Bug#680198: grub-common: Hangs in 30_os-prober

Wed Jul 4 12:18:48 UTC 2012

Package: grub-common
Version: 1.99-22.1
Severity: normal

Dear Maintainer,
*** Please consider answering these questions, where appropriate ***

   * What led up to the situation?
   apt-get upgrade
   * What exactly did you do (or not do) that was effective (or
     ineffective)?
   apt-get upgrade
   * What was the outcome of this action?
   Hangs after this:
   Setting up linux-image-3.2.0-3-amd64 (3.2.21-3) ...
   Running depmod.
   vmlinuz(/boot/vmlinuz-3.2.0-3-amd64
   ) points to /boot/vmlinuz-3.2.0-3-amd64
    (/boot/vmlinuz-3.2.0-3-amd64) -- doing nothing at /var/lib/dpkg/info/linux-image-3.2.0-3-amd64.postinst line 268.
    initrd.img(/boot/initrd.img-3.2.0-3-amd64
    ) points to /boot/initrd.img-3.2.0-3-amd64
     (/boot/initrd.img-3.2.0-3-amd64) -- doing nothing at /var/lib/dpkg/info/linux-image-3.2.0-3-amd64.postinst line 268.
     Examining /etc/kernel/postinst.d.
     run-parts: executing /etc/kernel/postinst.d/initramfs-tools 3.2.0-3-amd64 /boot/vmlinuz-3.2.0-3-amd64
     update-initramfs: Generating /boot/initrd.img-3.2.0-3-amd64
     run-parts: executing /etc/kernel/postinst.d/pm-utils 3.2.0-3-amd64 /boot/vmlinuz-3.2.0-3-amd64
     run-parts: executing /etc/kernel/postinst.d/update-notifier 3.2.0-3-amd64 /boot/vmlinuz-3.2.0-3-amd64
     run-parts: executing /etc/kernel/postinst.d/zz-update-grub 3.2.0-3-amd64 /boot/vmlinuz-3.2.0-3-amd64
     Generating grub.cfg ...
     Found background image: /usr/share/images/desktop-base/desktop-grub.png
     Found linux image: /boot/vmlinuz-3.2.0-3-amd64
     Found initrd image: /boot/initrd.img-3.2.0-3-amd64
     Found linux image: /boot/vmlinuz-3.2.0-2-amd64
     Found initrd image: /boot/initrd.img-3.2.0-2-amd64
     Found linux image: /boot/vmlinuz-3.2.0-1-amd64
     Found initrd image: /boot/initrd.img-3.2.0-1-amd64
   * What outcome did you expect instead?
   Should upgrade

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Output of ps gives this:

5965 pts/1    S+     0:00 /bin/sh /usr/sbin/grub-mkconfig -o /boot/grub/grub.cfg
6362 pts/1    S+     0:00 /bin/sh /etc/grub.d/30_os-prober
6375 pts/1    S+     0:00 /bin/sh /etc/grub.d/30_os-prober
6376 pts/1    S+     0:00 /bin/sh /usr/bin/os-prober
6377 pts/1    S+     0:00 tr   ^
6378 pts/1    S+     0:00 paste -s -d  
6796 pts/1    S+     0:00 /bin/sh /usr/lib/os-probes/50mounted-tests /dev/sdg2
6837 pts/1    R+     4:31 /bin/sh /usr/lib/os-probes/mounted/90linux-distro /dev/sdg2 /var/lib/os-prober/mount ufs

Output of mount gives:

sysfs on /sys type sysfs (rw,nosuid,nodev,noexec,relatime)
proc on /proc type proc (rw,nosuid,nodev,noexec,relatime)
udev on /dev type devtmpfs (rw,relatime,size=10240k,nr_inodes=506276,mode=755)
devpts on /dev/pts type devpts (rw,nosuid,noexec,relatime,gid=5,mode=620,ptmxmode=000)
tmpfs on /run type tmpfs (rw,nosuid,noexec,relatime,size=406236k,mode=755)
/dev/disk/by-uuid/38cb96ce-03b3-48e8-bb07-ada30a8f9c54 on / type ext3 (rw,noatime,errors=remount-ro,barrier=1,data=ordered)
tmpfs on /run/lock type tmpfs (rw,nosuid,nodev,noexec,relatime,size=5120k)
tmpfs on /run/shm type tmpfs (rw,nosuid,nodev,noexec,relatime,size=2765960k)
fusectl on /sys/fs/fuse/connections type fusectl (rw,relatime)
/dev/sdb2 on /home type ext3 (rw,noatime,errors=continue,barrier=1,data=ordered)
/dev/sda2 on /mnt/c type fuseblk (rw,nosuid,nodev,relatime,user_id=0,group_id=0,default_permissions,allow_other,blksize=4096)
/dev/sdb1 on /mnt/d type fuseblk (rw,nosuid,nodev,relatime,user_id=0,group_id=0,default_permissions,allow_other,blksize=4096)
/dev/sdg1 on /mnt/sdg1 type ufs (ro,relatime,ufstype=sun,onerror=lock)
/dev/sdg8 on /mnt/sdg8 type ufs (ro,relatime,ufstype=sun,onerror=lock)
rpc_pipefs on /var/lib/nfs/rpc_pipefs type rpc_pipefs (rw,relatime)
gateway:/ on /mnt/gateway type nfs (rw,relatime,vers=3,rsize=1048576,wsize=1048576,namlen=255,hard,nolock,proto=tcp,timeo=600,retrans=2,sec=sys,mountaddr=192.168.1.1,mountvers=3,mountport=38778,mountproto=udp,local_lock=all,addr=192.168.1.1)
gateway:/home/ on /mnt/gateway/home type nfs (rw,relatime,vers=3,rsize=1048576,wsize=1048576,namlen=255,hard,nolock,proto=tcp,timeo=600,retrans=2,sec=sys,mountaddr=192.168.1.1,mountvers=3,mountport=38778,mountproto=udp,local_lock=all,addr=192.168.1.1)
gateway:/var/ on /mnt/gateway/var type nfs (rw,relatime,vers=3,rsize=1048576,wsize=1048576,namlen=255,hard,nolock,proto=tcp,timeo=600,retrans=2,sec=sys,mountaddr=192.168.1.1,mountvers=3,mountport=38778,mountproto=udp,local_lock=all,addr=192.168.1.1)
gateway:/var/www/mirrors/CPAN/ on /mnt/CPAN type nfs (ro,relatime,vers=3,rsize=1048576,wsize=1048576,namlen=255,hard,proto=tcp,timeo=600,retrans=2,sec=sys,mountaddr=192.168.1.1,mountvers=3,mountport=38778,mountproto=udp,local_lock=none,addr=192.168.1.1)
binfmt_misc on /proc/sys/fs/binfmt_misc type binfmt_misc (rw,nosuid,nodev,noexec,relatime)
/dev/sdh2 on /media/1d901e30-6139-4105-8f2f-055dc758dd40 type ext3 (rw,nosuid,nodev,relatime,errors=continue,barrier=1,data=ordered,uhelper=udisks)
/dev/sdh1 on /media/Windows type fuseblk (rw,nosuid,nodev,relatime,user_id=0,group_id=0,default_permissions,allow_other,blksize=4096)
/media/1d901e30-6139-4105-8f2f-055dc758dd40 on /media/1d901e30-6139-4105-8f2f-055dc758dd40 type ecryptfs (rw,relatime,ecryptfs_fnek_sig=58996297c08eff8d,ecryptfs_sig=58996297c08eff8d,ecryptfs_cipher=aes,ecryptfs_key_bytes=16,ecryptfs_passthrough,ecryptfs_unlink_sigs)

-- System Information:
Debian Release: wheezy/sid
  APT prefers unstable
  APT policy: (500, 'unstable'), (500, 'testing'), (500, 'stable')
Architecture: amd64 (x86_64)

Kernel: Linux 3.2.0-2-amd64 (SMP w/4 CPU cores)
Locale: LANG=en_GB.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=en_GB.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8)
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/dash

Versions of packages grub-common depends on:
ii  gettext-base        0.18.1.1-9
ii  libc6               2.13-34
ii  libdevmapper1.02.1  2:1.02.74-4
ii  libfreetype6        2.4.9-1
ii  libfuse2            2.9.0-4
ii  zlib1g              1:1.2.7.dfsg-13

Versions of packages grub-common recommends:
ii  os-prober  1.53

Versions of packages grub-common suggests:
ii  desktop-base   7.0.0
pn  grub-emu       <none>
pn  multiboot-doc  <none>
pn  xorriso        <none>

-- no debconf information