Bug#538381: grub-pc: keystroke freezes grub2 at kernel selection menu

[Bruce LaZerte]

Subject: grub-pc: keystroke freezes grub2 at kernel selection menu
Package: grub-pc
Version: 1.96+20090721-4
Severity: important

Grub2 installs ok but the kernel menu chained from the V1 menu locks
up after a single keystroke. Pressing the down arrow causes the
selection to move down one, but no other keystrokes, like up arrow or
enter, will work. Similarly pressing c will put you into console mode
but the keyboard is locked. All I can do is turn off the computer.

However the keystrokes work fine in the menu V1, and the default
selected kernel in menu V2
boots fine as long I don't touch the keyboard.

This is an older Compaq Presario 2100 notebook.


-- Package-specific info:

*********************** BEGIN /proc/mounts
/dev/root / ext3 rw,relatime,errors=remount-ro,data=writeback 0 0
/dev/hda2 /media/disk ext3
rw,nosuid,nodev,relatime,errors=continue,data=writeback 0 0
*********************** END /proc/mounts

*********************** BEGIN /boot/grub/device.map
(hd0)	/dev/hda
*********************** 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=(hd0,3)
search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set 9ee47ea6-3930-491d-944e-570d53bd14e5
if loadfont /usr/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=(hd0,3)
search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set 9ee47ea6-3930-491d-944e-570d53bd14e5
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 2.6.30.2" {
	set root=(hd0,3)
	search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set 9ee47ea6-3930-491d-944e-570d53bd14e5
	linux	/boot/vmlinuz-2.6.30.2 root=/dev/hda3 ro  quiet
}
menuentry "Debian GNU/Linux, Linux 2.6.30.2 (recovery mode)" {
	set root=(hd0,3)
	search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set 9ee47ea6-3930-491d-944e-570d53bd14e5
	linux	/boot/vmlinuz-2.6.30.2 root=/dev/hda3 ro single
}
menuentry "Debian GNU/Linux, Linux 2.6.29.4" {
	set root=(hd0,3)
	search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set 9ee47ea6-3930-491d-944e-570d53bd14e5
	linux	/boot/vmlinuz-2.6.29.4 root=/dev/hda3 ro  quiet
}
menuentry "Debian GNU/Linux, Linux 2.6.29.4 (recovery mode)" {
	set root=(hd0,3)
	search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set 9ee47ea6-3930-491d-944e-570d53bd14e5
	linux	/boot/vmlinuz-2.6.29.4 root=/dev/hda3 ro single
}
menuentry "Debian GNU/Linux, Linux 2.6.26-2-486" {
	set root=(hd0,3)
	search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set 9ee47ea6-3930-491d-944e-570d53bd14e5
	linux	/boot/vmlinuz-2.6.26-2-486
root=UUID=9ee47ea6-3930-491d-944e-570d53bd14e5 ro  quiet
	initrd	/boot/initrd.img-2.6.26-2-486
}
menuentry "Debian GNU/Linux, Linux 2.6.26-2-486 (recovery mode)" {
	set root=(hd0,3)
	search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set 9ee47ea6-3930-491d-944e-570d53bd14e5
	linux	/boot/vmlinuz-2.6.26-2-486
root=UUID=9ee47ea6-3930-491d-944e-570d53bd14e5 ro single
	initrd	/boot/initrd.img-2.6.26-2-486
}
### 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'), (500, 'unstable')
Architecture: i386 (i686)

Kernel: Linux 2.6.30.2 (PREEMPT)
Locale: LANG=en_CA.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=en_CA.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8)
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/bash

Versions of packages grub-pc depends on:
ii  debconf [debconf-2.0]    1.5.27          Debian configuration management sy
ii  grub-common              1.96+20090721-4 GRand Unified Bootloader, version
ii  libc6                    2.9-12          GNU C Library: Shared libraries
ii  ucf                      3.0018          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
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:

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Bruce LaZerte
Ontario, Canada