Bug#536846: grub-pc: /boot/vmlinux entry cannot be booted

[Alvaro Herrera]

Package: grub-pc
Version: 1.96+20090603-2
Severity: normal


I have a /boot/vmlinux-2.6.26 file that I installed some time ago for
use with oprofile.  Since the /etc/grub.d/10_linux script looks for
files using the pattern /boot/vmlinu[xz]*, this file is automatically
added to the boot menu, and moreover it is selected as the first entry.

However, this file doesn't boot properly.  Grub gives a message saying
so and then sits there waiting for user input.  In practice it means I
have to watch over the boot sequence or the workstation is as good as
halted for all practical purposes.

What I've been doing is edit 10_linux and change the /boot/vmlinu[xz]*
pattern to /boot/vmlinuz*, but each time grub-pc is upgraded I have to
edit the file again.  I've been doing this for several releases and it
has gotten old now.

So my request is: can this pattern be turned into /boot/vmlinuz* in the
file distributed with the package?  I guess it boils down to whether
there are still valid uncompressed (vmlinux) kernels that can be booted
at all.


-- Package-specific info:

*********************** BEGIN /proc/mounts
/dev/sda1 / ext3 rw,relatime,errors=remount-ro,data=ordered 0 0
/dev/sda6 /usr ext3 rw,relatime,errors=continue,data=ordered 0 0
/dev/sda7 /var ext3 rw,noatime,errors=continue,data=ordered 0 0
/dev/md3 /home ext3 rw,noatime,errors=continue,data=writeback 0 0
/dev/md4 /home/fotos ext3 rw,noatime,errors=continue,data=ordered 0 0
/dev/dm-0 /home/media ext3 rw,noatime,errors=continue,data=ordered 0 0
/dev/sda5 /tmp ext2 rw,noatime,errors=continue 0 0
*********************** END /proc/mounts

*********************** BEGIN /boot/grub/device.map
(hd0)	/dev/sda
(hd1)	/dev/sdb
(hd2)	/dev/sdc
*********************** 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
set timeout=5
set root=(hd0,6)
search --fs-uuid --set 9cf20f48-136a-4284-9048-4720baa20dfb
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 root=(hd0,1)
search --fs-uuid --set 550f142c-dd6e-46cf-a267-c32d331b6da8
insmod png
if background_image /boot/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, linux 2.6.26" {
	set root=(hd0,1)
	search --fs-uuid --set 550f142c-dd6e-46cf-a267-c32d331b6da8
	linux	/boot/vmlinux-2.6.26 root=/dev/sda1 ro quiet 
	initrd	/boot/initrd.img-2.6.26
}
menuentry "Debian GNU/Linux, linux 2.6.26 (recovery mode)" {
	set root=(hd0,1)
	search --fs-uuid --set 550f142c-dd6e-46cf-a267-c32d331b6da8
	linux	/boot/vmlinux-2.6.26 root=/dev/sda1 ro single quiet
	initrd	/boot/initrd.img-2.6.26
}
menuentry "Debian GNU/Linux, linux 2.6.26" {
	set root=(hd0,1)
	search --fs-uuid --set 550f142c-dd6e-46cf-a267-c32d331b6da8
	linux	/boot/vmlinuz-2.6.26 root=/dev/sda1 ro quiet 
	initrd	/boot/initrd.img-2.6.26
}
menuentry "Debian GNU/Linux, linux 2.6.26 (recovery mode)" {
	set root=(hd0,1)
	search --fs-uuid --set 550f142c-dd6e-46cf-a267-c32d331b6da8
	linux	/boot/vmlinuz-2.6.26 root=/dev/sda1 ro single quiet
	initrd	/boot/initrd.img-2.6.26
}
menuentry "Debian GNU/Linux, linux 2.6.25-2-amd64" {
	set root=(hd0,1)
	search --fs-uuid --set 550f142c-dd6e-46cf-a267-c32d331b6da8
	linux	/boot/vmlinuz-2.6.25-2-amd64 root=/dev/sda1 ro quiet 
	initrd	/boot/initrd.img-2.6.25-2-amd64
}
menuentry "Debian GNU/Linux, linux 2.6.25-2-amd64 (recovery mode)" {
	set root=(hd0,1)
	search --fs-uuid --set 550f142c-dd6e-46cf-a267-c32d331b6da8
	linux	/boot/vmlinuz-2.6.25-2-amd64 root=/dev/sda1 ro single quiet
	initrd	/boot/initrd.img-2.6.25-2-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 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: (990, 'testing')
Architecture: amd64 (x86_64)

Kernel: Linux 2.6.26 (SMP w/2 CPU cores)
Locale: LANG=es_CL.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=es_CL.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8)
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/bash

Versions of packages grub-pc depends on:
ii  debconf [debconf-2.0]    1.5.26          Debian configuration management sy
ii  grub-common              1.96+20090603-2 GRand Unified Bootloader, version 
ii  libc6                    2.9-12          GNU C Library: Shared libraries

grub-pc recommends no packages.

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