Bug#584540: grub-pc: savedefault not working (grubenv not updating?)
Tim Richardson
tim at tim-richardson.net
Fri Jun 4 12:59:25 UTC 2010
Package: grub-pc
Version: 1.98+20100602-1
Severity: normal
To the best of my ability I have configured /etc/default/grub for savedefault functionality.
But it's not working.
I note that /boot/grub/grubenv has a modified date of May 25 and that if I move this file, a new one is not created in its place, which is not what I expected.
When I say it's not working, I mean that grub-pc always defaults to the first entry in my list, regardless of whether I most recently booted into Windows.
My /etc/default/grub is
# If you change this file, run 'update-grub' afterwards to update
# /boot/grub/grub.cfg.
GRUB_DEFAULT=saved
GRUB_TIMEOUT=5
GRUB_DISTRIBUTOR=`lsb_release -i -s 2>/dev/null || echo Sidux Debian`
#GRUB_DISTRIBUTOR=`echo Sidux Debian`
GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX_DEFAULT="quiet"
GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX="vga=791"
GRUB_SAVEDEFAULT=true
# Uncomment to disable graphical terminal (grub-pc only)
#GRUB_TERMINAL=console
# The resolution used on graphical terminal
# note that you can use only modes which your graphic card supports via VBE
# you can see them in real GRUB with the command `vbeinfo'
GRUB_GFXMODE=1280x800
# Uncomment if you don't want GRUB to pass "root=UUID=xxx" parameter to Linux
#GRUB_DISABLE_LINUX_UUID=true
# Uncomment to disable generation of recovery mode menu entries
#GRUB_DISABLE_LINUX_RECOVERY="true"
~
-- Package-specific info:
*********************** BEGIN /proc/mounts
/dev/disk/by-uuid/573c35ff-3f2a-4218-8e3a-933354b1f738 / ext4 rw,noatime,errors=remount-ro,barrier=0,data=ordered 0 0
/dev/sda1 /media/disk1part1 vfat rw,nosuid,nodev,noexec,relatime,fmask=0000,dmask=0000,allow_utime=0022,codepage=cp437,iocharset=utf8,shortname=lower,quiet,utf8,errors=remount-ro 0 0
/dev/sda2 /media/disk1part2 fuseblk ro,nosuid,nodev,noexec,relatime,user_id=0,group_id=0,default_permissions,allow_other,blksize=4096 0 0
/dev/sda3 /media/disk1part3 fuseblk ro,nosuid,nodev,noexec,relatime,user_id=0,group_id=0,default_permissions,allow_other,blksize=4096 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 ###
if [ -s $prefix/grubenv ]; then
load_env
fi
set default="${saved_entry}"
if [ ${prev_saved_entry} ]; then
set saved_entry=${prev_saved_entry}
save_env saved_entry
set prev_saved_entry=
save_env prev_saved_entry
set boot_once=true
fi
function savedefault {
if [ -z ${boot_once} ]; then
saved_entry=${chosen}
save_env saved_entry
fi
}
insmod msdos
insmod ext2
set root='(hd0,6)'
search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set 573c35ff-3f2a-4218-8e3a-933354b1f738
if loadfont /usr/share/grub/unicode.pf2 ; then
set gfxmode=1280x800
insmod gfxterm
insmod vbe
fi
if terminal_output gfxterm ; then true ; else
# For backward compatibility with versions of terminal.mod that don't
# understand terminal_output
terminal gfxterm
fi
insmod msdos
insmod ext2
set root='(hd0,6)'
search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set 573c35ff-3f2a-4218-8e3a-933354b1f738
set locale_dir=($root)/boot/grub/locale
set lang=en
insmod gettext
set timeout=5
### END /etc/grub.d/00_header ###
### BEGIN /etc/grub.d/05_debian_theme ###
insmod msdos
insmod ext2
set root='(hd0,6)'
search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set 573c35ff-3f2a-4218-8e3a-933354b1f738
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, with Linux 2.6.34-0.slh.7-sidux-686' --class debian --class gnu-linux --class gnu --class os {
savedefault
insmod msdos
insmod ext2
set root='(hd0,6)'
search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set 573c35ff-3f2a-4218-8e3a-933354b1f738
echo 'Loading Linux 2.6.34-0.slh.7-sidux-686 ...'
linux /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.34-0.slh.7-sidux-686 root=UUID=573c35ff-3f2a-4218-8e3a-933354b1f738 ro vga=791 quiet
echo 'Loading initial ramdisk ...'
initrd /boot/initrd.img-2.6.34-0.slh.7-sidux-686
}
menuentry 'Debian GNU/Linux, with Linux 2.6.34-0.slh.7-sidux-686 (recovery mode)' --class debian --class gnu-linux --class gnu --class os {
savedefault
insmod msdos
insmod ext2
set root='(hd0,6)'
search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set 573c35ff-3f2a-4218-8e3a-933354b1f738
echo 'Loading Linux 2.6.34-0.slh.7-sidux-686 ...'
linux /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.34-0.slh.7-sidux-686 root=UUID=573c35ff-3f2a-4218-8e3a-933354b1f738 ro single vga=791
echo 'Loading initial ramdisk ...'
initrd /boot/initrd.img-2.6.34-0.slh.7-sidux-686
}
menuentry 'Debian GNU/Linux, with Linux 2.6.34-0.slh.5-sidux-686' --class debian --class gnu-linux --class gnu --class os {
savedefault
insmod msdos
insmod ext2
set root='(hd0,6)'
search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set 573c35ff-3f2a-4218-8e3a-933354b1f738
echo 'Loading Linux 2.6.34-0.slh.5-sidux-686 ...'
linux /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.34-0.slh.5-sidux-686 root=UUID=573c35ff-3f2a-4218-8e3a-933354b1f738 ro vga=791 quiet
echo 'Loading initial ramdisk ...'
initrd /boot/initrd.img-2.6.34-0.slh.5-sidux-686
}
menuentry 'Debian GNU/Linux, with Linux 2.6.34-0.slh.5-sidux-686 (recovery mode)' --class debian --class gnu-linux --class gnu --class os {
savedefault
insmod msdos
insmod ext2
set root='(hd0,6)'
search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set 573c35ff-3f2a-4218-8e3a-933354b1f738
echo 'Loading Linux 2.6.34-0.slh.5-sidux-686 ...'
linux /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.34-0.slh.5-sidux-686 root=UUID=573c35ff-3f2a-4218-8e3a-933354b1f738 ro single vga=791
echo 'Loading initial ramdisk ...'
initrd /boot/initrd.img-2.6.34-0.slh.5-sidux-686
}
### END /etc/grub.d/10_linux ###
### BEGIN /etc/grub.d/20_memtest86+ ###
menuentry "Memory test (memtest86+)" {
insmod msdos
insmod ext2
set root='(hd0,6)'
search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set 573c35ff-3f2a-4218-8e3a-933354b1f738
multiboot /boot/memtest86+_multiboot.bin
}
menuentry "Memory test (memtest86+, serial console 115200)" {
insmod msdos
insmod ext2
set root='(hd0,6)'
search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set 573c35ff-3f2a-4218-8e3a-933354b1f738
multiboot /boot/memtest86+_multiboot.bin console=ttyS0,115200n8
}
### END /etc/grub.d/20_memtest86+ ###
### BEGIN /etc/grub.d/30_os-prober ###
menuentry "Windows 7 (loader) (on /dev/sda2)" {
savedefault
insmod msdos
insmod ntfs
set root='(hd0,2)'
search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set 00080f07080efc02
chainloader +1
}
### 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 unstable
APT policy: (500, 'unstable'), (500, 'testing'), (500, 'stable'), (1, 'experimental')
Architecture: i386 (i686)
Kernel: Linux 2.6.34-0.slh.5-sidux-686 (SMP w/2 CPU cores; PREEMPT)
Locale: LANG=en_US.utf8, LC_CTYPE=en_US.utf8 (charmap=UTF-8)
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/dash
Versions of packages grub-pc depends on:
ii debconf [debconf-2.0] 1.5.32 Debian configuration management sy
ii grub-common 1.98+20100602-1 GRand Unified Bootloader, version
ii libc6 2.11.1-2 Embedded GNU C Library: Shared lib
ii libdevmapper1.02.1 2:1.02.47-1 The Linux Kernel Device Mapper use
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: vga=791
grub-pc/chainload_from_menu.lst: true
grub-pc/kopt_extracted: false
* grub-pc/install_devices: /dev/sda
grub-pc/postrm_purge_boot_grub: false
grub2/kfreebsd_cmdline_default: quiet
grub2/linux_cmdline_default: quiet
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