[Bug 470490] Re: [MASTER] Grub does not update menu.lst when it was hand-edited (so it defaults to old 2.6.28 kernel after upgrade to ubuntu 9.10 from 9.04): add 'help' details to debconf prompt

[gigastress]

Hey guys,

I just proceeded from 9.10 to 10.4 LTS lucid, after not upgrading for 2.5 years, I was about to proceed to the latest version.
I decided to keep the old grub, for I made a whole-disk-encryprtion and wanted to keep the settings. I dont know if this is the problem with lvm problem adressed in the lucid release notes. I think I installed the new kernel but Im not sure here.
Anyway the result of this installation is, that
When I boot, the display where Im supposed to put in the LVM/luks password is showing up, but when I put it in, it keeps saying - cryptsetup failed, bad password or options -
It is the correct pass, the release note said sth. about changing the UUID in the fstab with the actual name of the hd, but since the display where Im supposed to put in the LVM/luks password is showing up at boot, I dont know if this problem is related.
so it actually could be a kernel, fstab, or grub problem.
I got know idea how to handle this.
suggestions would be highly appreciated.
anyone, how can I proceed ???

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Title:
  [MASTER] Grub does not update menu.lst when it was hand-edited (so it
  defaults to old 2.6.28 kernel after upgrade to ubuntu 9.10 from 9.04):
  add 'help' details to debconf prompt

Status in Release Notes for Ubuntu:
  Fix Released
Status in “grub” package in Ubuntu:
  Triaged
Status in “grub” source package in Lucid:
  Triaged

Bug description:
  Release notes for this issue can be found at
  <https://wiki.ubuntu.com/KarmicKoala/ReleaseNotes#GRUB%20menu.lst:%20install%20the%20maintainer%27s%20version%20vs.%20keep%20the%20local%20version>.  If running 'sudo update-grub' does not add a boot entry to /boot/grub/menu.lst for the Ubuntu 9.10 kernel (2.6.31), please follow the instructions there.

  I just upgraded 9.04 to 9.10

  System still boots the old kernel 2.6.28-13-generic instead of current
  one 2.6.31..

  If I run reinstall of linux-image for 2.6.13 then grub says it updated
  menu.lst, but it did not.

  Lets look:

  uname -a
  Linux lcwood 2.6.28-13-generic #45-Ubuntu SMP Tue Jun 30 22:12:12 UTC 2009 x86_64 GNU/Linux

  [...]
  Testing for an existing GRUB menu.lst file ... found: /boot/grub/menu.lst
  Searching for splash image ... none found, skipping ...
  [...]
  Found kernel: /vmlinuz-2.6.31-14-generic
  Found kernel: /vmlinuz-2.6.28-13-generic
  Found kernel: /memtest86+.bin
  Updating /boot/grub/menu.lst ... done
  [...]

  And then:

  root at lcwood:~# cat /boot/grub/menu.lst | grep 31
  root at lcwood:~#
  so nothing.

  Attaching full output of installer on reinstall, and full menu.lst
  after that.

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