Bug#559021: grub-pc: User postinst hook script [update-grub] exited with value 139

[Daniel]

Package: grub-pc
Version: 1.97+20091130-1
Severity: important


This bug make configuration of linux-image impossible:

dpkg : erreur de traitement de linux-image-2.6.31-1-amd64 (--configure)

Notice the segfault error with abstraction option:

listryx:~# grub-probe -v -d /dev/mapper/vg0-Dom0 -t abstraction
grub-probe: info: the size of hd0 is 156301488
grub-probe: info: the size of hd0 is 156301488
grub-probe: info: the size of hd0 is 156301488
grub-probe: info: the size of hd0 is 156301488
grub-probe: info: the size of hd0 is 156301488
grub-probe: info: the size of hd0 is 156301488
grub-probe: info: the size of hd0 is 156301488
grub-probe: info: the size of hd0 is 156301488
grub-probe: info: the size of hd0 is 156301488
grub-probe: info: the size of hd0 is 156301488
grub-probe: info: the size of hd0 is 156301488
grub-probe: info: the size of hd0 is 156301488
grub-probe: info: the size of hd0 is 156301488
grub-probe: info: opening vg0-Dom0
Erreur de segmentation

listryx:~# grub-probe -v -d /dev/mapper/vg0-Dom0
grub-probe: info: the size of hd0 is 156301488
grub-probe: info: the size of hd0 is 156301488
grub-probe: info: the size of hd0 is 156301488
grub-probe: info: the size of hd0 is 156301488
grub-probe: info: the size of hd0 is 156301488
grub-probe: info: the size of hd0 is 156301488
grub-probe: info: the size of hd0 is 156301488
grub-probe: info: the size of hd0 is 156301488
grub-probe: info: the size of hd0 is 156301488
grub-probe: info: the size of hd0 is 156301488
grub-probe: info: the size of hd0 is 156301488
grub-probe: info: the size of hd0 is 156301488
grub-probe: info: the size of hd0 is 156301488
grub-probe: info: opening vg0-Dom0
xfs

-- Package-specific info:

*********************** BEGIN /proc/mounts
/dev/mapper/vg0-Dom0 / xfs rw,relatime,noquota 0 0
/dev/sda2 /dos vfat rw,nosuid,nodev,noexec,relatime,gid=6,fmask=0007,dmask=0007,allow_utime=0020,codepage=cp437,iocharset=iso8859-1,errors=remount-ro 0 0
/dev/sda3 /boot ext3 rw,relatime,errors=continue,data=ordered 0 0
/dev/mapper/vg0-Home /home xfs rw,relatime,noquota 0 0
/dev/sr0 /media/cdrom0 iso9660 ro,nosuid,nodev,relatime 0 0
/dev/mapper/vg0-DomU1 /media/XP xfs rw,relatime,attr2,noquota 0 0
/dev/mapper/vg0-DomU2 /media/W2k xfs rw,relatime,noquota 0 0
/dev/mapper/vg0-DomU3 /media/ubuntu xfs rw,nosuid,nodev,relatime,attr2,grpid,noquota 0 0
/dev/mapper/vg0-DomU4 /media/stable xfs rw,nosuid,nodev,relatime,grpid,noquota 0 0
*********************** END /proc/mounts

*********************** BEGIN /boot/grub/device.map
(hd0)	/dev/sda
*********************** 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=0
insmod lvm
insmod xfs
set root=(vg0-Dom0)
search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set 8ed45dec-e132-4b96-8415-5c81b109f150
if loadfont /usr/share/grub/unicode.pf2 ; then
  set gfxmode=1024x768
  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
set timeout=5
### END /etc/grub.d/00_header ###

### BEGIN /etc/grub.d/05_debian_theme ###
insmod ext2
set root=(hd0,3)
search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set 76db7f26-9c2c-4a4c-b68d-33e4c5f4d451
insmod png
if background_image /grub/moreblue-orbit-grub.png ; then
  set color_normal=black/black
  set color_highlight=magenta/black
else
  set menu_color_normal=cyan/blue
  set menu_color_highlight=white/blue
fi
### END /etc/grub.d/05_debian_theme ###

### BEGIN /etc/grub.d/10_linux ###
menuentry "Debian GNU/Linux, with Linux 2.6.31-1-amd64" {
	insmod ext2
	set root=(hd0,3)
	search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set 76db7f26-9c2c-4a4c-b68d-33e4c5f4d451
	linux	/vmlinuz-2.6.31-1-amd64 root=/dev/mapper/vg0-Dom0 ro splash quiet
	initrd	/initrd.img-2.6.31-1-amd64
}
menuentry "Debian GNU/Linux, with Linux 2.6.31-1-amd64 (recovery mode)" {
	insmod ext2
	set root=(hd0,3)
	search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set 76db7f26-9c2c-4a4c-b68d-33e4c5f4d451
	linux	/vmlinuz-2.6.31-1-amd64 root=/dev/mapper/vg0-Dom0 ro single splash
	initrd	/initrd.img-2.6.31-1-amd64
}
menuentry "Debian GNU/Linux, with Linux 2.6.30-2-amd64" {
	insmod ext2
	set root=(hd0,3)
	search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set 76db7f26-9c2c-4a4c-b68d-33e4c5f4d451
	linux	/vmlinuz-2.6.30-2-amd64 root=/dev/mapper/vg0-Dom0 ro splash quiet
	initrd	/initrd.img-2.6.30-2-amd64
}
menuentry "Debian GNU/Linux, with Linux 2.6.30-2-amd64 (recovery mode)" {
	insmod ext2
	set root=(hd0,3)
	search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set 76db7f26-9c2c-4a4c-b68d-33e4c5f4d451
	linux	/vmlinuz-2.6.30-2-amd64 root=/dev/mapper/vg0-Dom0 ro single splash
	initrd	/initrd.img-2.6.30-2-amd64
}
### 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 provides an easy way to add custom menu entries.  Simply type the
# menu entries you want to add after this comment.  Be careful not to change
# the 'exec tail' line above.
### END /etc/grub.d/40_custom ###
*********************** END /boot/grub/grub.cfg

-- System Information:
Debian Release: squeeze/sid
  APT prefers transitional
  APT policy: (500, 'transitional'), (500, 'unstable'), (101, 'experimental')
Architecture: amd64 (x86_64)

Kernel: Linux 2.6.31-1-amd64 (SMP w/2 CPU cores)
Locale: LANG=fr_FR.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=fr_FR.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8)
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/bash

Versions of packages grub-pc depends on:
ii  debconf [debconf-2.0]    1.5.28          Debian configuration management sy
ii  grub-common              1.97+20091130-1 GRand Unified Bootloader, version 
ii  libc6                    2.10.2-2        GNU C Library: Shared libraries
ii  ucf                      3.0025          Update Configuration File: preserv

grub-pc recommends no packages.

Versions of packages grub-pc suggests:
ii  desktop-base                  5.0.5      common files for the Debian Deskto

-- debconf information:
  grub2/kfreebsd_cmdline:
* grub2/linux_cmdline: splash
* grub-pc/chainload_from_menu.lst: true
  grub-pc/kopt_extracted: true
  grub-pc/postrm_purge_boot_grub: false
  grub2/kfreebsd_cmdline_default: quiet
* grub2/linux_cmdline_default: quiet
* grub-pc/install_devices: /dev/sda