[Bug 490277] Re: grub-setup crashed with SIGSEGV in __libc_start_main()

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*** This bug is a duplicate of bug 386802 ***
    https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/386802

Status changed to 'Confirmed' because the bug affects multiple users.

** Changed in: grub2 (Ubuntu)
       Status: New => Confirmed

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Title:
  grub-setup crashed with SIGSEGV in __libc_start_main()

Status in “grub2” package in Ubuntu:
  Confirmed

Bug description:
  Binary package hint: grub2

  running

  grub-setup -v (hd0,2

  from command line, yes, with last ) missing, caused this failure

  lsb_release -rd
  Description:	Ubuntu 9.10
  Release:	9.10

  sudo apt-cache policy grub
  grub:
    Installed: (none)
    Candidate: 0.97-29ubuntu59
    Version table:
       0.97-29ubuntu59 0
          500 http://archive.ubuntu.com karmic/main Packages

  p.s. I also see 10 other potential candidates for duplicates, but with
  variety in hardware options, including amd64, so decided to notice
  whoever is QA after this

  ProblemType: Crash
  Architecture: i386
  CrashCounter: 1
  Date: Fri Nov 27 19:20:32 2009
  DistroRelease: Ubuntu 9.10
  ExecutablePath: /usr/sbin/grub-setup
  LiveMediaBuild: Ubuntu 9.10 "Karmic Koala" - Release i386 (20091028.5)
  Package: grub-pc 1.97~beta4-1ubuntu3
  ProcCmdline: grub-setup -v (hd0,2
  ProcCwd: /media/6741dea6-286d-41dc-bf27-e3b6a3eb7727
  ProcEnviron:
   PATH=(custom, no user)
   LANG=en_US.UTF-8
   SHELL=/bin/bash
  ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.31-14.48-generic
  SegvAnalysis:
   Segfault happened at: 0x804c4d5:	repz cmpsb %es:(%edi),%ds:(%esi)
   PC (0x0804c4d5) ok
   source "%es:(%edi)" (0x0806a372) ok
   destination "%ds:(%esi)" (0x0000007b) not located in a known VMA region (needed writable region)!
  SegvReason: writing NULL VMA
  Signal: 11
  SourcePackage: grub2
  StacktraceTop:
   ?? ()
   ?? ()
   ?? ()
   __libc_start_main () from /lib/tls/i686/cmov/libc.so.6
   ?? ()
  Title: grub-setup crashed with SIGSEGV in __libc_start_main()
  Uname: Linux 2.6.31-14-generic i686
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