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failed install of quantal beta: grub efi package failed - /usr/share/ubiquity/plugininstall.py", line 1724, in <module> install.run()

Bug #1050590 reported by Sean Robertson on 2012-09-13

This bug report is a duplicate of: Bug #1047550: Resolver configuration goes wrong while trying to install grub-efi-amd64 during installation. Edit Remove

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This bug affects 9 people

Affects		Status	Importance	Assigned to	Milestone
	ubiquity (Ubuntu)	Confirmed	Undecided	Unassigned

Bug Description

Trying to install quantal (fresh) via usb on my ASUS UX31A. Get the following error:

The 'grub-efi' package failed to install into /target/. Without the GRUB boot loader, the installed system will not boot.

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 12.10
Package: ubiquity 2.11.30
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.5.0-13.14-generic 3.5.3
Uname: Linux 3.5.0-13-generic x86_64
ApportVersion: 2.5.1-0ubuntu4
Architecture: amd64
CasperVersion: 1.321
Date: Thu Sep 13 15:44:15 2012
InstallCmdLine: BOOT_IMAGE=/casper/vmlinuz file=/cdrom/preseed/ubuntu.seed boot=casper only-ubiquity quiet splash --
LiveMediaBuild: Ubuntu 12.10 "Quantal Quetzal" - Alpha amd64 (20120905.2)
ProcEnviron:
LANGUAGE=en_CA.UTF-8
TERM=unknown
PATH=(custom, no user)
LANG=en_CA.UTF-8
SHELL=/bin/bash
SourcePackage: grub-installer
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)

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Sean Robertson (seandrobertson) wrote on 2012-09-13:

#1

Casper.txt Edit (18.2 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
Dependencies.txt Edit (7.0 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
UbiquityDebug.txt Edit (3.3 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
UbiquityDm.txt Edit (10.1 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
UbiquityPartman.txt Edit (241.3 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
UbiquitySyslog.txt Edit (675.5 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")

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Launchpad Janitor (janitor) wrote on 2012-09-14:

#2

Status changed to 'Confirmed' because the bug affects multiple users.

Changed in grub-installer (Ubuntu):
status:	New → Confirmed

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Sasa Paporovic (melchiaros) wrote on 2012-09-15:

#3

In UbiquitySyslog.txt:

Sep 13 19:38:50 ubuntu NetworkManager[1753]: <info> domain search 'nexus.uwaterloo.ca.'
Sep 13 19:38:50 ubuntu dbus[1302]: [system] Activating service name='org.freedesktop.nm_dispatcher' (using servicehelper)
Sep 13 19:38:50 ubuntu dbus[1302]: [system] Successfully activated service 'org.freedesktop.nm_dispatcher'
Sep 13 19:44:12 ubuntu ubiquity[5028]: Reverting lockdown of the desktop environment.
Sep 13 19:44:12 ubuntu activate-dmraid: No Serial ATA RAID disks detected
Sep 13 19:44:13 ubuntu plugininstall.py: log-output -t ubiquity umount /target/cdrom
Sep 13 19:44:13 ubuntu finish-install: Disabling CD in sources.list
Sep 13 19:44:13 ubuntu plugininstall.py: Exception during installation:
Sep 13 19:44:13 ubuntu plugininstall.py: Traceback (most recent call last):
Sep 13 19:44:13 ubuntu plugininstall.py: File "/usr/share/ubiquity/plugininstall.py", line 1724, in <module>
Sep 13 19:44:13 ubuntu plugininstall.py: install.run()
Sep 13 19:44:13 ubuntu plugininstall.py: File "/usr/share/ubiquity/plugininstall.py", line 81, in wrapper
Sep 13 19:44:13 ubuntu plugininstall.py: func(self)
Sep 13 19:44:13 ubuntu plugininstall.py: File "/usr/share/ubiquity/plugininstall.py", line 229, in run
Sep 13 19:44:13 ubuntu plugininstall.py: self.configure_bootloader()
Sep 13 19:44:13 ubuntu plugininstall.py: File "/usr/share/ubiquity/plugininstall.py", line 1013, in configure_bootloader
Sep 13 19:44:13 ubuntu plugininstall.py: "GrubInstaller failed with code %d" % ret)
Sep 13 19:44:13 ubuntu plugininstall.py: ubiquity.install_misc.InstallStepError: GrubInstaller failed with code 1
Sep 13 19:44:13 ubuntu plugininstall.py:

affects:	grub-installer (Ubuntu) → ubiquity (Ubuntu)
summary:	- failed install of quantal beta: grub efi package failed + failed install of quantal beta: grub efi package failed - + /usr/share/ubiquity/plugininstall.py", line 1724, in <module> + install.run()

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Johann Popper (jpopper7) wrote on 2012-09-16:

#4

"'grub-efi' package failed to install into /target/. Without the GRUB boot loader, the installed system will not boot." This exact error occurs on a Lenovo B570 while attempting to install UBuntu 12.10 daily builds, hence the special documentation for installing Ubuntu on Lenovo B570s with instructions for overriding grub-efi with 64-bit installations in order to boot after installation (the B570 uses MBR, not GPT) no longer works, since grub-efi-amd64 will not even install in the first place, for whatever reason.

This really ought to be dealt with before release. It's a major bug for affected hardware.

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morlock (mor-lock) wrote on 2012-09-16:

#5

I get the same error message as #4 on a Fujitsu Lifebook AH532.

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