Ubuntu
os-prober package

excessive debug messages from "os-prober"

  1. Trusty (14.04)
  2. Bug #651035
Bug #651035 reported by Ralf Hildebrandt
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This bug affects 13 people
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os-prober
Fix Released
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os-prober (Ubuntu)
Fix Released
Medium
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Trusty
Confirmed
Undecided
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Xenial
Confirmed
Undecided
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Bug Description

Binary package hint: grub2

grub2 invokes os-prober, but it seems debuggign is activated by default; from my log:

Sep 29 10:13:08 proxy-cvk-1 os-prober: debug: running /usr/lib/os-probes/mounted/10freedos on mounted /dev/cciss/c0d0p2
Sep 29 10:13:08 proxy-cvk-1 10freedos: debug: /dev/cciss/c0d0p2 is not a FAT partition: exiting
Sep 29 10:13:08 proxy-cvk-1 os-prober: debug: running /usr/lib/os-probes/mounted/10qnx on mounted /dev/cciss/c0d0p2
Sep 29 10:13:08 proxy-cvk-1 10qnx: debug: /dev/cciss/c0d0p2 is not a QNX4 partition: exiting
Sep 29 10:13:08 proxy-cvk-1 os-prober: debug: running /usr/lib/os-probes/mounted/20macosx on mounted /dev/cciss/c0d0p2
Sep 29 10:13:08 proxy-cvk-1 macosx-prober: debug: /dev/cciss/c0d0p2 is not an HFS+ partition: exiting
Sep 29 10:13:08 proxy-cvk-1 os-prober: debug: running /usr/lib/os-probes/mounted/20microsoft on mounted /dev/cciss/c0d0p2
Sep 29 10:13:08 proxy-cvk-1 20microsoft: debug: /dev/cciss/c0d0p2 is not a MS partition: exiting
Sep 29 10:13:08 proxy-cvk-1 os-prober: debug: running /usr/lib/os-probes/mounted/30utility on mounted /dev/cciss/c0d0p2
Sep 29 10:13:08 proxy-cvk-1 30utility: debug: /dev/cciss/c0d0p2 is not a FAT partition: exiting
Sep 29 10:13:08 proxy-cvk-1 os-prober: debug: running /usr/lib/os-probes/mounted/40lsb on mounted /dev/cciss/c0d0p2
Sep 29 10:13:08 proxy-cvk-1 os-prober: debug: running /usr/lib/os-probes/mounted/70hurd on mounted /dev/cciss/c0d0p2
Sep 29 10:13:08 proxy-cvk-1 os-prober: debug: running /usr/lib/os-probes/mounted/80minix on mounted /dev/cciss/c0d0p2
Sep 29 10:13:08 proxy-cvk-1 os-prober: debug: running /usr/lib/os-probes/mounted/90linux-distro on mounted /dev/cciss/c0d0p2
Sep 29 10:13:08 proxy-cvk-1 os-prober: debug: running /usr/lib/os-probes/mounted/90solaris on mounted /dev/cciss/c0d0p2

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 10.10
Package: grub-pc 1.98+20100804-5ubuntu2
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.35-22.33-generic 2.6.35.4
Uname: Linux 2.6.35-22-generic i686
Architecture: i386
Date: Wed Sep 29 13:13:56 2010
ProcEnviron:
 LANG=en_US.UTF-8
 SHELL=/bin/bash
SourcePackage: grub2

Revision history for this message
Ralf Hildebrandt (ralf-hildebrandt) wrote :
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Colin Watson (cjwatson) wrote :

Reassigning to os-prober, since it's always like that - it's not something grub2 does. :-(

affects: grub2 (Ubuntu) → os-prober (Ubuntu)
Changed in os-prober (Ubuntu):
importance: Undecided → Medium
status: New → Triaged
Bug Watch Updater (bug-watch-updater)
Changed in os-prober:
status: Unknown → New
Bug Watch Updater (bug-watch-updater)
Changed in os-prober:
status: New → Fix Committed
Bug Watch Updater (bug-watch-updater)
Changed in os-prober:
status: Fix Committed → Fix Released
Revision history for this message
Reinier Post (reinpost) wrote :

I'm still seeing these messages in my up-to-date Ubuntu 14.04.5 LTS installation.

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Dimitri John Ledkov (xnox) wrote :

Bionic and later are fix released.

Xenial & Trusty are still affected, as far as I believe based on debian bug report fixed versions metadata.

Changed in os-prober (Ubuntu):
status: Triaged → Fix Released
Revision history for this message
Launchpad Janitor (janitor) wrote :

Status changed to 'Confirmed' because the bug affects multiple users.

Changed in os-prober (Ubuntu Trusty):
status: New → Confirmed
Changed in os-prober (Ubuntu Xenial):
status: New → Confirmed
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