Bug 2023055 - Grub2 error during boot loadenv.c:2016:sparse file not allowed Press any key to continue...
Summary: Grub2 error during boot loadenv.c:2016:sparse file not allowed Press any key ...
Keywords:
Status: CLOSED EOL
Alias: None
Product: Fedora
Classification: Fedora
Component: grub2
Version: 34
Hardware: Unspecified
OS: Unspecified
unspecified
unspecified
Target Milestone: ---
Assignee: Javier Martinez Canillas
QA Contact: Fedora Extras Quality Assurance
URL:
Whiteboard:
Depends On:
Blocks:
TreeView+ depends on / blocked
 
Reported: 2021-11-14 11:09 UTC by Yura
Modified: 2022-06-07 21:11 UTC (History)
5 users (show)

Fixed In Version:
Clone Of:
Environment:
Last Closed: 2022-06-07 21:11:17 UTC
Type: Bug
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grub error at boot (2.64 MB, video/mp4)
2021-11-14 11:09 UTC, Yura
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Description Yura 2021-11-14 11:09:18 UTC
Created attachment 1841648 [details]
grub error at boot

Description of problem:
My system upgraded from fc33->fc34. During boot I see this error and I'm not able to use arrows to open the grub menu. Only Esc button works (as result mishit one more time and Grub console opened)

Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable):
# dnf list grub2* shim*
Last metadata expiration check: 0:33:32 ago on Sun 14 Nov 2021 12:27:51 PM EET.
Installed Packages
grub2-breeze-theme.x86_64           5.22.5-1.fc34           @updates 
grub2-common.noarch            1:2.06-7.fc34           @updates-testing
grub2-efi-ia32.x86_64            1:2.06-7.fc34           @updates-testing
grub2-efi-ia32-cdboot.x86_64           1:2.06-7.fc34           @updates-testing
grub2-efi-x64.x86_64            1:2.06-7.fc34           @updates-testing
grub2-efi-x64-cdboot.x86_64           1:2.06-7.fc34           @updates-testing
grub2-pc.x86_64             1:2.06-7.fc34           @updates-testing
grub2-pc-modules.noarch            1:2.06-7.fc34           @updates-testing
grub2-tools.x86_64            1:2.06-7.fc34           @updates-testing
grub2-tools-efi.x86_64            1:2.06-7.fc34           @updates-testing
grub2-tools-extra.x86_64           1:2.06-7.fc34           @updates-testing
grub2-tools-minimal.x86_64           1:2.06-7.fc34           @updates-testing
shim-ia32.x86_64            15.4-4            @fedora  
shim-x64.x86_64             15.4-4            @fedora 

How reproducible:
Every time


Steps to Reproduce:
1.Just boot

Actual results:
See attached video
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error: ../../grub-core/commands/loadenv.c:2016:sparse file not allowed
Press any key to continue...
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Expected results:
No errors. Arrows triggering grub menu.

Additional info:

Comment 1 Robbie Harwood 2021-11-18 00:06:43 UTC
Could you possible retest with grub2-2.06-7.fc34 ?

Comment 2 Robbie Harwood 2021-11-18 00:07:22 UTC
Apologies, I see that's what you're using.  Nevermind!

Comment 3 Robbie Harwood 2021-11-18 00:09:24 UTC
What filesystem is this?

Comment 4 Yura 2021-11-18 06:50:44 UTC
(In reply to Robbie Harwood from comment #3)
> What filesystem is this?

yes, before this version I had more errors :)

Here relevant partitions

Device             Start        End    Sectors   Size Type
/dev/nvme0n1p1      2048    1050623    1048576   512M EFI System
/dev/nvme0n1p2   1050624    3147775    2097152     1G Linux filesystem
/dev/nvme0n1p3   3147776  250068991  246921216 117.7G Linux filesystem

Filesystem     Type      Size  Used Avail Use% Mounted on
/dev/nvme0n1p1 vfat      511M   14M  498M   3% /boot/efi
/dev/nvme0n1p2 btrfs     1.0G  387M  605M  40% /boot
/dev/nvme0n1p3 btrfs     118G   66G   51G  57% /

NAME        MAJ:MIN RM   SIZE RO TYPE MOUNTPOINT
nvme0n1     259:0    0 953.9G  0 disk 
├─nvme0n1p1 259:1    0   512M  0 part /boot/efi
├─nvme0n1p2 259:2    0     1G  0 part /boot
├─nvme0n1p3 259:3    0 117.7G  0 part /

Comment 5 Ben Cotton 2022-05-12 15:13:43 UTC
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Fedora will stop maintaining and issuing updates for Fedora Linux 34 on 2022-06-07.
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Comment 6 Ben Cotton 2022-06-07 21:11:17 UTC
Fedora Linux 34 entered end-of-life (EOL) status on 2022-06-07.

Fedora Linux 34 is no longer maintained, which means that it
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