[Bug 439538] Re: Grub2 don't provide a option for rename menuentry on /etc/default/grub

[Till Fischer]

I absolutely agree that renaming an entry in the grub2 menu must be more
user friendly. The current situation is extremely inefficient. It is not
acceptable that you have to write about 50 lines of code to rename a
single entry.

I can hardly believe that there are people around who dare to call this
a "solution".

-- 
You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu
Foundations Bugs, which is subscribed to grub2 in Ubuntu.
https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/439538

Title:
  Grub2 don't provide a option for rename menuentry on /etc/default/grub

Status in “grub2” package in Ubuntu:
  Triaged

Bug description:
  Binary package hint: grub2

  On grub2 you only can change a menuentry on /boot/grub/grub.cfg but this file is automatically created for update-grub. If you modify that file, you lose your custom configuration and the file says:
  #
  # DO NOT EDIT THIS FILE
  #
  # It is automatically generated by /usr/sbin/grub-mkconfig using templates
  # from /etc/grub.d and settings from /etc/default/grub
  #

  menuentry "Ubuntu, Linux 2.6.31-11-generic" {
          recordfail=1
          save_env recordfail
  	set quiet=1
  	insmod ext2
  	set root=(hd0,6)
  	search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set 590c22cb-5c99-4270-a154-4e6df62d1b4c
  	linux	/boot/vmlinuz-2.6.31-11-generic root=UUID=590c22cb-5c99-4270-a154-4e6df62d1b4c ro locale=es_
  ES splash  
  	initrd	/boot/initrd.img-2.6.31-11-generic
  }

  
  The only file for grub2 customization is /etc/default/grub, but it don't have a option for change a menuentry like above.

  I propose put a option like:

  GRUB_MENUENTRY = ["Ubuntu, Linux 2.6.31-11-generic", "My custom name"]

  That var or array change the name of menuentry Ubuntu, Linux
  2.6.31-11-generic to "My custom name"

  ProblemType: Bug
  Architecture: i386
  Date: Wed Sep 30 20:17:48 2009
  DistroRelease: Ubuntu 9.10
  Package: grub2 1.97~beta3-1ubuntu6
  ProcEnviron:
   PATH=(custom, no user)
   LANG=es_ES.UTF-8
   SHELL=/bin/bash
  ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.31-11.36-generic
  SourcePackage: grub2
  Uname: Linux 2.6.31-11-generic i686

To manage notifications about this bug go to:
https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/grub2/+bug/439538/+subscriptions