Bug#558312: error: grub_gettext not found

Michael Biebl biebl at debian.org
Fri Nov 27 21:51:39 UTC 2009


tags 558312 -unreproducible
thanks

Fernando M. Maresca wrote:
> Hi,
> On Fri, Nov 27, 2009 at 10:00:38PM +0100, Robert Millan wrote:
>> I don't think we have any routine in our code that could possibly construct
>> that error string.  Could you re-check that this is *exactly* what it is
>> printing?
> Sorry.
> The exact message is:
> error: the symbol ``grub_gettext'' not found
> 
> It's also displayed on grub_rescue> mode when trying to insmod
> normal.mod or configfile.mod.
> 
> My locale is es_AR.UTF-8.

I can reproduce the problem, I get the exact same error message and boot failure.

My locale is de_DE.UTF-8

fwiw, I noticed that grub.cfg references a directory /boot/grub/locale but I
don't have such a directory. Maybe this is related.

Cheers,
Michael

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