Bug#592706: grub-pc: provide GRUB_SAVEDEFAULT in /etc/default/grub

Christophe Troestler Christophe.Troestler at umons.ac.be
Thu Aug 12 08:24:33 UTC 2010


Package: grub-pc
Version: 1.98+20100710-1
Severity: wishlist

It would be nice if /etc/default/grub mentioned the possibility of
setting “GRUB_SAVEDEFAULT=true” to have the last entry selected
remembered.

-- Package-specific info:

*********************** WARNING grub-setup left core.img in filesystem

*********************** BEGIN /proc/mounts
/dev/disk/by-uuid/a107f5f0-caf5-4024-b262-17a8fffc4e01 / ext3 rw,relatime,errors=remount-ro,barrier=0,data=writeback 0 0
/dev/sda8 /home ext3 rw,relatime,errors=continue,barrier=0,data=writeback 0 0
/dev/sda7 /usr/local ext3 rw,relatime,errors=continue,barrier=0,data=writeback 0 0
/dev/sda6 /var ext3 rw,relatime,errors=continue,barrier=0,data=writeback 0 0
/dev/sda2 /mnt/windows7 ntfs ro,relatime,uid=0,gid=100,umask=02,nls=utf8,errors=continue,mft_zone_multiplier=1 0 0
*********************** END /proc/mounts

*********************** BEGIN /boot/grub/device.map
(hd0)	/dev/disk/by-id/ata-HITACHI_HTS725032A9A364_100429PCKC04VPJ841PJ
*********************** END /boot/grub/device.map

*********************** 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 $prefix/grubenv ]; then
  load_env
fi
set default="${saved_entry}"
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 {
  insmod vbe
  insmod vga
  insmod video_bochs
  insmod video_cirrus
}

insmod part_msdos
insmod ext2
set root='(hd0,msdos3)'
search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set a107f5f0-caf5-4024-b262-17a8fffc4e01
if loadfont /usr/share/grub/unicode.pf2 ; then
  set gfxmode=640x480
  load_video
  insmod gfxterm
fi
if terminal_output gfxterm ; then true ; else
  # For backward compatibility with versions of terminal.mod that don't
  # understand terminal_output
  terminal gfxterm
fi
insmod part_msdos
insmod ext2
set root='(hd0,msdos3)'
search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set a107f5f0-caf5-4024-b262-17a8fffc4e01
set locale_dir=($root)/boot/grub/locale
set lang=en
insmod gettext
set timeout=5
### END /etc/grub.d/00_header ###

### BEGIN /etc/grub.d/05_debian_theme ###
insmod part_msdos
insmod ext2
set root='(hd0,msdos3)'
search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set a107f5f0-caf5-4024-b262-17a8fffc4e01
insmod png
if background_image /boot/grub/moreblue-orbit-grub.png ; then
  set color_normal=black/black
  set color_highlight=red/black
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 ###
menuentry 'Debian GNU/Linux, with Linux 2.6.35' --class debian --class gnu-linux --class gnu --class os {
	savedefault
	insmod part_msdos
	insmod ext2
	set root='(hd0,msdos3)'
	search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set a107f5f0-caf5-4024-b262-17a8fffc4e01
	echo	'Loading Linux 2.6.35 ...'
	linux	/boot/vmlinuz-2.6.35 root=UUID=a107f5f0-caf5-4024-b262-17a8fffc4e01 ro  quiet
	echo	'Loading initial ramdisk ...'
	initrd	/boot/initrd.img-2.6.35
}
menuentry 'Debian GNU/Linux, with Linux 2.6.35 (recovery mode)' --class debian --class gnu-linux --class gnu --class os {
	savedefault
	insmod part_msdos
	insmod ext2
	set root='(hd0,msdos3)'
	search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set a107f5f0-caf5-4024-b262-17a8fffc4e01
	echo	'Loading Linux 2.6.35 ...'
	linux	/boot/vmlinuz-2.6.35 root=UUID=a107f5f0-caf5-4024-b262-17a8fffc4e01 ro single 
	echo	'Loading initial ramdisk ...'
	initrd	/boot/initrd.img-2.6.35
}
menuentry 'Debian GNU/Linux, with Linux 2.6.34.1' --class debian --class gnu-linux --class gnu --class os {
	savedefault
	insmod part_msdos
	insmod ext2
	set root='(hd0,msdos3)'
	search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set a107f5f0-caf5-4024-b262-17a8fffc4e01
	echo	'Loading Linux 2.6.34.1 ...'
	linux	/boot/vmlinuz-2.6.34.1 root=UUID=a107f5f0-caf5-4024-b262-17a8fffc4e01 ro  quiet
	echo	'Loading initial ramdisk ...'
	initrd	/boot/initrd.img-2.6.34.1
}
menuentry 'Debian GNU/Linux, with Linux 2.6.34.1 (recovery mode)' --class debian --class gnu-linux --class gnu --class os {
	savedefault
	insmod part_msdos
	insmod ext2
	set root='(hd0,msdos3)'
	search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set a107f5f0-caf5-4024-b262-17a8fffc4e01
	echo	'Loading Linux 2.6.34.1 ...'
	linux	/boot/vmlinuz-2.6.34.1 root=UUID=a107f5f0-caf5-4024-b262-17a8fffc4e01 ro single 
	echo	'Loading initial ramdisk ...'
	initrd	/boot/initrd.img-2.6.34.1
}
menuentry 'Debian GNU/Linux, with Linux 2.6.32-5-amd64' --class debian --class gnu-linux --class gnu --class os {
	savedefault
	insmod part_msdos
	insmod ext2
	set root='(hd0,msdos3)'
	search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set a107f5f0-caf5-4024-b262-17a8fffc4e01
	echo	'Loading Linux 2.6.32-5-amd64 ...'
	linux	/boot/vmlinuz-2.6.32-5-amd64 root=UUID=a107f5f0-caf5-4024-b262-17a8fffc4e01 ro  quiet
	echo	'Loading initial ramdisk ...'
	initrd	/boot/initrd.img-2.6.32-5-amd64
}
menuentry 'Debian GNU/Linux, with Linux 2.6.32-5-amd64 (recovery mode)' --class debian --class gnu-linux --class gnu --class os {
	savedefault
	insmod part_msdos
	insmod ext2
	set root='(hd0,msdos3)'
	search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set a107f5f0-caf5-4024-b262-17a8fffc4e01
	echo	'Loading Linux 2.6.32-5-amd64 ...'
	linux	/boot/vmlinuz-2.6.32-5-amd64 root=UUID=a107f5f0-caf5-4024-b262-17a8fffc4e01 ro single 
	echo	'Loading initial ramdisk ...'
	initrd	/boot/initrd.img-2.6.32-5-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/30_os-prober ###
### END /etc/grub.d/30_os-prober ###

### BEGIN /etc/grub.d/30_otheros ###

# This entry automatically added by the Debian installer for a non-linux OS
# on /dev/sda1
menuentry "Windows Vista (loader)" {
	set root=(hd0,1)
	search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set d484b70c84b6efda
	chainloader +1
}

# This entry automatically added by the Debian installer for a non-linux OS
# on /dev/sda2
menuentry "Windows Vista (loader)" {
	set root=(hd0,2)
	search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set a2d4b962d4b9397d
	chainloader +1
}
### END /etc/grub.d/30_otheros ###

### 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  $prefix/custom.cfg ]; then
  source $prefix/custom.cfg;
fi
### END /etc/grub.d/41_custom ###
*********************** END /boot/grub/grub.cfg

-- System Information:
Debian Release: squeeze/sid
  APT prefers testing
  APT policy: (900, 'testing'), (400, 'unstable'), (100, 'experimental')
Architecture: amd64 (x86_64)

Kernel: Linux 2.6.35 (SMP w/8 CPU cores)
Locale: LANG=en_US.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=en_US.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8) (ignored: LC_ALL set to en_US.UTF-8)
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/dash

Versions of packages grub-pc depends on:
ii  debconf [debconf-2.0]    1.5.33          Debian configuration management sy
ii  grub-common              1.98+20100710-1 GRand Unified Bootloader, version 
ii  libc6                    2.11.2-2        Embedded GNU C Library: Shared lib
ii  libdevmapper1.02.1       2:1.02.48-2     The Linux Kernel Device Mapper use
ii  ucf                      3.0025          Update Configuration File: preserv

grub-pc recommends no packages.

Versions of packages grub-pc suggests:
ii  desktop-base                  5.0.6      common files for the Debian Deskto

-- debconf information:
  grub2/kfreebsd_cmdline:
  grub2/device_map_regenerated:
* grub2/linux_cmdline:
  grub-pc/install_devices_empty: false
  grub-pc/install_devices_failed: false
  grub-pc/chainload_from_menu.lst: true
  grub-pc/kopt_extracted: false
* grub-pc/install_devices: /dev/disk/by-id/ata-HITACHI_HTS725032A9A364_100429PCKC04VPJ841PJ-part3
  grub-pc/postrm_purge_boot_grub: false
  grub-pc/install_devices_failed_upgrade: true
  grub-pc/disk_description:
  grub2/kfreebsd_cmdline_default: quiet
  grub-pc/partition_description:
  grub-pc/install_devices_disks_changed:
* grub2/linux_cmdline_default: quiet
  grub-pc/mixed_legacy_and_grub2: true





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