Bug#341538: splashimage duplicates

[Larry Lade]

I had been experiencing this bug also, with the splashimage= parameter
immediately after the (commented out) color parameter. Interestingly,
placing it inside the Default Options section gets it moved to just
below that section after running update-grub.

This issue has not occurred for me under stable, using the same syntax.

If my understanding of grub usage is correct, the user is not supposed
to directly edit the lines between
## ## End Default Options ##
and
### END DEBIAN AUTOMAGIC KERNELS LIST

This would suggest that the splashimage should be defined (and left
alone) somewhere before the End Default Options line, no?

/boot/grub/menu.lst (now)

# menu.lst - See: grub(8), info grub, update-grub(8)
#            grub-install(8), grub-floppy(8),
#            grub-md5-crypt, /usr/share/doc/grub
#            and /usr/share/doc/grub-doc/.

## default num
# Set the default entry to the entry number NUM. Numbering starts from 0, and
# the entry number 0 is the default if the command is not used.
#
# You can specify 'saved' instead of a number. In this case, the default entry
# is the entry saved with the command 'savedefault'.
default        0

## timeout sec
# Set a timeout, in SEC seconds, before automatically booting the default entry
# (normally the first entry defined).
timeout        5

# Pretty colours
#color cyan/blue white/blue

# Set colors for foreground and background:
# (RRGGBB, in hex)
#
# These are optional it will still work without them
#
foreground  = ffffff
background  = 000000

# The splash image location (doesn't need to be the root partition, BTW,
# since grub can read your filesystem):
#
#splashimage=(hd0,0)/boot/grub/splash.xpm.gz

## password ['--md5'] passwd
# If used in the first section of a menu file, disable all interactive editing
# control (menu entry editor and command-line)  and entries protected by the
# command 'lock'
# e.g. password topsecret
#      password --md5 $1$gLhU0/$aW78kHK1QfV3P2b2znUoe/
# password topsecret

#
# examples
#
# title        Windows 95/98/NT/2000
# root        (hd0,0)
# makeactive
# chainloader    +1
#
# title        Linux
# root        (hd0,1)
# kernel    /vmlinuz root=/dev/hda2 ro
#

#
# Put static boot stanzas before and/or after AUTOMAGIC KERNEL LIST

### BEGIN AUTOMAGIC KERNELS LIST
## lines between the AUTOMAGIC KERNELS LIST markers will be modified
## by the debian update-grub script except for the default options below

## DO NOT UNCOMMENT THEM, Just edit them to your needs

## ## Start Default Options ##
## default kernel options
## default kernel options for automagic boot options
## If you want special options for specific kernels use kopt_x_y_z
## where x.y.z is kernel version. Minor versions can be omitted.
## e.g. kopt=root=/dev/hda1 ro
##      kopt_2_6_8=root=/dev/hdc1 ro
##      kopt_2_6_8_2_686=root=/dev/hdc2 ro
# kopt=root=/dev/hda1 ro

## default grub root device
## e.g. groot=(hd0,0)
# groot=(hd0,0)

## should update-grub create alternative automagic boot options
## e.g. alternative=true
##      alternative=false
# alternative=true

## should update-grub lock alternative automagic boot options
## e.g. lockalternative=true
##      lockalternative=false
# lockalternative=false

## additional options to use with the default boot option, but not with the
## alternatives
## e.g. defoptions=vga=791 resume=/dev/hda5
# defoptions=lapic

## altoption boot targets option
## multiple altoptions lines are allowed
## e.g. altoptions=(extra menu suffix) extra boot options
##      altoptions=(recovery mode) single
# altoptions=(recovery mode) single

## controls how many kernels should be put into the menu.lst
## only counts the first occurence of a kernel, not the
## alternative kernel options
## e.g. howmany=all
##      howmany=7
# howmany=all

## should update-grub create memtest86 boot option
## e.g. memtest86=true
##      memtest86=false
# memtest86=false

## ## End Default Options ##

splashimage=(hd0,0)/boot/grub/splash.xpm.gz

title        Debian GNU/Linux, kernel 2.6.14-howard
root        (hd0,0)
kernel        /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.14-howard root=/dev/hda1 ro lapic
initrd        /boot/initrd.img-2.6.14-howard
savedefault
boot

title        Debian GNU/Linux, kernel 2.6.14-howard (recovery mode)
root        (hd0,0)
kernel        /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.14-howard root=/dev/hda1 ro single
initrd        /boot/initrd.img-2.6.14-howard
savedefault
boot

title        Debian GNU/Linux, kernel 2.6.14-2-686
root        (hd0,0)
kernel        /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.14-2-686 root=/dev/hda1 ro lapic
initrd        /boot/initrd.img-2.6.14-2-686
savedefault
boot

title        Debian GNU/Linux, kernel 2.6.14-2-686 (recovery mode)
root        (hd0,0)
kernel        /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.14-2-686 root=/dev/hda1 ro single
initrd        /boot/initrd.img-2.6.14-2-686
savedefault
boot

### END DEBIAN AUTOMAGIC KERNELS LIST