Bug#586449: unbootable system after grub-pc upgrade (unaligned pointer) locales problem

[Vladimir 'φ-coder/phcoder' Serbinenko]

On 06/19/2010 06:33 PM, Andre Nunes Batista wrote:
> Package: grub-pc
> Version: 1.98+20100617-1
> Severity: grave
> Tags: upstream
> Justification: renders package unusable
>
>
> Hi, after the last grub-pc and grub-common update my system was rendered unbootable. 
> I originaly thought I had te same problem as described by other people on bug #586143,
> however I couldn't solve my problem following the same steps as others. (grub-install and so)
>
>   
Do you have any snapshots? If so the bug should already be fixed. Could
you retest?
If bug persists can you supply the output of:
vgdisplay
lvdisplay
pvdisplay
and tell if your LVM is supposed to have any non-standard property.
Could you also send first 64K of a device containing LVM?

> When I try dpkg-reconfigure I get a lot of messages regarding locales unset and the need 
> to manually give --modules.
>
> -- Package-specific info:
>
> *********************** BEGIN /proc/mounts
> /dev/scd0 /cdrom iso9660 ro 0 0
> /dev/tagesuhu/root / ext2 rw,errors=continue 0 0
> *********************** END /proc/mounts
>
> *********************** BEGIN /boot/grub/device.map
> (hd0)	/dev/sda
> *********************** END /boot/grub/device.map
>
> -- System Information:
> Debian Release: squeeze/sid
>   APT prefers unstable
>   APT policy: (500, 'unstable'), (500, 'testing'), (500, 'stable'), (1, 'experimental')
> Architecture: i386 (i686)
>
> Kernel: Linux 2.6.26-1-486
> Locale: LANG=C.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=C.UTF-8 (charmap=locale: Cannot set LC_CTYPE to default locale: No such file or directory
> locale: Cannot set LC_MESSAGES to default locale: No such file or directory
> locale: Cannot set LC_ALL to default locale: No such file or directory
> ANSI_X3.4-1968)
> 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+20100617-1 GRand Unified Bootloader, version 
> ii  libc6                    2.11.2-1        Embedded GNU C Library: Shared lib
> ii  libdevmapper1.02.1       2:1.02.48-2     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:
> perl: warning: Setting locale failed.
> perl: warning: Please check that your locale settings:
> 	LANGUAGE = "en",
> 	LC_ALL = (unset),
> 	LANG = "C.UTF-8"
>     are supported and installed on your system.
> perl: warning: Falling back to the standard locale ("C").
> locale: Cannot set LC_CTYPE to default locale: No such file or directory
> locale: Cannot set LC_MESSAGES to default locale: No such file or directory
> locale: Cannot set LC_ALL to default locale: No such file or directory
>   grub2/kfreebsd_cmdline:
> * grub2/linux_cmdline:
>   grub-pc/install_devices_empty: false
> * grub-pc/chainload_from_menu.lst: true
>   grub-pc/kopt_extracted: true
> * grub-pc/install_devices: /dev/sda
>   grub-pc/postrm_purge_boot_grub: false
>   grub2/kfreebsd_cmdline_default: quiet
>   grub2/linux_cmdline_default: quiet
>   grub-pc/mixed_legacy_and_grub2: true
>
>
>
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-- 
Regards
Vladimir 'φ-coder/phcoder' Serbinenko


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