Update-grub failed. someone help please

LizziAS · January 16, 2021, 9:22pm

sudo update-grub
Generating grub configuration file ...
Found theme: /boot/grub/themes/EndeavourOS/theme.txt
Found linux image: /boot/vmlinuz-linux-clear-bin.cmdline
Found initrd image: /boot/amd-ucode.img
Found linux image: /boot/vmlinuz-linux-clear-bin
Found initrd image: /boot/amd-ucode.img /boot/initramfs-linux-clear-bin.img
Found fallback initrd image(s) in /boot: initramfs-linux-clear-bin-fallback.img
Found linux image: /boot/vmlinuz-linux
Found initrd image: /boot/amd-ucode.img /boot/initramfs-linux.img
Found fallback initrd image(s) in /boot: initramfs-linux-fallback.img
rmdir: failed to remove '/var/lib/os-prober/mount': Device or resource busy
rmdir: failed to remove '/var/lib/os-prober/mount': Device or resource busy
rmdir: failed to remove '/var/lib/os-prober/mount': Device or resource busy
rmdir: failed to remove '/var/lib/os-prober/mount': Device or resource busy
rmdir: failed to remove '/var/lib/os-prober/mount': Device or resource busy
rmdir: failed to remove '/var/lib/os-prober/mount': Device or resource busy
rmdir: failed to remove '/var/lib/os-prober/mount': Device or resource busy
rmdir: failed to remove '/var/lib/os-prober/mount': Device or resource busy
rmdir: failed to remove '/var/lib/os-prober/mount': Device or resource busy
rmdir: failed to remove '/var/lib/os-prober/mount': Device or resource busy

anon53396576 · January 16, 2021, 9:23pm

EndeavourOS dos not have an update-grub command?

LizziAS · January 16, 2021, 9:25pm

its just a script for the default grub command thats all nothing else. wether or not i use the script or the default the outcome is the same. please don’t get hung up on it

Packages (2) mtools-4.0.26-1  os-prober-1.77-2

Total Installed Size:  0.43 MiB
Net Upgrade Size:      0.00 MiB

:: Proceed with installation? [Y/n] 
(2/2) checking keys in keyring                                                  [----------------------------------------------] 100%
(2/2) checking package integrity                                                [----------------------------------------------] 100%
(2/2) loading package files                                                     [----------------------------------------------] 100%
(2/2) checking for file conflicts                                               [----------------------------------------------] 100%
:: Processing package changes...
(1/2) reinstalling mtools                                                       [----------------------------------------------] 100%
(2/2) reinstalling os-prober                                                    [----------------------------------------------] 100%
:: Running post-transaction hooks...
(1/3) Arming ConditionNeedsUpdate...
(2/3) Fix 'grub' and 'os-prober' after upgrading either of them.
===> INFO: grub-tools / grub-fix-initrd-generation:
===> INFO: /usr/lib/linux-boot-probes/mounted/40grub2 changed. See file /var/log/grub-fix-initrd-generation.log.
Generating grub configuration file ...
Found theme: /boot/grub/themes/EndeavourOS/theme.txt
Found linux image: /boot/vmlinuz-linux-zen
Found initrd image: /boot/amd-ucode.img /boot/initramfs-linux-zen.img
Found fallback initrd image(s) in /boot: initramfs-linux-zen-fallback.img
Found linux image: /boot/vmlinuz-linux-lts
Found initrd image: /boot/amd-ucode.img /boot/initramfs-linux-lts.img
Found fallback initrd image(s) in /boot: initramfs-linux-lts-fallback.img
Found linux image: /boot/vmlinuz-linux-lqx
Found initrd image: /boot/amd-ucode.img /boot/initramfs-linux-lqx.img
Found fallback initrd image(s) in /boot: initramfs-linux-lqx-fallback.img
Found linux image: /boot/vmlinuz-linux-clear-bin.cmdline
Found initrd image: /boot/amd-ucode.img
Found linux image: /boot/vmlinuz-linux-clear-bin
Found initrd image: /boot/amd-ucode.img /boot/initramfs-linux-clear-bin.img
Found fallback initrd image(s) in /boot: initramfs-linux-clear-bin-fallback.img
Found linux image: /boot/vmlinuz-linux
Found initrd image: /boot/amd-ucode.img /boot/initramfs-linux.img
Found fallback initrd image(s) in /boot: initramfs-linux-fallback.img
rmdir: failed to remove '/var/lib/os-prober/mount': Device or resource busy
rmdir: failed to remove '/var/lib/os-prober/mount': Device or resource busy
rmdir: failed to remove '/var/lib/os-prober/mount': Device or resource busy
rmdir: failed to remove '/var/lib/os-prober/mount': Device or resource busy
rmdir: failed to remove '/var/lib/os-prober/mount': Device or resource busy
rmdir: failed to remove '/var/lib/os-prober/mount': Device or resource busy
rmdir: failed to remove '/var/lib/os-prober/mount': Device or resource busy
rmdir: failed to remove '/var/lib/os-prober/mount': Device or resource busy
rmdir: failed to remove '/var/lib/os-prober/mount': Device or resource busy
rmdir: failed to remove '/var/lib/os-prober/mount': Device or resource busy
done
(3/3) Updating the info directory file...

picky nonsense

sudo grub-mkconfig -o /boot/grub/grub.cfg
[sudo] password for lizzias: 
Generating grub configuration file ...
Found theme: /boot/grub/themes/EndeavourOS/theme.txt
Found linux image: /boot/vmlinuz-linux-zen
Found initrd image: /boot/amd-ucode.img /boot/initramfs-linux-zen.img
Found fallback initrd image(s) in /boot: initramfs-linux-zen-fallback.img
Found linux image: /boot/vmlinuz-linux-lts
Found initrd image: /boot/amd-ucode.img /boot/initramfs-linux-lts.img
Found fallback initrd image(s) in /boot: initramfs-linux-lts-fallback.img
Found linux image: /boot/vmlinuz-linux-lqx
Found initrd image: /boot/amd-ucode.img /boot/initramfs-linux-lqx.img
Found fallback initrd image(s) in /boot: initramfs-linux-lqx-fallback.img
Found linux image: /boot/vmlinuz-linux-clear-bin.cmdline
Found initrd image: /boot/amd-ucode.img
Found linux image: /boot/vmlinuz-linux-clear-bin
Found initrd image: /boot/amd-ucode.img /boot/initramfs-linux-clear-bin.img
Found fallback initrd image(s) in /boot: initramfs-linux-clear-bin-fallback.img
Found linux image: /boot/vmlinuz-linux
Found initrd image: /boot/amd-ucode.img /boot/initramfs-linux.img
Found fallback initrd image(s) in /boot: initramfs-linux-fallback.img
rmdir: failed to remove '/var/lib/os-prober/mount': Device or resource busy
rmdir: failed to remove '/var/lib/os-prober/mount': Device or resource busy
rmdir: failed to remove '/var/lib/os-prober/mount': Device or resource busy
rmdir: failed to remove '/var/lib/os-prober/mount': Device or resource busy
rmdir: failed to remove '/var/lib/os-prober/mount': Device or resource busy
rmdir: failed to remove '/var/lib/os-prober/mount': Device or resource busy
rmdir: failed to remove '/var/lib/os-prober/mount': Device or resource busy
rmdir: failed to remove '/var/lib/os-prober/mount': Device or resource busy
rmdir: failed to remove '/var/lib/os-prober/mount': Device or resource busy
rmdir: failed to remove '/var/lib/os-prober/mount': Device or resource busy
done

ReemZ · January 16, 2021, 9:32pm

Should the script be called with sudo? Perhaps sudo is already being, or should be, called from within the script?

@anon53396576 It’s in the AUR:

aur/update-grub 0.0.1-7 (+81 1.45)
    Simple wrapper around grub-mkconfig

ReemZ · January 16, 2021, 9:32pm

Hmm. Maybe shutdown, boot into live, chroot and fix?

dalto · January 16, 2021, 9:34pm

Looks like something has that directory locked.

Do you have any terminals, file managers or editors looking there?

LizziAS · January 16, 2021, 9:34pm

one terminal is open and one web browser to come here to get help. i have never seen this before

@dalto in 17 years of using linux i have NEVER seen this error

freebird54 · January 16, 2021, 9:37pm

One question - were you browsing in a drive that ‘belongs’ to another system? If it was unexpectedly mounted at the time…

Just wondering…

xircon · January 16, 2021, 9:38pm

sudo lslocks  | grep -i  var

Can’t test, but won’t hurt.

LizziAS · January 16, 2021, 9:38pm

no. i was only updating endeavour

LizziAS · January 16, 2021, 9:39pm

sudo lslocks | grep -i var
[lizzias@endeavoured Desktop]$ sudo update-grub
Generating grub configuration file …
Found theme: /boot/grub/themes/EndeavourOS/theme.txt
Found linux image: /boot/vmlinuz-linux-zen
Found initrd image: /boot/amd-ucode.img /boot/initramfs-linux-zen.img
Found fallback initrd image(s) in /boot: initramfs-linux-zen-fallback.img
Found linux image: /boot/vmlinuz-linux-lts
Found initrd image: /boot/amd-ucode.img /boot/initramfs-linux-lts.img
Found fallback initrd image(s) in /boot: initramfs-linux-lts-fallback.img
Found linux image: /boot/vmlinuz-linux-lqx
Found initrd image: /boot/amd-ucode.img /boot/initramfs-linux-lqx.img
Found fallback initrd image(s) in /boot: initramfs-linux-lqx-fallback.img
Found linux image: /boot/vmlinuz-linux-clear-bin.cmdline
Found initrd image: /boot/amd-ucode.img
Found linux image: /boot/vmlinuz-linux-clear-bin
Found initrd image: /boot/amd-ucode.img /boot/initramfs-linux-clear-bin.img
Found fallback initrd image(s) in /boot: initramfs-linux-clear-bin-fallback.img
Found linux image: /boot/vmlinuz-linux
Found initrd image: /boot/amd-ucode.img /boot/initramfs-linux.img
Found fallback initrd image(s) in /boot: initramfs-linux-fallback.img
rmdir: failed to remove ‘/var/lib/os-prober/mount’: Device or resource busy
rmdir: failed to remove ‘/var/lib/os-prober/mount’: Device or resource busy
rmdir: failed to remove ‘/var/lib/os-prober/mount’: Device or resource busy
rmdir: failed to remove ‘/var/lib/os-prober/mount’: Device or resource busy
rmdir: failed to remove ‘/var/lib/os-prober/mount’: Device or resource busy
rmdir: failed to remove ‘/var/lib/os-prober/mount’: Device or resource busy
rmdir: failed to remove ‘/var/lib/os-prober/mount’: Device or resource busy
rmdir: failed to remove ‘/var/lib/os-prober/mount’: Device or resource busy
rmdir: failed to remove ‘/var/lib/os-prober/mount’: Device or resource busy
rmdir: failed to remove ‘/var/lib/os-prober/mount’: Device or resource busy
done

xircon · January 16, 2021, 9:40pm

Don’t know what you have done there, but it should look like:`

smbd-notifyd     3962 POSIX    20B WRITE 0          0          0 /var/cache/samba/msg.lock/3962
cleanupd         3963 POSIX    20B WRITE 0          0          0 /var/cache/samba/msg.lock/3963
smbd             3923 POSIX   444K READ  0          4          4 /var/cache/samba/gencache.tdb
smbd             3923 POSIX   8.7K READ  0          4          4 /var/cache/samba/smbXsrv_open_global.tdb
lpqd             3969 POSIX    21B WRITE 0          0          0 /var/cache/samba/msg.lock/3969
smbd             3923 POSIX    12K READ  0          4          4 /var/cache/samba/names.tdb
smbd             3923 POSIX   8.7K READ  0          4          4 /var/cache/samba/smbprofile.tdb
smbd             3923 POSIX    21B WRITE 0          0          0 /var/cache/samba/msg.lock/3923
smbd             3923 POSIX    24K READ  0          4          4 /var/cache/samba/smbXsrv_version_global.tdb
smbd             3923 POSIX   8.7K READ  0          4          4 /var/cache/samba/smbXsrv_client_global.tdb
smbd             3923 POSIX   8.7K READ  0          4          4 /var/cache/samba/smbXsrv_session_global.tdb
smbd             3923 POSIX   8.7K READ  0          4          4 /var/cache/samba/smbXsrv_tcon_global.tdb
nmbd             3280 POSIX    12K READ  0          4          4 /var/cache/samba/names.tdb
nmbd             3280 POSIX    20B WRITE 0          0          0 /var/cache/samba/msg.lock/3280
smbd             3923 POSIX    20K READ  0          4          4 /var/cache/samba/printer_list.tdb
smbd             3923 POSIX 431.3K READ  0          4          4 /var/cache/samba/brlock.tdb
smbd             3923 POSIX 431.3K READ  0          4          4 /var/cache/samba/locking.tdb
smbd             3923 POSIX   8.7K READ  0          4          4 /var/cache/samba/leases.tdb

LizziAS · January 16, 2021, 9:41pm

found it:

sudo umount /var/lib/os-prober/mount

LizziAS · January 16, 2021, 9:43pm

[lizzias@endeavoured Desktop]$ sudo lslocks | grep -i var
[sudo] password for lizzias:
[lizzias@endeavoured Desktop]$

LizziAS · January 16, 2021, 9:45pm

sudo update-grub
Generating grub configuration file ...
Found theme: /boot/grub/themes/EndeavourOS/theme.txt
Found linux image: /boot/vmlinuz-linux-zen
Found initrd image: /boot/amd-ucode.img /boot/initramfs-linux-zen.img
Found fallback initrd image(s) in /boot: initramfs-linux-zen-fallback.img
Found linux image: /boot/vmlinuz-linux-lts
Found initrd image: /boot/amd-ucode.img /boot/initramfs-linux-lts.img
Found fallback initrd image(s) in /boot: initramfs-linux-lts-fallback.img
Found linux image: /boot/vmlinuz-linux-lqx
Found initrd image: /boot/amd-ucode.img /boot/initramfs-linux-lqx.img
Found fallback initrd image(s) in /boot: initramfs-linux-lqx-fallback.img
Found linux image: /boot/vmlinuz-linux-clear-bin.cmdline
Found initrd image: /boot/amd-ucode.img
Found linux image: /boot/vmlinuz-linux-clear-bin
Found initrd image: /boot/amd-ucode.img /boot/initramfs-linux-clear-bin.img
Found fallback initrd image(s) in /boot: initramfs-linux-clear-bin-fallback.img
Found linux image: /boot/vmlinuz-linux
Found initrd image: /boot/amd-ucode.img /boot/initramfs-linux.img
Found fallback initrd image(s) in /boot: initramfs-linux-fallback.img

now it just hangs there

xircon · January 16, 2021, 9:46pm

ps aux | grep os-prober

Is it stuck in memory?

LizziAS · January 16, 2021, 9:47pm

its finally moving… taking a loooog time but it started moving

ty all for your help!
[lizzias@endeavoured Desktop]$ sudo update-grub
Generating grub configuration file …
Found theme: /boot/grub/themes/EndeavourOS/theme.txt
Found linux image: /boot/vmlinuz-linux-zen
Found initrd image: /boot/amd-ucode.img /boot/initramfs-linux-zen.img
Found fallback initrd image(s) in /boot: initramfs-linux-zen-fallback.img
Found linux image: /boot/vmlinuz-linux-lts
Found initrd image: /boot/amd-ucode.img /boot/initramfs-linux-lts.img
Found fallback initrd image(s) in /boot: initramfs-linux-lts-fallback.img
Found linux image: /boot/vmlinuz-linux-lqx
Found initrd image: /boot/amd-ucode.img /boot/initramfs-linux-lqx.img
Found fallback initrd image(s) in /boot: initramfs-linux-lqx-fallback.img
Found linux image: /boot/vmlinuz-linux-clear-bin.cmdline
Found initrd image: /boot/amd-ucode.img
Found linux image: /boot/vmlinuz-linux-clear-bin
Found initrd image: /boot/amd-ucode.img /boot/initramfs-linux-clear-bin.img
Found fallback initrd image(s) in /boot: initramfs-linux-clear-bin-fallback.img
Found linux image: /boot/vmlinuz-linux
Found initrd image: /boot/amd-ucode.img /boot/initramfs-linux.img
Found fallback initrd image(s) in /boot: initramfs-linux-fallback.img
Found Obarun Linux on /dev/nvme0n1p11
Found Artix Linux (rolling) on /dev/nvme0n1p3
Found Arch Linux (rolling) on /dev/nvme0n1p6
Found Windows 10 on /dev/sdb1
done

ricklinux · January 16, 2021, 9:51pm

I think the had his paw on the keyboard!

pebcak · January 16, 2021, 10:10pm

If I remember correctly / am not mistaken the “speed” could have something to do with lsb-release pkg. Check if you got it installed on your other Arch (-based) systems.

LizziAS · January 17, 2021, 6:08am

yah obarun didnt have it installed. does now!