Debian Bug report logs - #586143
Doesn't boot: Unaligned pointer 4c191bea

critical

Package: grub-pc
Version: 1.98+20100614-1
Severity: critical

Hi,
after the upgrade:

grub-pc 1.98+20100527-2 1.98+20100614-1

system won't boot anymore. Grub prints:

Unaligned pointer 0x4c191bea - press any key

After pressing a key it says "No operation system found" - seems grub
quit. Downgrading to 1.98 and running grub-setup /dev/sda makes the
system boot again.
 -- Guido

-- Package-specific info:

*********************** BEGIN /proc/mounts
/dev/mapper/vg_system-lv_root / ext3 rw,relatime,errors=remount-ro,barrier=0,data=writeback 0 0
/dev/sda3 /boot ext3 rw,relatime,errors=continue,barrier=0,data=writeback 0 0
/dev/mapper/vg_system-lv_home /home ext3 rw,relatime,errors=continue,barrier=0,data=writeback 0 0
/dev/mapper/vg_system-lv_scratch /var/scratch ext3 rw,relatime,errors=continue,barrier=0,data=writeback 0 0
*********************** END /proc/mounts

*********************** BEGIN /boot/grub/device.map
(hd0)	/dev/sda
*********************** END /boot/grub/device.map

*********************** BEGIN /boot/grub/grub.cfg
#
# DO NOT EDIT THIS FILE
#
# It is automatically generated by /usr/sbin/grub-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 [ ${prev_saved_entry} ]; then
  set saved_entry=${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
}
insmod ext2
set root='(hd0,3)'
search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set bd9e51e7-a624-447f-8a07-435456f3772c
if loadfont /grub/unicode.pf2 ; then
  set gfxmode=640x480
  insmod gfxterm
  insmod vbe
  if terminal_output gfxterm ; then true ; else
    # For backward compatibility with versions of terminal.mod that don't
    # understand terminal_output
    terminal gfxterm
  fi
fi
insmod ext2
set root='(hd0,3)'
search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set bd9e51e7-a624-447f-8a07-435456f3772c
set locale_dir=($root)/grub/locale
set lang=
insmod gettext
set timeout=5
### END /etc/grub.d/00_header ###

### BEGIN /etc/grub.d/05_debian_theme ###
insmod ext2
set root='(hd0,3)'
search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set bd9e51e7-a624-447f-8a07-435456f3772c
insmod png
if background_image /grub/moreblue-orbit-grub.png ; then
  set color_normal=black/black
  set color_highlight=magenta/black
else
  set menu_color_normal=cyan/blue
  set menu_color_highlight=white/blue
fi
### END /etc/grub.d/05_debian_theme ###

### BEGIN /etc/grub.d/10_linux ###
menuentry "Debian GNU/Linux, with Linux 2.6.35-rc3" --class debian --class gnu-linux --class gnu --class os {
	insmod ext2
	set root='(hd0,3)'
	search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set bd9e51e7-a624-447f-8a07-435456f3772c
	echo	Loading Linux 2.6.35-rc3 ...
	linux	/vmlinuz-2.6.35-rc3 root=/dev/mapper/vg_system-lv_root ro acpi_backlight=vendor splash i915.modeset=1 quiet
	echo	Loading initial ramdisk ...
	initrd	/initrd.img-2.6.35-rc3
}
menuentry "Debian GNU/Linux, with Linux 2.6.34" --class debian --class gnu-linux --class gnu --class os {
	insmod ext2
	set root='(hd0,3)'
	search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set bd9e51e7-a624-447f-8a07-435456f3772c
	echo	Loading Linux 2.6.34 ...
	linux	/vmlinuz-2.6.34 root=/dev/mapper/vg_system-lv_root ro acpi_backlight=vendor splash i915.modeset=1 quiet
	echo	Loading initial ramdisk ...
	initrd	/initrd.img-2.6.34
}
menuentry "Debian GNU/Linux, with Linux 2.6.33.1" --class debian --class gnu-linux --class gnu --class os {
	insmod ext2
	set root='(hd0,3)'
	search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set bd9e51e7-a624-447f-8a07-435456f3772c
	echo	Loading Linux 2.6.33.1 ...
	linux	/vmlinuz-2.6.33.1 root=/dev/mapper/vg_system-lv_root ro acpi_backlight=vendor splash i915.modeset=1 quiet
	echo	Loading initial ramdisk ...
	initrd	/initrd.img-2.6.33.1
}
menuentry "Debian GNU/Linux, with Linux 2.6.33" --class debian --class gnu-linux --class gnu --class os {
	insmod ext2
	set root='(hd0,3)'
	search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set bd9e51e7-a624-447f-8a07-435456f3772c
	echo	Loading Linux 2.6.33 ...
	linux	/vmlinuz-2.6.33 root=/dev/mapper/vg_system-lv_root ro acpi_backlight=vendor splash i915.modeset=1 quiet
	echo	Loading initial ramdisk ...
	initrd	/initrd.img-2.6.33
}
menuentry "Debian GNU/Linux, with Linux 2.6.32-5-686" --class debian --class gnu-linux --class gnu --class os {
	insmod ext2
	set root='(hd0,3)'
	search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set bd9e51e7-a624-447f-8a07-435456f3772c
	echo	Loading Linux 2.6.32-5-686 ...
	linux	/vmlinuz-2.6.32-5-686 root=/dev/mapper/vg_system-lv_root ro acpi_backlight=vendor splash i915.modeset=1 quiet
	echo	Loading initial ramdisk ...
	initrd	/initrd.img-2.6.32-5-686
}
### END /etc/grub.d/10_linux ###

### BEGIN /etc/grub.d/30_os-prober ###
### 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  $prefix/custom.cfg ]; then
  source $prefix/custom.cfg;
fi
### END /etc/grub.d/41_custom ###
*********************** END /boot/grub/grub.cfg

-- System Information:
Debian Release: squeeze/sid
  APT prefers unstable
  APT policy: (500, 'unstable'), (500, 'testing'), (500, 'stable'), (1, 'experimental')
Architecture: i386 (i686)

Kernel: Linux 2.6.35-rc3 (SMP w/2 CPU cores)
Locale: LANG=de_DE.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=de_DE.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8)
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/dash

Versions of packages grub-pc depends on:
ii  debconf [debconf-2.0]         1.5.32     Debian configuration management sy
ii  grub-common                   1.98-1     GRand Unified Bootloader, version 
ii  libc6                         2.11.2-1   Embedded GNU C Library: Shared lib
ii  ucf                           3.0025     Update Configuration File: preserv

grub-pc recommends no packages.

Versions of packages grub-pc suggests:
ii  desktop-base                  5.0.5      common files for the Debian Deskto

-- debconf information:
  grub2/kfreebsd_cmdline:
* grub2/linux_cmdline: acpi_backlight=vendor splash i915.modeset=1
* grub-pc/chainload_from_menu.lst: true
  grub-pc/kopt_extracted: true
* grub-pc/install_devices: /dev/sda
  grub-pc/postrm_purge_boot_grub: false
  grub2/kfreebsd_cmdline_default: quiet
* grub2/linux_cmdline_default: quiet

Debian Bug report logs - #586143 Doesn't boot: Unaligned pointer 4c191bea

Debian Bug report logs - #586143
Doesn't boot: Unaligned pointer 4c191bea