grub-mkconfig stops on encrypted partitions

Am Sonntag, den 13.09.2009, 10:13 +0000 schrieb Rotbart van Dainig:
> Public bug reported:
>
> grub-mkconfig and subsequently, update-grub simply stop to run after
> adding the memtest entry if there are LUKS partitions on the system,
> thus making any update including kernel and grub updates stop - no
> matter if done via Synaptics or apt-get:
>
> Generating grub.cfg ...
> Found linux image: /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.31-10-generic
> Found initrd image: /boot/initrd.img-2.6.31-10-generic
> Found linux image: /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.31-9-generic
> Found initrd image: /boot/initrd.img-2.6.31-9-generic
> Found memtest86+ image: /boot/memtest86+.bin
> --> stop
>
> On manual grub-mkconfig or update-grub, hitting Enter multiple times
> will finish the update:
>
> $ sudo update-grub
> Generating grub.cfg ...
> Found linux image: /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.31-10-generic
> Found initrd image: /boot/initrd.img-2.6.31-10-generic
> Found linux image: /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.31-9-generic
> Found initrd image: /boot/initrd.img-2.6.31-9-generic
> Found memtest86+ image: /boot/memtest86+.bin
> Found on Password
> is not yet supported by grub-mkconfig.
> Found on Password
> is not yet supported by grub-mkconfig.
> done
>
> This is no option when running Synaptics or apt-get, though, as Enter doesn't penetrate the package install script layer - the only option is to cancel the package install script with CTRL-C.
> However, that causes the grub package to be marked as partially installed, and subsequently, any update/install will trigger the package install scripts of the grub package, leading to te aformentioned problems... meaning that updates always require manual intervention.
>

Please run sudo os-prober, if that has the same problem.
I think it's more caused by os-prober then grub-mkconfig or more
specific grub-probe

--
Felix Zielcke
Proud Debian Maintainer

> Please run sudo os-prober, if that has the same problem.
> I think it's more caused by os-prober then grub-mkconfig or more
> specific grub-probe

You are correct, os-prober asks for passwords, twice.

$ sudo os-prober
Password:
Password:

This bug was fixed in the package os-prober - 1.33

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os-prober (1.33) unstable; urgency=low

  * Distinguish Windows 7, based on a patch from "mattduckman"
    (LP: #393565).
  * Don't try to mount LUKS partitions (thanks, Chow Loong Jin and Soren
    Hansen; closes: #546546, LP: #428785).

 -- Colin Watson <email address hidden> Tue, 15 Sep 2009 14:20:08 +0100