[Bug 224074] Re: update from 7.10 to 8.04 doesn't update grub default correctly

[Thomas Hotz]

** Changed in: grub (Ubuntu)
       Status: New => Confirmed

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Title:
  update from 7.10 to 8.04 doesn't update grub default correctly

Status in “grub” package in Ubuntu:
  Confirmed

Bug description:
  Binary package hint: grub

  This might be the same as #103297, but it didn't happen to me during kernel updates for 7.10.
  When updated to 8.04 using the update manager, the default index was left unchanged, which was an error.
  This is a dual-boot machine, with the default set to the windows entry (#4 in 7.10).  Upon upgrading to 8.04, this needed to be changed to #6 in order to refer to the same entry, but was left at #4, which defaulted to the memtest86 entry.  That would be very confusing indeed for grandma.

  The menu.lst for 8.04 had two different ubuntu kernels (plus a rescue
  mode for each) instead of one kernel, which is why the index was off
  by 2.

  Also, this machine was subject to another (totally separate) bug which causes ubuntu to fail to boot they 8.04 kernel without a modification to the kernel parameters.
  If the update process was intending to modify menu.lst *after* the first reboot, this could explain why it failed.

  If this is not a duplicate of a known bug, I can submit my menu.lst
  and any other information that would be useful.  Thanks.

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