Bug#535239: grub-pc: Installation should inform about editing /etc/default/grub to provide GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX_DEFAULT

[Graham Cobb]

Package: grub-pc
Version: 1.96+20090725-1
Severity: normal

I hit this same problem, although less serious in my case as the system is
still bootable.  I agree that the installation should have copied the 
"kopt=" settings from /boot/grub/menu.lst.  It should also have informed
the installer (e.g. in a NEWS file) that they should check the options
listed in the GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX_DEFAULT setting in /etc/default/grub
before rebooting.

-- Package-specific info:

*********************** BEGIN /proc/mounts
/dev/disk/by-uuid/c28b0959-0c84-4dba-a807-573e84a685bd / ext3 rw,noatime,errors=remount-ro,data=ordered 0 0
/dev/hde5 /usr ext3 rw,noatime,errors=continue,data=ordered 0 0
/dev/hdg4 /home ext3 rw,noatime,errors=continue,data=ordered 0 0
/dev/hde1 /dosc vfat rw,uid=500,gid=100,fmask=0000,dmask=0000,allow_utime=0022,codepage=cp437,iocharset=utf8 0 0
/dev/hdg4 /home/scratchbox-apophis/users/cobb/home/cobb/Linux ext3 rw,noatime,errors=continue,data=ordered 0 0
/dev/hdg4 /home/scratchbox-apophis/users/cobb/scratchbox ext3 rw,noatime,errors=continue,data=ordered 0 0
/dev/disk/by-uuid/c28b0959-0c84-4dba-a807-573e84a685bd /home/scratchbox-apophis/users/cobb/tmp ext3 rw,noatime,errors=remount-ro,data=ordered 0 0
*********************** END /proc/mounts

*********************** BEGIN /boot/grub/device.map
(hd0)	/dev/hde
(hd1)	/dev/hdg
*********************** END /boot/grub/device.map

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

### BEGIN /etc/grub.d/00_header ###
set default=1
set timeout=5
set root=(hd0,5)
search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set c5fcad49-1f00-42ee-aaf7-2e03e7205c44
if loadfont /share/grub/ascii.pf2 ; then
  set gfxmode=640x480
  insmod gfxterm
  insmod vbe
  if terminal_output.gfxterm ; then true ; else
    # For backward compatibility with versions of terminal.mod that don't
    # understand terminal_output
    terminal gfxterm
  fi
fi
### END /etc/grub.d/00_header ###

### BEGIN /etc/grub.d/05_debian_theme ###
set menu_color_normal=cyan/blue
set menu_color_highlight=white/blue
### END /etc/grub.d/05_debian_theme ###

### BEGIN /etc/grub.d/09_GRC_windows ###
# This file is an example on how to add custom entries
menuentry "Windows" {
    set root=(hd0,1)
    chainloader +1
}
### END /etc/grub.d/09_GRC_windows ###

### BEGIN /etc/grub.d/10_linux ###
menuentry "Debian GNU/Linux, Linux 2.6.26-2-686" {
	set root=(hd0,3)
	search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set c28b0959-0c84-4dba-a807-573e84a685bd
	linux	/boot/vmlinuz-2.6.26-2-686 root=UUID=c28b0959-0c84-4dba-a807-573e84a685bd ro  quiet vdso=0
	initrd	/boot/initrd.img-2.6.26-2-686
}
menuentry "Debian GNU/Linux, Linux 2.6.26-2-686 (recovery mode)" {
	set root=(hd0,3)
	search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set c28b0959-0c84-4dba-a807-573e84a685bd
	linux	/boot/vmlinuz-2.6.26-2-686 root=UUID=c28b0959-0c84-4dba-a807-573e84a685bd ro single 
	initrd	/boot/initrd.img-2.6.26-2-686
}
menuentry "Debian GNU/Linux, Linux 2.6.26-1-686" {
	set root=(hd0,3)
	search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set c28b0959-0c84-4dba-a807-573e84a685bd
	linux	/boot/vmlinuz-2.6.26-1-686 root=UUID=c28b0959-0c84-4dba-a807-573e84a685bd ro  quiet vdso=0
	initrd	/boot/initrd.img-2.6.26-1-686
}
menuentry "Debian GNU/Linux, Linux 2.6.26-1-686 (recovery mode)" {
	set root=(hd0,3)
	search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set c28b0959-0c84-4dba-a807-573e84a685bd
	linux	/boot/vmlinuz-2.6.26-1-686 root=UUID=c28b0959-0c84-4dba-a807-573e84a685bd ro single 
	initrd	/boot/initrd.img-2.6.26-1-686
}
menuentry "Debian GNU/Linux, Linux 2.6.25-2-686" {
	set root=(hd0,3)
	search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set c28b0959-0c84-4dba-a807-573e84a685bd
	linux	/boot/vmlinuz-2.6.25-2-686 root=UUID=c28b0959-0c84-4dba-a807-573e84a685bd ro  quiet vdso=0
	initrd	/boot/initrd.img-2.6.25-2-686
}
menuentry "Debian GNU/Linux, Linux 2.6.25-2-686 (recovery mode)" {
	set root=(hd0,3)
	search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set c28b0959-0c84-4dba-a807-573e84a685bd
	linux	/boot/vmlinuz-2.6.25-2-686 root=UUID=c28b0959-0c84-4dba-a807-573e84a685bd ro single 
	initrd	/boot/initrd.img-2.6.25-2-686
}
### END /etc/grub.d/10_linux ###

### BEGIN /etc/grub.d/30_os-prober ###
### END /etc/grub.d/30_os-prober ###

### BEGIN /etc/grub.d/40_custom ###
# This file is an example on how to add custom entries
### END /etc/grub.d/40_custom ###
*********************** END /boot/grub/grub.cfg

-- System Information:
Debian Release: squeeze/sid
  APT prefers testing
  APT policy: (900, 'testing')
Architecture: i386 (i686)

Kernel: Linux 2.6.26-2-686 (SMP w/1 CPU core)
Locale: LANG=en_IE at euro, LC_CTYPE=en_IE at euro (charmap=ISO-8859-15) (ignored: LC_ALL set to en_IE at euro)
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/bash

Versions of packages grub-pc depends on:
ii  debconf [debconf-2.0]    1.5.27          Debian configuration management sy
ii  grub-common              1.96+20090725-1 GRand Unified Bootloader, version 
ii  libc6                    2.9-23          GNU C Library: Shared libraries
ii  ucf                      3.0018          Update Configuration File: preserv

grub-pc recommends no packages.

Versions of packages grub-pc suggests:
pn  desktop-base                  <none>     (no description available)
ii  genisoimage                   9:1.1.9-1  Creates ISO-9660 CD-ROM filesystem
pn  os-prober                     <none>     (no description available)

-- debconf information:
* grub-pc/linux_cmdline:
* grub-pc/chainload_from_menu.lst: true
  grub-pc/install_devices: