Bug 787397 - File /boot/grub/grub.cfg expected by KDM instead of /boot/grub2/grub.cfg
Summary: File /boot/grub/grub.cfg expected by KDM instead of /boot/grub2/grub.cfg
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Status: CLOSED DUPLICATE of bug 785849
Alias: None
Product: Fedora
Classification: Fedora
Component: grub2
Version: 16
Hardware: Unspecified
OS: Unspecified
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Assignee: Peter Jones
QA Contact: Fedora Extras Quality Assurance
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TreeView+ depends on / blocked
 
Reported: 2012-02-04 19:38 UTC by nicofo
Modified: 2012-02-11 19:06 UTC (History)
3 users (show)

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Last Closed: 2012-02-11 19:06:21 UTC
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Description nicofo 2012-02-04 19:38:23 UTC
Description of problem:
The config file for GRUB2 is grub.cfg located in /boot/grub2/ directory.
However, other distributions place it in /boot/grub/ instead.
And some software expect to find it there.

This is the case with KDM.
As a result, KDM doesn't work fully in Fedora - i.e. the GRUB2 support is not working in KDM. It is expected that you can choose another OS/kernel to restart with, but no.

Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable):
(Fedora 16 is up-to-date)

How reproducible:
Yes

Steps to Reproduce:
1. Use KDM as login manager
2. Configure KDM to use GRUB2 boot manager
3. Leave KDE: a menu appears, similar to the picture in the link below, EXCEPT THAT there is no list of the OS/kernel you can boot from :
http://ksmanis.files.wordpress.com/2011/04/grub2.png
  
Actual results:
It is not possible to choose the OS/kernel to restart from

Expected results:
It must be possible to choose the OS/kernel to restart from (as shown in the picture)
If you symlink /boot/grub2/grub.cfg to /boot/grub/grub.cfg then it works.

Additional info:
It's a pity because GRUB2 support in KDE was presented as an official feature of Fedora 16, but it is obviously not the case...
https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Features/KDE47

Comment 1 Rex Dieter 2012-02-11 19:06:21 UTC

*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of bug 785849 ***


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