Baltix

startupmanager should not directly edit /boot/grub.cfg

Bug #396490 reported by Alessio Gaeta
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This bug affects 5 people
Affects Status Importance Assigned to Milestone
StartUp-Manager
New
Wishlist
Jimmy Rönnholm
Baltix
New
Undecided
Unassigned
startupmanager (Ubuntu)
Invalid
High
Unassigned
Ubuntu karmic-alpha-6

Bug Description

Binary package hint: startupmanager

As per summary.
With grub2 (grub-pc), startupmanager should modify /etc/default/grub and/or /etc/grub.d/40_custom or create a new file under /etc/grub.d/ to override previous settings (i.e. 39_startupmanager or 41_startupmanager); then should exec update-grub.
This way, startupmanager would be much modular and cleaner.

Alessio Treglia (quadrispro)
Changed in startupmanager (Ubuntu):
importance: Undecided → Wishlist
status: New → Triaged
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Jimmy Rönnholm (jronnholm) wrote :

Agreed, im going to fix this when i get the time

Changed in startup-manager:
assignee: nobody → Jimmy Rönnholm (jimmy-ronnholm)
importance: Undecided → Wishlist
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Scott Kitterman (kitterman) wrote :

Not wishlist. This is a policy violation that it is critical to fix.

Changed in startupmanager (Ubuntu):
importance: Wishlist → High
milestone: none → karmic-alpha-6
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Jimmy Rönnholm (jronnholm) wrote :

Great to get that confirmed, that means i can rely on update-grub behaviour this time around?
No messing around with it trying to be clever and not applying changes since it thinks something has been hand-edited before?

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The Fiddler (stapostol) wrote :

What is the status of this issue?

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Mike_F (mf90250) wrote :

Bumping this bug, if appropriate here.

The original request is still valid, namely to add functionality to maintain a s-u-m unique script in grub.d.
I would elaborate and suggest that s-u-m should allow toggling between an s-u-m crafted menu and the one created by update-grub.

I do this manually today by copying the menuentry blocks from grub.cfg into 40_custom, etc. but many Ubuntu users shouldn't have to track down/learn all of the idiosyncracies of GRUB2 internals.

Bottom line - we want to produce a customized, friendlier boot menu for our specific circumstance.
Example - my computer illiterate relatives don't care about the Ubuntu version number and should be informed exactly which flavor of Windows is also present.

TIA!

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Mantas Kriaučiūnas (mantas) wrote :

Startup-manager is not maintained anymore, developer suggest to user another tool - Grub Customizer, which works correctly and doesn't edit grub.cfg directly,
Official webpage and downloads are available at https://launchpad.net/grub-customizer

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Phillip Susi (psusi) wrote :

This package has been removed from Ubuntu. Closing all related bugs.

Changed in startupmanager (Ubuntu):
status: Triaged → Invalid
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