I have a system which multiboots (no VM's due to lack of processing horsepower). The system has a few partions - Ubuntu 12, Fedora 18, and Windows Vista. Ubuntu borked the OS Prober and it does not recognize Fedora at the moment (https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/os-prober/+bug/1038093), so I use Fedora to manage Grub. After kerbel updates for Fedora and Ubuntu, I have to run Fedora's mkconfig manually. Today, I encountered an error. I have never encountered and issue in the past. $ uname -a Linux localhost.localdomain 3.8.3-203.fc18.i686 #1 SMP Mon Mar 18 13:20:52 UTC 2013 i686 i686 i386 GNU/Linux $ sudo fdisk -l [sudo] password for jeffrey: Disk /dev/sda: 160.0 GB, 160000000000 bytes, 312500000 sectors Units = sectors of 1 * 512 = 512 bytes Sector size (logical/physical): 512 bytes / 512 bytes I/O size (minimum/optimal): 512 bytes / 512 bytes Disk identifier: 0x8cb98cb9 Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System /dev/sda1 * 2048 163842047 81920000 7 HPFS/NTFS/exFAT /dev/sda2 163842048 231426047 33792000 83 Linux /dev/sda3 231426048 244008959 6291456 82 Linux swap / Solaris /dev/sda4 244011006 312498175 34243585 5 Extended /dev/sda5 244011008 312498175 34243584 83 Linux Disk /dev/sdb: 40.0 GB, 40000000000 bytes, 78125000 sectors Units = sectors of 1 * 512 = 512 bytes Sector size (logical/physical): 512 bytes / 512 bytes I/O size (minimum/optimal): 512 bytes / 512 bytes $ ls /boot config-3.8.3-203.fc18.i686 memtest86+-4.20 efi System.map-3.8.3-203.fc18.i686 elf-memtest86+-4.20 tboot.gz grub2 tboot-syms initramfs-3.8.3-203.fc18.i686.img vmlinuz-3.8.3-203.fc18.i686 initrd-plymouth.img $ sudo grub2-mkconfig -o /boot/grub2/grub.cfg Generating grub.cfg ... Found theme: /boot/grub2/themes/system/theme.txt Found linux image: /boot/vmlinuz-3.8.3-203.fc18.i686 Found initrd image: /boot/initramfs-3.8.3-203.fc18.i686.img Found Windows Vista (loader) on /dev/sda1 error: syntax error. error: Incorrect command. error: syntax error. Syntax error at line 135 Syntax errors are detected in generated GRUB config file. Ensure that there are no errors in /etc/default/grub and /etc/grub.d/* files or please file a bug report with /boot/grub2/grub.cfg.new file attached.done
$ sudo grub2-mkconfig sudo grub2-mkconfig Generating grub.cfg ... # # DO NOT EDIT THIS FILE # # It is automatically generated by grub2-mkconfig using templates # from /etc/grub.d and settings from /etc/default/grub # ### BEGIN /etc/grub.d/00_header ### if [ -s $prefix/grubenv ]; then load_env fi set default="${saved_entry}" if [ x"${feature_menuentry_id}" = xy ]; then menuentry_id_option="--id" else menuentry_id_option="" fi export menuentry_id_option if [ "${prev_saved_entry}" ]; then set saved_entry="${prev_saved_entry}" save_env saved_entry set prev_saved_entry= save_env prev_saved_entry set boot_once=true fi function savedefault { if [ -z "${boot_once}" ]; then saved_entry="${chosen}" save_env saved_entry fi } function load_video { if [ x$feature_all_video_module = xy ]; then insmod all_video else insmod efi_gop insmod efi_uga insmod ieee1275_fb insmod vbe insmod vga insmod video_bochs insmod video_cirrus fi } if [ x$feature_default_font_path = xy ] ; then font=unicode else insmod part_msdos insmod ext2 set root='hd0,msdos2' if [ x$feature_platform_search_hint = xy ]; then search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set=root --hint-bios=hd0,msdos2 --hint-efi=hd0,msdos2 --hint-baremetal=ahci0,msdos2 --hint='hd0,msdos2' 0107bcd7-0427-4ab2-9e28-d0059fa92718 else search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set=root 0107bcd7-0427-4ab2-9e28-d0059fa92718 fi font="/usr/share/grub/unicode.pf2" fi if loadfont $font ; then set gfxmode=auto load_video insmod gfxterm set locale_dir=$prefix/locale set lang=en_US insmod gettext fi terminal_output gfxterm Found theme: /boot/grub2/themes/system/theme.txt insmod part_msdos insmod ext2 set root='hd0,msdos2' if [ x$feature_platform_search_hint = xy ]; then search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set=root --hint-bios=hd0,msdos2 --hint-efi=hd0,msdos2 --hint-baremetal=ahci0,msdos2 --hint='hd0,msdos2' 0107bcd7-0427-4ab2-9e28-d0059fa92718 else search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set=root 0107bcd7-0427-4ab2-9e28-d0059fa92718 fi insmod gfxmenu loadfont ($root)/boot/grub2/themes/system/DejaVuSans-10.pf2 loadfont ($root)/boot/grub2/themes/system/DejaVuSans-12.pf2 loadfont ($root)/boot/grub2/themes/system/DejaVuSans-Bold-14.pf2 loadfont ($root)/boot/grub2/fonts/unicode.pf2 insmod png set theme=($root)/boot/grub2/themes/system/theme.txt export theme set timeout=5 ### END /etc/grub.d/00_header ### ### BEGIN /etc/grub.d/10_linux ### Found linux image: /boot/vmlinuz-3.8.3-203.fc18.i686 Found initrd image: /boot/initramfs-3.8.3-203.fc18.i686.img menuentry 'Fedora' --class fedora --class gnu-linux --class gnu --class os $menuentry_id_option 'gnulinux-simple-0107bcd7-0427-4ab2-9e28-d0059fa92718' { load_video set gfxpayload=keep insmod gzio insmod part_msdos insmod ext2 set root='hd0,msdos2' if [ x$feature_platform_search_hint = xy ]; then search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set=root --hint-bios=hd0,msdos2 --hint-efi=hd0,msdos2 --hint-baremetal=ahci0,msdos2 --hint='hd0,msdos2' 0107bcd7-0427-4ab2-9e28-d0059fa92718 else search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set=root 0107bcd7-0427-4ab2-9e28-d0059fa92718 fi echo 'Loading Linux 3.8.3-203.fc18.i686 ...' linux /boot/vmlinuz-3.8.3-203.fc18.i686 root=UUID=0107bcd7-0427-4ab2-9e28-d0059fa92718 ro rd.md=0 rd.lvm=0 rd.dm=0 rd.luks=0 vconsole.keymap=us rhgb quiet echo 'Loading initial ramdisk ...' initrd /boot/initramfs-3.8.3-203.fc18.i686.img } submenu 'Advanced options for Fedora' $menuentry_id_option 'gnulinux-advanced-0107bcd7-0427-4ab2-9e28-d0059fa92718' { menuentry 'Fedora, with Linux 3.8.3-203.fc18.i686' --class fedora --class gnu-linux --class gnu --class os $menuentry_id_option 'gnulinux-3.8.3-203.fc18.i686-advanced-0107bcd7-0427-4ab2-9e28-d0059fa92718' { load_video set gfxpayload=keep insmod gzio insmod part_msdos insmod ext2 set root='hd0,msdos2' if [ x$feature_platform_search_hint = xy ]; then search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set=root --hint-bios=hd0,msdos2 --hint-efi=hd0,msdos2 --hint-baremetal=ahci0,msdos2 --hint='hd0,msdos2' 0107bcd7-0427-4ab2-9e28-d0059fa92718 else search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set=root 0107bcd7-0427-4ab2-9e28-d0059fa92718 fi echo 'Loading Linux 3.8.3-203.fc18.i686 ...' linux /boot/vmlinuz-3.8.3-203.fc18.i686 root=UUID=0107bcd7-0427-4ab2-9e28-d0059fa92718 ro rd.md=0 rd.lvm=0 rd.dm=0 rd.luks=0 vconsole.keymap=us rhgb quiet echo 'Loading initial ramdisk ...' initrd /boot/initramfs-3.8.3-203.fc18.i686.img } } ### END /etc/grub.d/10_linux ### ### BEGIN /etc/grub.d/20_linux_tboot ### submenu "tboot 1.7.0" { } ### END /etc/grub.d/20_linux_tboot ### ### BEGIN /etc/grub.d/20_linux_xen ### ### END /etc/grub.d/20_linux_xen ### ### BEGIN /etc/grub.d/20_linux_xen_tboot ### ### END /etc/grub.d/20_linux_xen_tboot ### ### BEGIN /etc/grub.d/20_ppc_terminfo ### ### END /etc/grub.d/20_ppc_terminfo ### ### BEGIN /etc/grub.d/30_os-prober ### Found Windows Vista (loader) on /dev/sda1 menuentry 'Windows Vista (loader) (on /dev/sda1)' --class windows --class os $menuentry_id_option 'osprober-chain-D616C92B16C90E05' { insmod part_msdos insmod ntfs set root='hd0,msdos1' if [ x$feature_platform_search_hint = xy ]; then search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set=root --hint-bios=hd0,msdos1 --hint-efi=hd0,msdos1 --hint-baremetal=ahci0,msdos1 --hint='hd0,msdos1' D616C92B16C90E05 else search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set=root D616C92B16C90E05 fi chainloader +1 } ### END /etc/grub.d/30_os-prober ### ### BEGIN /etc/grub.d/40_custom ### # This file provides an easy way to add custom menu entries. Simply type the # menu entries you want to add after this comment. Be careful not to change # the 'exec tail' line above. ### END /etc/grub.d/40_custom ### ### BEGIN /etc/grub.d/41_custom ### if [ -f ${config_directory}/custom.cfg ]; then source ${config_directory}/custom.cfg elif [ -z "${config_directory}" -a -f $prefix/custom.cfg ]; then source $prefix/custom.cfg; fi ### END /etc/grub.d/41_custom ### done [jeffrey@localhost boot]$
Unfortunately, I cannot upload grub.cfg.new. The Attachment Page for this bug does nothing when I click submit (and does not display an error). Please let me know if it needed. I can put it on PasteBin or another file sharing site.
In case it matters, Ubuntu's /etc/default/grub has the following entry to tell Ubuntu's Grub to keep its grubby pawls off of grub: GRUB_DISABLE_OS_PROBER=true
The problem is apparently caused by an invalid /etc/grub.d/20_linux_tboot . As a workaround you can uninstall tboot. Reassigning.
Hi Mads. Perfect, it works. Thanks.
*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of bug 929384 ***