[Bug 2086843] Re: Grub creates spurious entries in the menu

corrado venturini 2086843 at bugs.launchpad.net
Wed Dec 11 13:23:40 UTC 2024


On my laptop problem occurs for Ubuntu Noble installed on nvme disk partition 4 but not for Ubuntu Noble installed on SSD disk partition 1. Both systems updated today.  Attaching list from /boot directory of both systems:
corrado at corrado-n3-oracular:/media/corrado$ ls -alh /media/corrado/a1-noble/boot
total 430M
drwxr-xr-x  4 root root 4.0K Dec 11 13:59 .
drwxr-xr-x 23 root root 4.0K Jun 27 12:14 ..
-rw-r--r--  1 root root 281K Jun 10  2024 config-6.8.0-36-generic
-rw-r--r--  1 root root 281K Jul  5 17:04 config-6.8.0-39-generic
-rw-r--r--  1 root root 281K Aug  2 16:15 config-6.8.0-41-generic
-rw-r--r--  1 root root 281K Aug 30 10:32 config-6.8.0-45-generic
-rw-r--r--  1 root root 281K Nov  9 16:54 config-6.8.0-50-generic
drwxr-xr-x  2 root root 4.0K Jun 27 12:03 efi
drwxr-xr-x  5 root root 4.0K Dec 11 13:59 grub
lrwxrwxrwx  1 root root   27 Dec 11 13:58 initrd.img -> initrd.img-6.8.0-50-generic
-rw-r--r--  1 root root  63M Jul 31 11:18 initrd.img-6.8.0-36-generic
-rw-r--r--  1 root root  63M Jul 31 11:18 initrd.img-6.8.0-39-generic
-rw-r--r--  1 root root  63M Sep 26 17:58 initrd.img-6.8.0-41-generic
-rw-r--r--  1 root root  63M Sep 26 17:58 initrd.img-6.8.0-45-generic
-rw-r--r--  1 root root  63M Dec 11 13:59 initrd.img-6.8.0-50-generic
lrwxrwxrwx  1 root root   27 Dec 11 13:58 initrd.img.old -> initrd.img-6.8.0-45-generic
-rw-r--r--  1 root root 140K Apr  8  2024 memtest86+ia32.bin
-rw-r--r--  1 root root 141K Apr  8  2024 memtest86+ia32.efi
-rw-r--r--  1 root root 145K Apr  8  2024 memtest86+x64.bin
-rw-r--r--  1 root root 146K Apr  8  2024 memtest86+x64.efi
-rw-------  1 root root 8.7M Jun 10  2024 System.map-6.8.0-36-generic
-rw-------  1 root root 8.7M Jul  5 17:04 System.map-6.8.0-39-generic
-rw-------  1 root root 8.7M Aug  2 16:15 System.map-6.8.0-41-generic
-rw-------  1 root root 8.7M Aug 30 10:32 System.map-6.8.0-45-generic
-rw-------  1 root root 8.7M Nov  9 16:54 System.map-6.8.0-50-generic
lrwxrwxrwx  1 root root   24 Dec 11 13:58 vmlinuz -> vmlinuz-6.8.0-50-generic
-rw-------  1 root root  15M Jun 10  2024 vmlinuz-6.8.0-36-generic
-rw-------  1 root root  15M Jul  5 17:42 vmlinuz-6.8.0-39-generic
-rw-------  1 root root  15M Aug  2 16:39 vmlinuz-6.8.0-41-generic
-rw-------  1 root root  15M Aug 30 11:02 vmlinuz-6.8.0-45-generic
-rw-------  1 root root  15M Nov  9 17:00 vmlinuz-6.8.0-50-generic
lrwxrwxrwx  1 root root   24 Dec 11 13:58 vmlinuz.old -> vmlinuz-6.8.0-45-generic
corrado at corrado-n3-oracular:/media/corrado$ ls -alh /media/corrado/n4-noble/boot
total 259M
drwxr-xr-x  4 root root 4.0K Dec 11 14:07 .
drwxr-xr-x 23 root root 4.0K Oct 12 10:39 ..
-rw-r--r--  1 root root 281K Sep 27 14:22 config-6.8.0-48-generic
-rw-r--r--  1 root root 281K Nov  1 11:56 config-6.8.0-49-generic
-rw-r--r--  1 root root 281K Nov  9 16:54 config-6.8.0-50-generic
drwxr-xr-x  2 root root 4.0K May  4  2024 efi
drwxr-xr-x  5 root root 4.0K Dec 11 14:07 grub
lrwxrwxrwx  1 root root   27 Dec 11 14:06 initrd.img -> initrd.img-6.8.0-50-generic
-rw-r--r--  1 root root  63M Nov 22 14:17 initrd.img-6.8.0-48-generic
-rw-r--r--  1 root root  63M Dec 11 14:06 initrd.img-6.8.0-49-generic
-rw-r--r--  1 root root  63M Dec 11 14:07 initrd.img-6.8.0-50-generic
lrwxrwxrwx  1 root root   27 Dec 11 14:06 initrd.img.old -> initrd.img-6.8.0-49-generic
-rw-r--r--  1 root root 140K Apr  8  2024 memtest86+ia32.bin
-rw-r--r--  1 root root 141K Apr  8  2024 memtest86+ia32.efi
-rw-r--r--  1 root root 145K Apr  8  2024 memtest86+x64.bin
-rw-r--r--  1 root root 146K Apr  8  2024 memtest86+x64.efi
-rw-------  1 root root 8.7M Sep 27 14:22 System.map-6.8.0-48-generic
-rw-------  1 root root 8.7M Nov  1 11:56 System.map-6.8.0-49-generic
-rw-------  1 root root 8.7M Nov  9 16:54 System.map-6.8.0-50-generic
lrwxrwxrwx  1 root root   24 Dec 11 14:06 vmlinuz -> vmlinuz-6.8.0-50-generic
-rw-------  1 root root  15M Sep 27 14:26 vmlinuz-6.8.0-48-generic
-rw-------  1 root root  15M Nov  1 12:41 vmlinuz-6.8.0-49-generic
-rw-------  1 root root  15M Nov  9 17:00 vmlinuz-6.8.0-50-generic
lrwxrwxrwx  1 root root   24 Dec 11 14:06 vmlinuz.old -> vmlinuz-6.8.0-49-generic
corrado at corrado-n3-oracular:/media/corrado$

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Title:
  Grub creates spurious entries in the menu

Status in grub2-unsigned package in Ubuntu:
  New

Bug description:
  Selecting 'advanced options' in the grub menu for my Ubuntu 24.10 I see some spurious entries in the menu displayed.
  see attached image.  
  boot partition for same os is:
  corrado at corrado-n4-noble:/media/corrado$ ls -alh /media/corrado/n7-oracular/boot/
  total 178M
  drwxr-xr-x  4 root root 4.0K Oct 25 15:34 .
  drwxr-xr-x 20 root root 4.0K Oct 30 09:28 ..
  -rw-r--r--  1 root root 286K Sep 16 14:04 config-6.11.0-8-generic
  -rw-r--r--  1 root root 286K Oct 14 13:20 config-6.11.0-9-generic
  drwxr-xr-x  2 root root 4.0K Oct 15 13:48 efi
  drwxr-xr-x  5 root root 4.0K Nov  4 14:52 grub
  lrwxrwxrwx  1 root root   27 Oct 25 15:34 initrd.img -> initrd.img-6.11.0-9-generic
  -rw-r--r--  1 root root  65M Oct 25 15:34 initrd.img-6.11.0-8-generic
  -rw-r--r--  1 root root  65M Oct 25 15:34 initrd.img-6.11.0-9-generic
  lrwxrwxrwx  1 root root   27 Oct  9 15:19 initrd.img.old -> initrd.img-6.11.0-8-generic
  -rw-r--r--  1 root root 140K Apr  8  2024 memtest86+ia32.bin
  -rw-r--r--  1 root root 141K Apr  8  2024 memtest86+ia32.efi
  -rw-r--r--  1 root root 145K Apr  8  2024 memtest86+x64.bin
  -rw-r--r--  1 root root 146K Apr  8  2024 memtest86+x64.efi
  -rw-------  1 root root 9.2M Sep 16 14:04 System.map-6.11.0-8-generic
  -rw-------  1 root root 9.2M Oct 14 13:20 System.map-6.11.0-9-generic
  lrwxrwxrwx  1 root root   24 Oct 25 15:34 vmlinuz -> vmlinuz-6.11.0-9-generic
  -rw-------  1 root root  15M Sep 16 14:06 vmlinuz-6.11.0-8-generic
  -rw-------  1 root root  15M Oct 14 13:40 vmlinuz-6.11.0-9-generic
  lrwxrwxrwx  1 root root   24 Oct  9 15:19 vmlinuz.old -> vmlinuz-6.11.0-8-generic

  ProblemType: Bug
  DistroRelease: Ubuntu 24.04
  Package: grub-efi-amd64 2.12-1ubuntu7
  ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 6.8.0-48.48-generic 6.8.12
  Uname: Linux 6.8.0-48-generic x86_64
  ApportVersion: 2.28.1-0ubuntu3.1
  Architecture: amd64
  CasperMD5CheckResult: unknown
  CurrentDesktop: ubuntu:GNOME
  Date: Thu Nov  7 09:23:00 2024
  InstallationDate: Installed on 2024-10-29 (9 days ago)
  InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 24.04.1 LTS "Noble Numbat" - Release amd64 (20240827.1)
  ProcEnviron:
   LANG=en_US.UTF-8
   PATH=(custom, no user)
   SHELL=/bin/bash
   TERM=xterm-256color
   XDG_RUNTIME_DIR=<set>
  SourcePackage: grub2-unsigned
  UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)

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