SOLVED /etc/default/grub: 38: Syntax error:

[blueXrider]

root@ms-7032:~$ sudo update-grub
[sudo] password for root:
/etc/default/grub: 38: Syntax error: EOF in backquote substitution

Tried to install 2.6.38-11 kernel using package manager.

Now grub is broken

Following is etc/default/grub.cfg

# If you change this file, run 'update-grub' afterwards to update
# /boot/grub/grub.cfg.
# For full documentation of the options in this file, see:
# info -f grub -n 'Simple configuration'

GRUB_DEFAULT="0"
#GRUB_HIDDEN_TIMEOUT="0"
GRUB_HIDDEN_TIMEOUT_QUIET="true"
GRUB_TIMEOUT="10"
GRUB_DISTRIBUTOR="`lsb_release -i -s 2> /dev/null || echo Debian`"
GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX_DEFAULT="quiet splash nomodeset video=uvesafb:mode_option=1024x768-24,mtrr=3,scroll=ywrap
GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX=" splash vga=799"

# Uncomment to enable BadRAM filtering, modify to suit your needs
# This works with Linux (no patch required) and with any kernel that obtains
# the memory map information from GRUB (GNU Mach, kernel of FreeBSD ...)
#GRUB_BADRAM="0x01234567,0xfefefefe,0x89abcdef,0xefefefef"

# Uncomment to disable graphical terminal (grub-pc only)
#GRUB_TERMINAL="console"

# The resolution used on graphical terminal
# note that you can use only modes which your graphic card supports via VBE
# you can see them in real GRUB with the command `vbeinfo'
GRUB_GFXMODE="1024x768x24"

# Uncomment if you don't want GRUB to pass "root=UUID=xxx" parameter to Linux
#GRUB_DISABLE_LINUX_UUID="true"

# Uncomment to disable generation of recovery mode menu entries
#GRUB_DISABLE_RECOVERY="true"

# Uncomment to get a beep at grub start
"GRUB_INIT_TUNE="480 440 1"

[Roken]

You are missing closing quotes at the end of GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX_DEFAULT and you have a stray quote at the start of GRUB_INIT_TUNE

[blueXrider]

Got it fixed, all better now. Thanks