Bug#462449: grub-pc: GRUB_FONT_PATH unread

[Idzi]

Package: grub-pc
Version: 1.95+20080124-1
Severity: critical
Justification: breaks the whole system


The variable GRUB_FONT_PATH File /etc/default/grub   no longer read and the system does not boot if /usr is ext4


-- Package-specific info:

*********************** BEGIN /proc/mounts
rootfs / rootfs rw 0 0
none /sys sysfs rw,nosuid,nodev,noexec 0 0
none /proc proc rw,nosuid,nodev,noexec 0 0
udev /dev tmpfs rw 0 0
/dev/sda1 / ext3 rw,noatime,nodiratime,data=writeback 0 0
/dev/sda1 /dev/.static/dev ext3 rw,data=writeback 0 0
tmpfs /lib/init/rw tmpfs rw,nosuid 0 0
tmpfs /dev/shm tmpfs rw,nosuid,nodev 0 0
devpts /dev/pts devpts rw,nosuid,noexec 0 0
fusectl /sys/fs/fuse/connections fusectl rw 0 0
/dev/sda6 /usr ext4dev rw,noatime,nodiratime,data=writeback 0 0
/dev/sda7 /var ext4dev rw,noatime,nodiratime,data=writeback 0 0
/dev/sda8 /home ext4dev rw,noatime,nodiratime,data=writeback 0 0
/dev/sda9 /video ext4dev rw,noatime,nodiratime,data=writeback 0 0
binfmt_misc /proc/sys/fs/binfmt_misc binfmt_misc rw,nosuid,nodev,noexec 0 0
*********************** END /proc/mounts

*********************** BEGIN /boot/grub/device.map
(hd0)	/dev/sda
(hd1)	/dev/sdb
*********************** END /boot/grub/device.map

*********************** BEGIN /boot/grub/grub.cfg
#
# DO NOT EDIT THIS FILE
#
# It is automatically generated by /usr/sbin/update-grub using templates
# from /etc/grub.d and settings from /etc/default/grub
#

### BEGIN /etc/grub.d/00_header ###
set default=0
set timeout=25
set root=(hd0,1)
font (hd0,6)/share/grub/unicode.pff
set gfxmode=640x480
insmod gfxterm
insmod vbe
terminal gfxterm
### END /etc/grub.d/00_header ###

### BEGIN /etc/grub.d/05_debian_theme ###
insmod tga
background_image (hd0,6)/share/images/desktop-base/debian-blueish-wallpaper-640x480.tga
set color_normal=black/black
set color_highlight=magenta/black
### END /etc/grub.d/05_debian_theme ###

### BEGIN /etc/grub.d/10_hurd ###
### END /etc/grub.d/10_hurd ###

### BEGIN /etc/grub.d/10_linux ###
menuentry "Debian GNU/Linux, linux 2.6.24-rc8.080116" {
	linux	(hd0,1)/boot/vmlinuz-2.6.24-rc8.080116 root=/dev/sda1 ro 
	initrd	(hd0,1)/boot/initrd.img-2.6.24-rc8.080116
}
menuentry "Debian GNU/Linux, linux 2.6.24-rc8.080116 (single-user mode)" {
	linux	(hd0,1)/boot/vmlinuz-2.6.24-rc8.080116 root=/dev/sda1 ro single 
	initrd	(hd0,1)/boot/initrd.img-2.6.24-rc8.080116
}
menuentry "Debian GNU/Linux, linux 2.6.24-rc7.080107" {
	linux	(hd0,1)/boot/vmlinuz-2.6.24-rc7.080107 root=/dev/sda1 ro 
	initrd	(hd0,1)/boot/initrd.img-2.6.24-rc7.080107
}
menuentry "Debian GNU/Linux, linux 2.6.24-rc7.080107 (single-user mode)" {
	linux	(hd0,1)/boot/vmlinuz-2.6.24-rc7.080107 root=/dev/sda1 ro single 
	initrd	(hd0,1)/boot/initrd.img-2.6.24-rc7.080107
}
menuentry "Debian GNU/Linux, linux 2.6.22-3-k7" {
	linux	(hd0,1)/boot/vmlinuz-2.6.22-3-k7 root=/dev/sda1 ro 
	initrd	(hd0,1)/boot/initrd.img-2.6.22-3-k7
}
menuentry "Debian GNU/Linux, linux 2.6.22-3-k7 (single-user mode)" {
	linux	(hd0,1)/boot/vmlinuz-2.6.22-3-k7 root=/dev/sda1 ro single 
	initrd	(hd0,1)/boot/initrd.img-2.6.22-3-k7
}
### END /etc/grub.d/10_linux ###

### BEGIN /etc/grub.d/20_memtest86+ ###
menuentry "Memory test (memtest86+)" {
	linux	(hd0,1)/boot/memtest86+.bin
}
### END /etc/grub.d/20_memtest86+ ###

### BEGIN /etc/grub.d/20_perso ###
menuentry "Windows 2000" {
	set root=(hd1,1)
	chainloader /ntldr
}
### END /etc/grub.d/20_perso ###
*********************** END /boot/grub/grub.cfg

-- System Information:
Debian Release: lenny/sid
  APT prefers unstable
  APT policy: (990, 'unstable'), (950, 'experimental')
Architecture: i386 (i686)

Kernel: Linux 2.6.24-rc8.080116 (PREEMPT)
Locale: LANG=fr_FR.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=fr_FR.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8)
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/dash

Versions of packages grub-pc depends on:
ii  base-files                    4.0.2      Debian base system miscellaneous f
ii  cdebconf [debconf-2.0]        0.126      Debian Configuration Management Sy
ii  debconf [debconf-2.0]         1.5.18     Debian configuration management sy
ii  libc6                         2.7-6      GNU C Library: Shared libraries
ii  liblzo2-2                     2.02-3     data compression library

grub-pc recommends no packages.

-- debconf information:
  grub-pc/chainload_from_menu.lst: true