[Bug 447320] Re: kernel 2.6.31-12-generic renders "Error 13: Invalid or unsupported executable format"

[dino99]

outdated report & no more maintained distro; please send a new one if
that issue still exist (using ubuntu-bug)

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

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Title:
  kernel 2.6.31-12-generic renders "Error 13: Invalid or unsupported
  executable format"

Status in grub package in Ubuntu:
  Invalid

Bug description:
  Binary package hint: grub

  I'm not sure if this is a grub error, kernel error or ext4 error.

  I recently ran apt-get upgrade on karmic and ended up with the grub
  error "Error 13: Invalid or unsupported executable format" after
  installing kernel 2.6.31-12-generic. If I select 2.6.31-11-generic
  (the previous kernel) it works without a problem.

  Right before I ran this upgrade, I upgraded the hard disk to ext4
  using the procedure linked to from the Karmic beta information page.
  The system was a fully patched (up to 10/7/09 package lists) system.

  So, to reproduce, one should be able to:

  1. Change /etc/fstab to ext4 for main HD.
  2. Use tune2fs (not sure correct command name) to upgrade the FS to ext4 and use fsck to repair it.
  3. Install 2.6.31-12-generic kernel packages.
  4. Try to boot into 2.6.31-12-generic kernel.

  Also, I installed grub2 in chain-loading mode. The same error results
  when GRUB2 is used to boot the same kernel, as well as using GRUB1.5
  to select the kernel.

  Hope this information helps squash this bug!

  ProblemType: Bug
  Architecture: i386
  Date: Fri Oct  9 10:17:22 2009
  DistroRelease: Ubuntu 9.10
  Package: grub (not installed)
  ProcEnviron:
   LANG=en_US.UTF-8
   SHELL=/bin/bash
  ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.31-11.38-generic
  SourcePackage: grub
  Uname: Linux 2.6.31-11-generic i686
  XsessionErrors:
   (gnome-settings-daemon:1761): GLib-CRITICAL **: g_propagate_error: assertion `src != NULL' failed
   (gnome-settings-daemon:1761): GLib-CRITICAL **: g_propagate_error: assertion `src != NULL' failed
   (nautilus:1796): Eel-CRITICAL **: eel_preferences_get_boolean: assertion `preferences_is_initialized ()' failed
   (polkit-gnome-authentication-agent-1:1816): GLib-CRITICAL **: g_once_init_leave: assertion `initialization_value != 0' failed
   (gnome-panel:1784): Gdk-WARNING **: /build/buildd/gtk+2.0-2.18.2/gdk/x11/gdkdrawable-x11.c:952 drawable is not a pixmap or window

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