help text subject to misreading; put recommended/not-recommended marker inline in list of target devices
| Affects | Status | Importance | Assigned to | Milestone | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| grub2 (Ubuntu) |
Expired
|
Medium
|
Unassigned | ||
Bug Description
Binary package hint: grub2
Hi, upgraded my laptop to maverick today; unlike my desktop this one had glitch(es).
One in particular, I got asked a question
'install grub to ...
sda
sda1'
With help text telling me that installing to sda was a Bad Idea.
So I selected 'sda1', clicked continue and the process continued without error.
On reboot, the missing symbol 'grub_xputs' was reported.
This is on my laptop - bog simple disk layout.
ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 10.10
Package: grub-pc 1.98+20100804-
ProcVersionSign
Uname: Linux 2.6.35-22-generic x86_64
Architecture: amd64
Date: Mon Sep 27 22:16:10 2010
ProcEnviron:
LANGUAGE=
PATH=(custom, user)
LANG=la_AU.utf8
SHELL=/bin/bash
SourcePackage: grub2
| Robert Collins (lifeless) wrote | #1 |
| Colin Watson (cjwatson) wrote | #2 |
| Changed in grub2 (Ubuntu): | |
| status: | New → Triaged |
| importance: | Undecided → Medium |
| summary: |
- grub_xputs not found after answering question as recommended during - upgrade to maverick + help text subject to misreading; put recommended/not-recommended marker + inline in list of target devices |
| Marcus Tomlinson (marcustomlinson) wrote | #3 |
| Changed in grub2 (Ubuntu): | |
| status: | Triaged → Incomplete |
| Launchpad Janitor (janitor) wrote | #4 |
| Changed in grub2 (Ubuntu): | |
| status: | Incomplete → Expired |
Robert read the help text backwards by mistake, and suggested on IRC that we should put a recommended/