[Bug 492821] Re: New kernel changes Default to 0 in menu.lst

[RedSingularity]

Cleaning up.  Is this still an issue in the most current stable release?  
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** Changed in: update-manager (Ubuntu)
       Status: New => Incomplete

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Title:
  New kernel changes Default to 0 in menu.lst

Status in “update-manager” package in Ubuntu:
  Incomplete

Bug description:
  Binary package hint: update-manager

  In Karmic, reboot after new kernel install (caused by Update Manager) causes 'Must be authenticated' by grub when it tries to boot using old kernel. This is because kernel update results in Default value in menu.lst being changed from 0 to 2. I amend menu.lst and it boots OK using new kernel. I changed menu.lst (before upgrade from Jaunty to Karmic) so that it had an md5 password set and changed Howmany valuer to 3. Why is this change to Default value happening on kernel change and I how do I prevent it?
  PS on another PC using Jaunty and  a netbook using Karmic Netbook Remix, this change to Default value also occurs.

  ProblemType: Bug
  Architecture: i386
  Date: Sat Dec  5 12:46:02 2009
  DistroRelease: Ubuntu 9.10
  ExecutablePath: /usr/bin/update-manager
  InterpreterPath: /usr/bin/python2.6
  Package: update-manager 1:0.126.9
  PackageArchitecture: all
  ProcEnviron:
   PATH=(custom, no user)
   LANG=en_GB.UTF-8
   SHELL=/bin/bash
  ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.31-16.52-generic
  SourcePackage: update-manager
  Uname: Linux 2.6.31-16-generic i686
  XsessionErrors:
   (gnome-settings-daemon:2955): GLib-CRITICAL **: g_propagate_error: assertion `src != NULL' failed
   (polkit-gnome-authentication-agent-1:3435): GLib-CRITICAL **: g_once_init_leave: assertion `initialization_value != 0' failed
   (nautilus:3390): Eel-CRITICAL **: eel_preferences_get_boolean: assertion `preferences_is_initialized ()' failed

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