Bug#1056764: grub-efi-amd64: can't boot with GRUB 2.12~rc1-12

Nicolas Haller nicolas at boiteameuh.org
Sat Nov 25 22:36:41 GMT 2023


Package: grub-efi-amd64
Version: 2.06-13
Severity: critical
Justification: breaks the whole system

Dear Maintainer,

My old laptop (Lenovo 11e) runs Sid and all was right before I updated
it the other day (I don't do that very often). After that upgrade, GRUB
wasn't able to load any kernel with the pretty much generic error
"Error: can't load image". The version of GRUB was 2.12~rc1-12.
If I try to boot again, GRUB tells me that I need to load the image
first (I guess it somehow ignores the linux command and sends that when
trying to load the initrd).

I tried to reinstall grub, grub-install /dev/sda, update-grub, reinstall
the kernel, update-initramfs from the rescue mode but nothing worked.
The "file" command was able to read the vmlinuz file and none seemed
truncated. The system has one partition with both / and /boot and isn't
running out of space.
I did not see any error message during those operation besides GRUB
saying it wasn't able to update EFI parameters.

I don't know if there is a way to get more logs or error message during
the boot explaining why it wasn't able to load the image.

I tried to get the last version of GRUB from Bookworm, that is
2.06-13, and now I'm able to boot. The kernel version did not change,
  the only change I did is to downgrade GRUB (and dependencies apt was
  asking for).

I'm not sure which GRUB package I should use for reporting so I took the
one that seems the most specific to my system. Apologies if it is not
correct.

Let me know if you need more info.

Thanks,

-- 
Nicolas Haller

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-- Package-specific info:

*********************** BEGIN /proc/mounts
/dev/sda2 / ext4 rw,relatime,errors=remount-ro 0 0
/dev/sda1 /boot/efi vfat rw,relatime,fmask=0077,dmask=0077,codepage=437,iocharset=ascii,shortname=mixed,utf8,errors=remount-ro 0 0
*********************** END /proc/mounts

*********************** BEGIN /boot/grub/grub.cfg
#
# DO NOT EDIT THIS FILE
#
# It is automatically generated by grub-mkconfig using templates
# from /etc/grub.d and settings from /etc/default/grub
#

### BEGIN /etc/grub.d/00_header ###
if [ -s $prefix/grubenv ]; then
  set have_grubenv=true
  load_env
fi
if [ "${next_entry}" ] ; then
   set default="${next_entry}"
   set next_entry=
   save_env next_entry
   set boot_once=true
else
   set default="0"
fi

if [ x"${feature_menuentry_id}" = xy ]; then
  menuentry_id_option="--id"
else
  menuentry_id_option=""
fi

export menuentry_id_option

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
}
function load_video {
  if [ x$feature_all_video_module = xy ]; then
    insmod all_video
  else
    insmod efi_gop
    insmod efi_uga
    insmod ieee1275_fb
    insmod vbe
    insmod vga
    insmod video_bochs
    insmod video_cirrus
  fi
}

if [ x$feature_default_font_path = xy ] ; then
   font=unicode
else
insmod part_gpt
insmod ext2
set root='hd0,gpt2'
if [ x$feature_platform_search_hint = xy ]; then
  search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set=root --hint-bios=hd0,gpt2 --hint-efi=hd0,gpt2 --hint-baremetal=ahci0,gpt2  7d9badd3-db30-4b48-901f-cedca15e9902
else
  search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set=root 7d9badd3-db30-4b48-901f-cedca15e9902
fi
    font="/usr/share/grub/unicode.pf2"
fi

if loadfont $font ; then
  set gfxmode=auto
  load_video
  insmod gfxterm
  set locale_dir=$prefix/locale
  set lang=C
  insmod gettext
fi
terminal_output gfxterm
if [ "${recordfail}" = 1 ] ; then
  set timeout=30
else
  if [ x$feature_timeout_style = xy ] ; then
    set timeout_style=menu
    set timeout=5
  # Fallback normal timeout code in case the timeout_style feature is
  # unavailable.
  else
    set timeout=5
  fi
fi
### END /etc/grub.d/00_header ###

### BEGIN /etc/grub.d/05_debian_theme ###
insmod part_gpt
insmod ext2
set root='hd0,gpt2'
if [ x$feature_platform_search_hint = xy ]; then
  search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set=root --hint-bios=hd0,gpt2 --hint-efi=hd0,gpt2 --hint-baremetal=ahci0,gpt2  7d9badd3-db30-4b48-901f-cedca15e9902
else
  search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set=root 7d9badd3-db30-4b48-901f-cedca15e9902
fi
insmod png
if background_image /usr/share/desktop-base/emerald-theme/grub/grub-16x9.png; then
  set color_normal=white/black
  set color_highlight=black/white
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 ###
function gfxmode {
	set gfxpayload="${1}"
}
set linux_gfx_mode=
export linux_gfx_mode
menuentry 'Debian GNU/Linux' --class debian --class gnu-linux --class gnu --class os $menuentry_id_option 'gnulinux-simple-7d9badd3-db30-4b48-901f-cedca15e9902' {
	load_video
	insmod gzio
	if [ x$grub_platform = xxen ]; then insmod xzio; insmod lzopio; fi
	insmod part_gpt
	insmod ext2
	set root='hd0,gpt2'
	if [ x$feature_platform_search_hint = xy ]; then
	  search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set=root --hint-bios=hd0,gpt2 --hint-efi=hd0,gpt2 --hint-baremetal=ahci0,gpt2  7d9badd3-db30-4b48-901f-cedca15e9902
	else
	  search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set=root 7d9badd3-db30-4b48-901f-cedca15e9902
	fi
	echo	'Loading Linux 6.5.0-4-amd64 ...'
	linux	/boot/vmlinuz-6.5.0-4-amd64 root=UUID=7d9badd3-db30-4b48-901f-cedca15e9902 ro  quiet psmouse.synaptics_intertouch=0
	echo	'Loading initial ramdisk ...'
	initrd	/boot/initrd.img-6.5.0-4-amd64
}
submenu 'Advanced options for Debian GNU/Linux' $menuentry_id_option 'gnulinux-advanced-7d9badd3-db30-4b48-901f-cedca15e9902' {
	menuentry 'Debian GNU/Linux, with Linux 6.5.0-4-amd64' --class debian --class gnu-linux --class gnu --class os $menuentry_id_option 'gnulinux-6.5.0-4-amd64-advanced-7d9badd3-db30-4b48-901f-cedca15e9902' {
		load_video
		insmod gzio
		if [ x$grub_platform = xxen ]; then insmod xzio; insmod lzopio; fi
		insmod part_gpt
		insmod ext2
		set root='hd0,gpt2'
		if [ x$feature_platform_search_hint = xy ]; then
		  search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set=root --hint-bios=hd0,gpt2 --hint-efi=hd0,gpt2 --hint-baremetal=ahci0,gpt2  7d9badd3-db30-4b48-901f-cedca15e9902
		else
		  search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set=root 7d9badd3-db30-4b48-901f-cedca15e9902
		fi
		echo	'Loading Linux 6.5.0-4-amd64 ...'
		linux	/boot/vmlinuz-6.5.0-4-amd64 root=UUID=7d9badd3-db30-4b48-901f-cedca15e9902 ro  quiet psmouse.synaptics_intertouch=0
		echo	'Loading initial ramdisk ...'
		initrd	/boot/initrd.img-6.5.0-4-amd64
	}
	menuentry 'Debian GNU/Linux, with Linux 6.5.0-4-amd64 (recovery mode)' --class debian --class gnu-linux --class gnu --class os $menuentry_id_option 'gnulinux-6.5.0-4-amd64-recovery-7d9badd3-db30-4b48-901f-cedca15e9902' {
		load_video
		insmod gzio
		if [ x$grub_platform = xxen ]; then insmod xzio; insmod lzopio; fi
		insmod part_gpt
		insmod ext2
		set root='hd0,gpt2'
		if [ x$feature_platform_search_hint = xy ]; then
		  search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set=root --hint-bios=hd0,gpt2 --hint-efi=hd0,gpt2 --hint-baremetal=ahci0,gpt2  7d9badd3-db30-4b48-901f-cedca15e9902
		else
		  search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set=root 7d9badd3-db30-4b48-901f-cedca15e9902
		fi
		echo	'Loading Linux 6.5.0-4-amd64 ...'
		linux	/boot/vmlinuz-6.5.0-4-amd64 root=UUID=7d9badd3-db30-4b48-901f-cedca15e9902 ro single 
		echo	'Loading initial ramdisk ...'
		initrd	/boot/initrd.img-6.5.0-4-amd64
	}
	menuentry 'Debian GNU/Linux, with Linux 6.4.0-3-amd64' --class debian --class gnu-linux --class gnu --class os $menuentry_id_option 'gnulinux-6.4.0-3-amd64-advanced-7d9badd3-db30-4b48-901f-cedca15e9902' {
		load_video
		insmod gzio
		if [ x$grub_platform = xxen ]; then insmod xzio; insmod lzopio; fi
		insmod part_gpt
		insmod ext2
		set root='hd0,gpt2'
		if [ x$feature_platform_search_hint = xy ]; then
		  search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set=root --hint-bios=hd0,gpt2 --hint-efi=hd0,gpt2 --hint-baremetal=ahci0,gpt2  7d9badd3-db30-4b48-901f-cedca15e9902
		else
		  search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set=root 7d9badd3-db30-4b48-901f-cedca15e9902
		fi
		echo	'Loading Linux 6.4.0-3-amd64 ...'
		linux	/boot/vmlinuz-6.4.0-3-amd64 root=UUID=7d9badd3-db30-4b48-901f-cedca15e9902 ro  quiet psmouse.synaptics_intertouch=0
		echo	'Loading initial ramdisk ...'
		initrd	/boot/initrd.img-6.4.0-3-amd64
	}
	menuentry 'Debian GNU/Linux, with Linux 6.4.0-3-amd64 (recovery mode)' --class debian --class gnu-linux --class gnu --class os $menuentry_id_option 'gnulinux-6.4.0-3-amd64-recovery-7d9badd3-db30-4b48-901f-cedca15e9902' {
		load_video
		insmod gzio
		if [ x$grub_platform = xxen ]; then insmod xzio; insmod lzopio; fi
		insmod part_gpt
		insmod ext2
		set root='hd0,gpt2'
		if [ x$feature_platform_search_hint = xy ]; then
		  search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set=root --hint-bios=hd0,gpt2 --hint-efi=hd0,gpt2 --hint-baremetal=ahci0,gpt2  7d9badd3-db30-4b48-901f-cedca15e9902
		else
		  search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set=root 7d9badd3-db30-4b48-901f-cedca15e9902
		fi
		echo	'Loading Linux 6.4.0-3-amd64 ...'
		linux	/boot/vmlinuz-6.4.0-3-amd64 root=UUID=7d9badd3-db30-4b48-901f-cedca15e9902 ro single 
		echo	'Loading initial ramdisk ...'
		initrd	/boot/initrd.img-6.4.0-3-amd64
	}
	menuentry 'Debian GNU/Linux, with Linux 6.1.0-10-amd64' --class debian --class gnu-linux --class gnu --class os $menuentry_id_option 'gnulinux-6.1.0-10-amd64-advanced-7d9badd3-db30-4b48-901f-cedca15e9902' {
		load_video
		insmod gzio
		if [ x$grub_platform = xxen ]; then insmod xzio; insmod lzopio; fi
		insmod part_gpt
		insmod ext2
		set root='hd0,gpt2'
		if [ x$feature_platform_search_hint = xy ]; then
		  search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set=root --hint-bios=hd0,gpt2 --hint-efi=hd0,gpt2 --hint-baremetal=ahci0,gpt2  7d9badd3-db30-4b48-901f-cedca15e9902
		else
		  search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set=root 7d9badd3-db30-4b48-901f-cedca15e9902
		fi
		echo	'Loading Linux 6.1.0-10-amd64 ...'
		linux	/boot/vmlinuz-6.1.0-10-amd64 root=UUID=7d9badd3-db30-4b48-901f-cedca15e9902 ro  quiet psmouse.synaptics_intertouch=0
		echo	'Loading initial ramdisk ...'
		initrd	/boot/initrd.img-6.1.0-10-amd64
	}
	menuentry 'Debian GNU/Linux, with Linux 6.1.0-10-amd64 (recovery mode)' --class debian --class gnu-linux --class gnu --class os $menuentry_id_option 'gnulinux-6.1.0-10-amd64-recovery-7d9badd3-db30-4b48-901f-cedca15e9902' {
		load_video
		insmod gzio
		if [ x$grub_platform = xxen ]; then insmod xzio; insmod lzopio; fi
		insmod part_gpt
		insmod ext2
		set root='hd0,gpt2'
		if [ x$feature_platform_search_hint = xy ]; then
		  search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set=root --hint-bios=hd0,gpt2 --hint-efi=hd0,gpt2 --hint-baremetal=ahci0,gpt2  7d9badd3-db30-4b48-901f-cedca15e9902
		else
		  search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set=root 7d9badd3-db30-4b48-901f-cedca15e9902
		fi
		echo	'Loading Linux 6.1.0-10-amd64 ...'
		linux	/boot/vmlinuz-6.1.0-10-amd64 root=UUID=7d9badd3-db30-4b48-901f-cedca15e9902 ro single 
		echo	'Loading initial ramdisk ...'
		initrd	/boot/initrd.img-6.1.0-10-amd64
	}
}

### END /etc/grub.d/10_linux ###

### BEGIN /etc/grub.d/20_linux_xen ###

### END /etc/grub.d/20_linux_xen ###

### BEGIN /etc/grub.d/25_bli ###
if [ "$grub_platform" = "efi" ]; then
  insmod bli
fi
### END /etc/grub.d/25_bli ###

### BEGIN /etc/grub.d/30_os-prober ###
### END /etc/grub.d/30_os-prober ###

### BEGIN /etc/grub.d/30_uefi-firmware ###
menuentry 'UEFI Firmware Settings' $menuentry_id_option 'uefi-firmware' {
	fwsetup
}
### END /etc/grub.d/30_uefi-firmware ###

### 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 ###

### BEGIN /etc/grub.d/41_custom ###
if [ -f  ${config_directory}/custom.cfg ]; then
  source ${config_directory}/custom.cfg
elif [ -z "${config_directory}" -a -f  $prefix/custom.cfg ]; then
  source $prefix/custom.cfg
fi
### END /etc/grub.d/41_custom ###
*********************** END /boot/grub/grub.cfg

*********************** BEGIN /proc/mdstat
Personalities : [linear] [multipath] [raid0] [raid1] [raid6] [raid5] [raid4] [raid10] 
unused devices: <none>
*********************** END /proc/mdstat

*********************** BEGIN LVM
*********************** END LVM

*********************** BEGIN /dev/disk/by-id
total 0
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root  9 Nov 25 13:11 ata-SAMSUNG_MZ7LN128HCHP-000L1_S1ZMNXAGB59830 -> ../../sda
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 10 Nov 25 13:11 ata-SAMSUNG_MZ7LN128HCHP-000L1_S1ZMNXAGB59830-part1 -> ../../sda1
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 10 Nov 25 13:11 ata-SAMSUNG_MZ7LN128HCHP-000L1_S1ZMNXAGB59830-part2 -> ../../sda2
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 10 Nov 25 13:11 ata-SAMSUNG_MZ7LN128HCHP-000L1_S1ZMNXAGB59830-part3 -> ../../sda3
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 10 Nov 25 13:11 ata-SAMSUNG_MZ7LN128HCHP-000L1_S1ZMNXAGB59830-part4 -> ../../sda4
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root  9 Nov 25 13:11 usb-SanDisk_Ultra_4C530001270212105552-0:0 -> ../../sdb
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 10 Nov 25 13:11 usb-SanDisk_Ultra_4C530001270212105552-0:0-part1 -> ../../sdb1
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 10 Nov 25 13:11 usb-SanDisk_Ultra_4C530001270212105552-0:0-part2 -> ../../sdb2
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root  9 Nov 25 13:11 wwn-0x5002538d00000000 -> ../../sda
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 10 Nov 25 13:11 wwn-0x5002538d00000000-part1 -> ../../sda1
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 10 Nov 25 13:11 wwn-0x5002538d00000000-part2 -> ../../sda2
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 10 Nov 25 13:11 wwn-0x5002538d00000000-part3 -> ../../sda3
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 10 Nov 25 13:11 wwn-0x5002538d00000000-part4 -> ../../sda4
*********************** END /dev/disk/by-id

*********************** BEGIN /dev/disk/by-uuid
total 0
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 10 Nov 25  2023 2023-10-07-10-32-09-00 -> ../../sdb1
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 10 Nov 25 13:11 3c0e00d0-2f4f-4bd4-93ab-89c317415f1c -> ../../sda3
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 10 Nov 25 13:11 7d9badd3-db30-4b48-901f-cedca15e9902 -> ../../sda2
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 10 Nov 25 13:11 8A8B-ABC9 -> ../../sda1
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 10 Nov 25 13:11 CC5C8EC95C8EADB0 -> ../../sda4
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 10 Nov 25 13:11 DEB0-0001 -> ../../sdb2
*********************** END /dev/disk/by-uuid

-- System Information:
Debian Release: trixie/sid
  APT prefers stable
  APT policy: (500, 'stable')
Architecture: amd64 (x86_64)
Foreign Architectures: i386

Kernel: Linux 6.5.0-4-amd64 (SMP w/4 CPU threads; PREEMPT)
Kernel taint flags: TAINT_UNSIGNED_MODULE
Locale: LANG=en_CA.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=en_CA.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8), LANGUAGE=en_CA:en
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /usr/bin/dash
Init: systemd (via /run/systemd/system)
LSM: AppArmor: enabled

Versions of packages grub-efi-amd64 depends on:
ii  debconf [debconf-2.0]  1.5.82
ii  grub-common            2.06-13
ii  grub-efi-amd64-bin     2.06-13
ii  grub2-common           2.06-13
ii  ucf                    3.0043+nmu1

grub-efi-amd64 recommends no packages.

grub-efi-amd64 suggests no packages.

-- debconf information:
  grub2/kfreebsd_cmdline:
* grub2/update_nvram: true
* grub2/enable_os_prober: false
  grub2/kfreebsd_cmdline_default: quiet
* grub2/linux_cmdline_default: quiet psmouse.synaptics_intertouch=0
* grub2/linux_cmdline:
* grub2/force_efi_extra_removable: true
  grub2/device_map_regenerated:



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