Bug#1114894: OS-Prober generates not running entries for Debian 12

Debian debian at decotrain.de
Thu Sep 11 10:50:42 BST 2025


Package: grub2-common
Version: 2.12-9
Severity: important


Hello,

the OS-Prober does generate not running entries for Debian 12.
(Debian 8, 11 and 13 is working on other partitions.)

Instead of

     linux /boot/vmlinuz-6.1.0-39-amd64 
root=UUID=699e8929-8bdf-4b9f-9191-cf922ef52df3 ro quiet
     initrd /boot/initrd.img-6.1.0-39-amd64

this entry is generated, that ends somehow in a shell without starting 
the graphical interface

         linux /vmlinuz root=/dev/sda2
         initrd /initrd.img

The grub.cfg has been edited manually now and then it works for all 
different OS-versions.

Best regards
karsten


-- Package-specific info:
*********************** BEGIN /proc/mounts
/dev/sdb5 / ext4 rw,noatime,discard,errors=remount-ro 0 0
/dev/sda6 /win ext4 rw,relatime 0 0
/dev/sda7 /srv ext4 rw,relatime 0 0
*********************** END /proc/mounts

*********************** BEGIN /boot/grub/grub.cfg
...
menuentry 'Debian GNU/Linux 13 (trixie) on SSD' --class debian --class 
gnu-linux --class gnu --class os $menuentry_id_option 
'gnulinux-simple-d3638439-6781-49a7-a8d7-4aa8d8b92b3a' {
     load_video
     insmod gzio
     if [ x$grub_platform = xxen ]; then insmod xzio; insmod lzopio; fi
     insmod part_msdos
     insmod ext2
     set root='hd0,msdos5'
     if [ x$feature_platform_search_hint = xy ]; then
       search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set=root --hint-bios=hd0,msdos5 
--hint-efi=hd0,msdos5 --hint-baremetal=ahci0,msdos5 
d3638439-6781-49a7-a8d7-4aa8d8b92b3a
     else
       search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set=root 
d3638439-6781-49a7-a8d7-4aa8d8b92b3a
     fi
     echo    'Loading Linux 6.12.43+deb13-amd64 ...'
     linux    /boot/vmlinuz-6.12.43+deb13-amd64 
root=UUID=d3638439-6781-49a7-a8d7-4aa8d8b92b3a ro  quiet
     echo    'Loading initial ramdisk ...'
     initrd    /boot/initrd.img-6.12.43+deb13-amd64
}

...

menuentry 'Debian GNU/Linux 12 (bookworm) (on /dev/sdb2)' --class debian 
--class gnu-linux --class gnu --class os $menuentry_id_option 
'osprober-gnulinux-simple-699e8929-8bdf-4b9f-9191-cf922fe52df3' {
     insmod part_msdos
     insmod ext2
     set root='hd1,msdos2'
     if [ x$feature_platform_search_hint = xy ]; then
       search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set=root --hint-bios=hd1,msdos2 
--hint-efi=hd1,msdos2 --hint-baremetal=ahci1,msdos2 
699e8929-8bdf-4b9f-9191-cf922fe52df3
     else
       search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set=root 
699e8929-8bdf-4b9f-9191-cf922fe52df3
     fi
     linux /boot/vmlinuz-6.1.0-39-amd64 root=/dev/sdb2
     initrd /boot/initrd.img-6.1.0-39-amd64
}
submenu 'Advanced options for Debian GNU/Linux 12 (bookworm) (on 
/dev/sdb2)' $menuentry_id_option 
'osprober-gnulinux-advanced-699e8929-8bdf-4b9f-9191-cf922fe52df3' {
     menuentry 'Debian GNU/Linux 12 (bookworm) (on /dev/sdb2)' --class 
gnu-linux --class gnu --class os $menuentry_id_option 
'osprober-gnulinux-/boot/vmlinuz-6.1.0-39-amd64--699e8929-8bdf-4b9f-9191-cf922ef52df3' 
{
         insmod part_msdos
         insmod ext2
         set root='hd1,msdos2'
         if [ x$feature_platform_search_hint = xy ]; then
           search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set=root 
--hint-bios=hd1,msdos2 --hint-efi=hd1,msdos2 
--hint-baremetal=ahci1,msdos2  699e8929-8bdf-4b9f-9191-cf922ef52df3
         else
           search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set=root 
699e8929-8bdf-4b9f-9191-cf922ef52df3
         fi
         linux /boot/vmlinuz-6.1.0-39-amd64 root=/dev/sdb2
         initrd /boot/initrd.img-6.1.0-39-amd64
     }
}
### END /etc/grub.d/30_os-prober ###

### BEGIN /etc/grub.d/30_uefi-firmware ###
if [ "$grub_platform" = "efi" ]; then
     fwsetup --is-supported
     if [ "$?" = 0 ]; then
         menuentry 'UEFI Firmware Settings' $menuentry_id_option 
'uefi-firmware' {
             fwsetup
         }
     fi
fi
### 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
cat: /proc/mdstat: No such file or directory
*********************** END /proc/mdstat

*********************** BEGIN /dev/disk/by-id
total 0
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root  9 Sep 11 11:24 ata -> ../../sdb
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 10 Sep 11 11:24 ata-part1 -> ../../sdb1
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 10 Sep 11 11:24 ata-part2 -> ../../sdb2
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 10 Sep 11 11:24 ata-part3 -> ../../sdb3
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 10 Sep 11 11:24 ata-part4 -> ../../sdb4
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 10 Sep 11 11:24 ata-part5 -> ../../sdb5
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 10 Sep 11 11:24 ata-part6 -> ../../sdb6
...
*********************** END /dev/disk/by-id

-- System Information:
Debian Release: 13.1
   APT prefers stable-updates
   APT policy: (500, 'stable-updates'), (500, 'stable-security'), (500, 
'proposed-updates'), (500, 'stable')
Architecture: amd64 (x86_64)
Foreign Architectures: i386

Kernel: Linux 6.12.43+deb13-amd64 (SMP w/4 CPU threads; PREEMPT)
Locale: LANG=de_DE.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=de_DE.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8), LANGUAGE 
not set
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /usr/bin/dash
Init: systemd (via /run/systemd/system)
LSM: AppArmor: enabled

Versions of packages grub2-common depends on:
ii  dpkg                1.22.21
ii  grub-common         2.12-9
ii  libc6               2.41-12
ii  libdevmapper1.02.1  2:1.02.205-2
ii  libefiboot1t64      38-3.1+b1
ii  libefivar1t64       38-3.1+b1
ii  liblzma5            5.8.1-1

grub2-common recommends no packages.

grub2-common suggests no packages.

-- no debconf information



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