[Bug 799457] New: Grub fails to build a working menu for other Linux OS

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https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=799457 https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=799457#c0 Summary: Grub fails to build a working menu for other Linux OS Classification: openSUSE Product: openSUSE Factory Version: 12.3 Beta 1 Platform: x86-64 OS/Version: Other Status: NEW Severity: Major Priority: P5 - None Component: Basesystem AssignedTo: bnc-team-screening@forge.provo.novell.com ReportedBy: caf4926@opensuse-forums.org QAContact: qa-bugs@suse.de Found By: Community User Blocker: --- Created an attachment (id=520985) --> (http://bugzilla.novell.com/attachment.cgi?id=520985) 12.3 grub.cfg Using Gnome Live CD _64 Proper install to HD with other OS's (Mint, openSUSE 12.2) Neither Mint 14 or openSUSE 12.2 would boot from the menu built by 12.3 Grub 12.3 itself boots fine So what I have done is. Made a copy of the original menu produced by 12.3 I'll attach it here I repaired grub by chroot to 12.2 and rebuilt grub there. It picked up 12.3 and it works, as you would expect. I'll attach the menu built by 12.2 too for comparison. Now to what happened when you tried booting with the menu built by 12.3 My bad, I didn't take notes. But it complained IIRC about video modes. -- Configure bugmail: https://bugzilla.novell.com/userprefs.cgi?tab=email ------- You are receiving this mail because: ------- You are on the CC list for the bug.

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New subject: [Bug 799457] Grub fails to build a working menu for other Linux OS

https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=799457 https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=799457#c1 --- Comment #1 from Carl Fletcher 2013-01-19 04:40:37 UTC --- Created an attachment (id=520986) --> (http://bugzilla.novell.com/attachment.cgi?id=520986) 12.2 grub.cfg rebuild after 12.3 install Repaired booting after install of 12.3 by repairing 12.2 Included it's menu for comparison -- Configure bugmail: https://bugzilla.novell.com/userprefs.cgi?tab=email ------- You are receiving this mail because: ------- You are on the CC list for the bug.

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New subject: [Bug 799457] Grub fails to build a working menu for other Linux OS

https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=799457 https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=799457#c2 Andrey Borzenkov changed: What |Removed |Added ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- CC| |arvidjaar@gmail.com --- Comment #2 from Andrey Borzenkov 2013-01-19 06:07:17 UTC --- initrd is missing: linux /boot/vmlinuz-3.5.0-17-generic root=UUID=a8fc2c66-21ec-43bd-ac47-0c6bc68e81f6 ro quiet splash $vt_handoff initrd ro Could you please run "grub2-mkconfig -o /dev/null" and attach /var/log/messages during this run? os-prober logs to syslog. At least, I hope they will appear in syslog ... -- Configure bugmail: https://bugzilla.novell.com/userprefs.cgi?tab=email ------- You are receiving this mail because: ------- You are on the CC list for the bug.

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New subject: [Bug 799457] Grub fails to build a working menu for other Linux OS

https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=799457 https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=799457#c3 --- Comment #3 from Carl Fletcher 2013-01-19 13:01:37 UTC --- /var/log/messages http://paste.opensuse.org/2802137 -- Configure bugmail: https://bugzilla.novell.com/userprefs.cgi?tab=email ------- You are receiving this mail because: ------- You are on the CC list for the bug.

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New subject: [Bug 799457] Grub fails to build a working menu for other Linux OS

https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=799457 https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=799457#c4 Andrey Borzenkov changed: What |Removed |Added ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Status|NEW |NEEDINFO InfoProvider| |caf4926@opensuse-forums.org --- Comment #4 from Andrey Borzenkov 2013-01-19 14:00:17 UTC --- Please test: zypper ar obs://home:arvidjaar:bnc:799457/openSUSE_Factory bnc799457 zypper refresh bnc799457 zypper dup -r bnc799457 And retry grub2-mkconfig -- Configure bugmail: https://bugzilla.novell.com/userprefs.cgi?tab=email ------- You are receiving this mail because: ------- You are on the CC list for the bug.

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https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=799457 https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=799457#c5 --- Comment #5 from Carl Fletcher 2013-01-19 14:44:08 UTC --- I notices in the terminal feedback it didn't pick up Mint 14 this time http://paste.opensuse.org/90450708 My guess is it would if I mounted the Mint root Also, just to say, so far I didn't actually test the result by installing grub again for 12.3 Let me know if you want that? -- Configure bugmail: https://bugzilla.novell.com/userprefs.cgi?tab=email ------- You are receiving this mail because: ------- You are on the CC list for the bug.

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https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=799457 https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=799457#c6 --- Comment #6 from Andrey Borzenkov 2013-01-19 15:29:03 UTC --- (In reply to comment #5)

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I notices in the terminal feedback it didn't pick up Mint 14 this time

That's correct, it won't pick up entries that were added by (another) os-prober. It assumes they were added by os-prober if entry ends with "(on /dev/XXX"). There was yet another glitch, could you check please. zypper refresh zypper up os-prober -- Configure bugmail: https://bugzilla.novell.com/userprefs.cgi?tab=email ------- You are receiving this mail because: ------- You are on the CC list for the bug.

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https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=799457 https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=799457#c7 --- Comment #7 from Carl Fletcher 2013-01-19 16:24:28 UTC --- http://paste.opensuse.org/25963311 -- Configure bugmail: https://bugzilla.novell.com/userprefs.cgi?tab=email ------- You are receiving this mail because: ------- You are on the CC list for the bug.

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https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=799457 https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=799457#c8 --- Comment #8 from Andrey Borzenkov 2013-01-19 17:05:10 UTC --- (In reply to comment #7)

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http://paste.opensuse.org/25963311

Am I right that you have additional OS on /dev/sda5 and this OS is missing in generated menu? This is the same as in bnc#767272: 2013-01-19T16:06:45.940791+00:00 gnome-123 kernel: [ 257.698952] EXT4-fs (sda5): INFO: recovery required on readonly filesystem 2013-01-19T16:06:45.940844+00:00 gnome-123 kernel: [ 257.698961] EXT4-fs (sda5): write access unavailable, cannot proceed May I ask you to manually mount and cleanly unmount /dev/sda5 and repeat the test. We need to verify that original bug (incorrect initrd) is indeed fixed. -- Configure bugmail: https://bugzilla.novell.com/userprefs.cgi?tab=email ------- You are receiving this mail because: ------- You are on the CC list for the bug.

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17:09

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https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=799457 https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=799457#c9 --- Comment #9 from Andrey Borzenkov 2013-01-19 17:09:36 UTC --- Before remounting - could you check whether grub2-mount is capable of mounting this filesystem: grub2-mount /dev/sda5 /tmp/mnt -- Configure bugmail: https://bugzilla.novell.com/userprefs.cgi?tab=email ------- You are receiving this mail because: ------- You are on the CC list for the bug.

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17:25

New subject: [Bug 799457] Grub fails to build a working menu for other Linux OS

https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=799457 https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=799457#c10 --- Comment #10 from Carl Fletcher 2013-01-19 17:25:30 UTC --- (In reply to comment #8)

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(In reply to comment #7)

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http://paste.opensuse.org/25963311

Am I right that you have additional OS on /dev/sda5 and this OS is missing in generated menu? This is the same as in bnc#767272:

2013-01-19T16:06:45.940791+00:00 gnome-123 kernel: [ 257.698952] EXT4-fs (sda5): INFO: recovery required on readonly filesystem 2013-01-19T16:06:45.940844+00:00 gnome-123 kernel: [ 257.698961] EXT4-fs (sda5): write access unavailable, cannot proceed

May I ask you to manually mount and cleanly unmount /dev/sda5 and repeat the test. We need to verify that original bug (incorrect initrd) is indeed fixed.

Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System /dev/sda1 2048 8450047 4224000 82 Linux swap / Solaris /dev/sda2 * 8450048 488396799 239973376 5 Extended /dev/sda5 8452096 52606975 22077440 83 Linux /dev/sda6 52609024 97058815 22224896 83 Linux /dev/sda7 97060864 243421183 73180160 83 Linux /dev/sda8 243423232 387958783 72267776 83 Linux /dev/sda9 387960832 488396799 50217984 83 Linux Correct: sda5 is Mint 14 root sda6 is OS 12.2 root sda9 is OS 12.3 Just before we proceed. Can I just mention that the original menu produced by 12.3 at install did have all OS's listed in the Menu. Only 12.3 booted though. I'm struggling slightly with this because when I go su - in the terminal gnome-shell starts running at 50% and no apps will launch. If apps are already open they seem to keep working. So can you just re-confirm how you want me to proceed now. -- Configure bugmail: https://bugzilla.novell.com/userprefs.cgi?tab=email ------- You are receiving this mail because: ------- You are on the CC list for the bug.

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https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=799457 https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=799457#c11 --- Comment #11 from Andrey Borzenkov 2013-01-19 17:51:04 UTC --- (In reply to comment #10)

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Just before we proceed. Can I just mention that the original menu produced by 12.3 at install did have all OS's listed in the Menu. Only 12.3 booted though.

Well, apparently at this point filesystem was cleanly unmounted.

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So can you just re-confirm how you want me to proceed now.

1. Please test grub2-mount if it works: mkdir /tmp/mnt grbu2-mount /dev/sda5 /tmp/mnt ls -l /tmp/mnt umount /tmp/mnt May be grub2 is still capable of accessing filesystem in this conditions. 2. Try to clean error and re-run grub2-mkconfig mount /dev/sda5 /tmp/mnt umount /tmp/mnt (should now be clean) grub2-mkconfig and verify whether entries from /dev/sda5 are present and you can boot using them. -- Configure bugmail: https://bugzilla.novell.com/userprefs.cgi?tab=email ------- You are receiving this mail because: ------- You are on the CC list for the bug.

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https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=799457 https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=799457#c12 --- Comment #12 from Carl Fletcher 2013-01-19 18:36:46 UTC --- This just the terminal feedback, wasn't sure I did exactly what you wanted..? http://paste.opensuse.org/71667853 Have not tested booting with it yet. Will be tomorrow before I can do that -- Configure bugmail: https://bugzilla.novell.com/userprefs.cgi?tab=email ------- You are receiving this mail because: ------- You are on the CC list for the bug.

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https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=799457 https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=799457#c13 --- Comment #13 from Andrey Borzenkov 2013-01-19 19:00:01 UTC --- Yes, looks good. Please, let me know when you tested booting. -- Configure bugmail: https://bugzilla.novell.com/userprefs.cgi?tab=email ------- You are receiving this mail because: ------- You are on the CC list for the bug.

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https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=799457 https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=799457#c14 Hans Löffler changed: What |Removed |Added ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- CC| |hloeffler3@gmx.de --- Comment #14 from Hans Löffler 2013-01-19 19:19:31 UTC --- (In reply to comment #4)

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Please test:

zypper ar obs://home:arvidjaar:bnc:799457/openSUSE_Factory bnc799457 zypper refresh bnc799457 zypper dup -r bnc799457

And retry grub2-mkconfig

fixes grub.cfg for me as well (Ubuntu 12.04 on /dev/sda3, Opensuse 12.3 b2 on /dev/sdb4) -- Configure bugmail: https://bugzilla.novell.com/userprefs.cgi?tab=email ------- You are receiving this mail because: ------- You are on the CC list for the bug.

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https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=799457 https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=799457#c15 dale ritchey changed: What |Removed |Added ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- CC| |mergan14846@gmail.com --- Comment #15 from dale ritchey 2013-01-19 23:26:45 UTC --- with grub2 all of my additional operating systems the initrd line reads initrd video I manually change the line to (hdx,msdosx)/boot/initrd-3.x.x.x-desktop(default) to boot saw from Hans and did so the /boot/grub2/grub.cg looks good will reboot and see -- Configure bugmail: https://bugzilla.novell.com/userprefs.cgi?tab=email ------- You are receiving this mail because: ------- You are on the CC list for the bug.

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https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=799457 https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=799457#c16 --- Comment #16 from dale ritchey 2013-01-19 23:53:17 UTC --- Worked for me -- Configure bugmail: https://bugzilla.novell.com/userprefs.cgi?tab=email ------- You are receiving this mail because: ------- You are on the CC list for the bug.

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https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=799457 https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=799457#c17 --- Comment #17 from Carl Fletcher 2013-01-20 04:54:22 UTC --- (In reply to comment #13)

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Yes, looks good. Please, let me know when you tested booting.

Booting failed with the following: 12.2 Invalid filename video1024x800 Mint error invalid filename 'ro' So I made sure I was using the os-prober from bnc799457, I was. I mounted 12.2 root and Mint root Ran grub2-mkconfig Tested and all was good. Just mention, I assume it's the same for everyone. There is no pretty green suse boot splash at this stage -- Configure bugmail: https://bugzilla.novell.com/userprefs.cgi?tab=email ------- You are receiving this mail because: ------- You are on the CC list for the bug.

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https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=799457 https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=799457#c18 Andrey Borzenkov changed: What |Removed |Added ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Status|NEEDINFO |RESOLVED InfoProvider|caf4926@opensuse-forums.org | Resolution| |FIXED --- Comment #18 from Andrey Borzenkov 2013-01-20 06:25:15 UTC --- OK, submitted SR#149277. Mark as resolved. -- Configure bugmail: https://bugzilla.novell.com/userprefs.cgi?tab=email ------- You are receiving this mail because: ------- You are on the CC list for the bug.

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https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=799457 https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=799457#c19 --- Comment #19 from Bernhard Wiedemann 2013-01-20 08:00:10 CET --- This is an autogenerated message for OBS integration: This bug (799457) was mentioned in https://build.opensuse.org/request/show/149278 Factory / os-prober -- Configure bugmail: https://bugzilla.novell.com/userprefs.cgi?tab=email ------- You are receiving this mail because: ------- You are on the CC list for the bug.

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https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=799457 https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=799457#c20 Andrey Borzenkov changed: What |Removed |Added ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- CC| |hepet@seznam.cz --- Comment #20 from Andrey Borzenkov 2013-01-21 19:17:46 UTC --- *** Bug 799663 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. *** http://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=799663 -- Configure bugmail: https://bugzilla.novell.com/userprefs.cgi?tab=email ------- You are receiving this mail because: ------- You are on the CC list for the bug.

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https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=799457 https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=799457#c21 Andrey Borzenkov changed: What |Removed |Added ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- CC| |bwiedemann@suse.com --- Comment #21 from Andrey Borzenkov 2013-01-23 15:19:26 UTC --- *** Bug 800042 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. *** http://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=800042 -- Configure bugmail: https://bugzilla.novell.com/userprefs.cgi?tab=email ------- You are receiving this mail because: ------- You are on the CC list for the bug.

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https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=799457 https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=799457#c22 --- Comment #22 from Jeff Mahoney 2014-06-19 18:43:57 EDT --- Unfortunately, using grub2-mount by default introduces a problem. If there are more than a couple of devices, it can take minutes to complete. On a system with ~ 12 partitions, it takes over 3 minutes to run os-prober when using grub2-mount. On that same system, it takes 10 seconds to run os-prober using kernel mounts. This several minute delay happens every time update-bootloader is run, which is several times during the installation process and when installing updates. -- Configure bugmail: https://bugzilla.novell.com/userprefs.cgi?tab=email ------- You are receiving this mail because: ------- You are on the CC list for the bug.

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https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=799457 https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=799457#c23 --- Comment #23 from Jeff Mahoney 2014-06-19 19:03:20 EDT --- It's less severe than that. It's more like: 10 seconds for kernel mounts 41 seconds for a modified grub2-mount that handles -t <fstype> 61 seconds for an unmodified grub2-mount -- Configure bugmail: https://bugzilla.novell.com/userprefs.cgi?tab=email ------- You are receiving this mail because: ------- You are on the CC list for the bug.

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https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=799457 https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=799457#c24 --- Comment #24 from Jeff Mahoney 2014-06-20 09:39:45 EDT --- Here's an even better case for disabling it by default: https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=701814 That report also mentions the (real) possibility that even read-only mounts will cause journal replays to occur. If the file system is mounted somewhere else, it will corrupt it. The use of grub2-mount is a "true" read-only mount, but then we're stuck with the delays. -- Configure bugmail: https://bugzilla.novell.com/userprefs.cgi?tab=email ------- You are receiving this mail because: ------- You are on the CC list for the bug.

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