[Bug 644879] Re: update-grub fails on custom kernel

[dino99]

Lucid is no more a supported version; and grub legacy upstream is also
stopped, only receiving possible random fixes locally

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

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Title:
  update-grub fails on custom kernel

Status in grub package in Ubuntu:
  Invalid

Bug description:
  Binary package hint: grub

  Hi,

  I am trying to build a custom 2.6.34 kernel on 10.04.1, and I cannot
  get it to interoperate with the automatic grub updating scripts.  I am
  using grub 1.

  When I try to install the make-kpkg'd kernel package (called -unmod
  here), I get this output:

  porterde at yorke:/boot/grub$ sudo apt-get -f install
  Reading package lists... Done
  Building dependency tree       
  Reading state information... Done
  0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 0 not upgraded.
  1 not fully installed or removed.
  After this operation, 0B of additional disk space will be used.
  Setting up linux-image-2.6.34-unmod (1) ...
  Running depmod.
  Examining /etc/kernel/postinst.d.
  run-parts: executing /etc/kernel/postinst.d/initramfs 2.6.34-unmod /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.34-unmod
  Running postinst hook script update-grub.
  Searching for GRUB installation directory ... found: /boot/grub
  Searching for default file ... found: /boot/grub/default
  Testing for an existing GRUB menu.lst file ... found: /boot/grub/menu.lst
  Searching for splash image ... none found, skipping ...
  Found kernel: /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.34-unmod
  Found kernel: /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.32-24-server
  Found kernel: /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.32-21-server
  Found GRUB 2: /boot/grub/core.img
  Found kernel: /boot/memtest86+.bin
  User postinst hook script [update-grub] exited with value 20
  dpkg: error processing linux-image-2.6.34-unmod (--configure):
   subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 128
  Errors were encountered while processing:
   linux-image-2.6.34-unmod
  E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1)

  I spent a fair bit of time searching similar bug reports, and I came
  up empty handed.

  I can work-around the problem by manually running update-grub, but I'd
  like to be able to automatically update my menu.lst.

  Any advice on how to resolve this problem would be much appreciated.

  Thanks,
  Don

  ProblemType: Bug
  DistroRelease: Ubuntu 10.04
  Package: grub 0.97-29ubuntu60
  ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.32-24.43-server 2.6.32.15+drm33.5
  Uname: Linux 2.6.32-24-server x86_64
  Architecture: amd64
  Date: Tue Sep 21 21:40:29 2010
  InstallationMedia: Ubuntu-Server 10.04 LTS "Lucid Lynx" - Release amd64 (20100427)
  ProcEnviron:
   SHELL=/bin/bash
   LANG=en_US.UTF-8
   LC_CTYPE=POSIX
  SourcePackage: grub

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