntu1 [130 kB] ... Get:5 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu xenial/main amd64 syslinux-common all 3:6.03+dfsg-11ubuntu1 [1,181 kB] ... Preparing to unpack .../extlinux_3%3a6.03+dfsg-11ubuntu1_amd64.deb ... Unpacking extlinux (3:6.03+dfsg-11ubuntu1) ... Preparing to unpack .../syslinux-common_3%3a6.03+dfsg-11ubuntu1_all.deb ... Unpacking syslinux-common (3:6.03+dfsg-11ubuntu1) ... ... Setting up extlinux (3:6.03+dfsg-11ubuntu1) ... Setting up syslinux-common (3:6.03+dfsg-11ubuntu1) ... ... % ls -l /boot/vmlinuz* /boot/initrd* /boot/extlinux/*.conf /boot/extlinux/*.cfg ls: cannot access '/boot/vmlinuz*': No such file or directory ls: cannot access '/boot/extlinux/*.conf': No such file or directory ls: cannot access '/boot/extlinux/*.cfg': No such file or directory -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 37950863 May 7 14:58 /boot/initrd.img-4.4.0-21-generic I had been able to workaround the problem by installing the working extlinux packages from Ubuntu in Vivid, But since the extlinux package is reintroduced in Xenial again, I kept getting prompted to upgrade it, thus it is more of a issue now.
2016-08-22 18:18:50 Launchpad Janitor syslinux (Ubuntu): status New Confirmed