From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with archive (Exim 4.43) id 1JuEP4-0001YH-6a for mharc-grub-devel@gnu.org; Thu, 08 May 2008 18:15:54 -0400 Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1JuEP1-0001Xo-Ew for grub-devel@gnu.org; Thu, 08 May 2008 18:15:51 -0400 Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1JuEOz-0001XS-Vj for grub-devel@gnu.org; Thu, 08 May 2008 18:15:51 -0400 Received: from [199.232.76.173] (port=42623 helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1JuEOz-0001XP-RB for grub-devel@gnu.org; Thu, 08 May 2008 18:15:49 -0400 Received: from c60.cesmail.net ([216.154.195.49]:50809) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS-1.0:RSA_ARCFOUR_SHA1:16) (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1JuEOz-0001My-G1 for grub-devel@gnu.org; Thu, 08 May 2008 18:15:49 -0400 Received: from unknown (HELO relay.cesmail.net) ([192.168.1.81]) by c60.cesmail.net with ESMTP; 08 May 2008 18:15:33 -0400 Received: from [192.168.1.21] (static-72-92-88-10.phlapa.fios.verizon.net [72.92.88.10]) by relay.cesmail.net (Postfix) with ESMTP id 7595D619058 for ; Thu, 8 May 2008 18:15:33 -0400 (EDT) From: Pavel Roskin To: The development of GRUB 2 In-Reply-To: <200805081153.24513.isaacmarcos100010@gmail.com> References: <200805080454.54578.isaacmarcos100010@gmail.com> <1210262124.23398.18.camel@dv> <200805081153.24513.isaacmarcos100010@gmail.com> Content-Type: text/plain Date: Thu, 08 May 2008 18:15:27 -0400 Message-Id: <1210284927.9311.9.camel@dv> Mime-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Evolution 2.22.1 (2.22.1-2.fc9) Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-detected-kernel: by monty-python.gnu.org: Genre and OS details not recognized. Subject: Re: grub-probe gets a segfault X-BeenThere: grub-devel@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list Reply-To: The development of GRUB 2 List-Id: The development of GRUB 2 List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 08 May 2008 22:15:52 -0000 On Thu, 2008-05-08 at 11:53 -0430, Isaac M. Marcos wrote: > Does: > # grub-probe -t device / > involve anything Debian specific ???????? It was a generic recommendation. But if grub-probe was compiled by Debian, it's Debian specific in a certain sense. I cannot reproduce the crash, even on a Fedora installed on a LVM volume. > > Try the CVS version. Try debugging the codedump. > > Sure, only if i knew how, :-) That's how to check out GRUB from CVS: cvs -d :pserver:anoncvs@cvs.savannah.gnu.org:/cvsroot/grub co grub2 To build it, use: ./configure make As for debugging, I see you have found something already. > Good, next step? Try the version from CVS. Describe the problem in a concise way, so that nobody has to go through the whole discussion in the Debian bug tracker. Try using grub-probe on paths that are not on LVM (like a mounted floppy or a flash drive). -- Regards, Pavel Roskin