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Update Manager did not perform requested action for user modified GRUB file

Asked by Amapele

After installing Precise Pangolin I changed /etc/default/grub by uncommenting "GRUB_TERMINAL=console" so that I could see the boot menu. I dual boot Windows XP and without this change, no menu is displayed (Precise comes up after menu time out). This week's updates had a new version of this file so, when prompted, I requested a side by side comparison of the files, fully intending to install the new version and go back and make this change as necessary. Instead, no comparison was shown and the existing file was left untouched. So far, no boot problems have occurred, but the installation request should have been honored. Also, it would be nice to see what changed in the new file.

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actionparsnip (andrew-woodhead666) said : 		#1

I suggest you report a bug, you could always download the deb (whichever holds the file), extract it and read to compare. I can't se much being different. The file only holds a few settings

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Amapele (kale.amapele) said : 		#2

Bug #1008675 opened. "dpkg -S" did not reveal the package containing /etc/default/grub although I did find one with /usr/share/grub/default/grub. The latter was more current than the running one and I did find a minor change. Thanks for the help.