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[master] grub-efi-amd64-signed failed to upgrade: 'efibootmgr failed to register the boot entry: Input/output error.'

Bug #1800683 reported by Bert Beltman on 2018-10-30

This bug report is a duplicate of: Bug #1767276: Could not delete variable: Interrupted system call (package shim-signed 1.34.9+13-0ubuntu2 failed to install/upgrade: installed shim-signed package post-installation script subprocess returned error exit status 1). Edit Remove

This bug affects 5 people

Affects		Status	Importance	Assigned to	Milestone
	grub2-signed (Ubuntu)	Confirmed	Undecided	Unassigned

Bug Description

not able to upgrade grub-efi-amd64-signed.

ProblemType: Package
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 18.04
Package: grub-efi-amd64-signed 1.93.8+2.02-2ubuntu8.7
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 4.15.0-38.41-generic 4.15.18
Uname: Linux 4.15.0-38-generic x86_64
ApportVersion: 2.20.9-0ubuntu7.4
Architecture: amd64
Date: Fri Oct 26 20:04:09 2018
ErrorMessage: installed grub-efi-amd64-signed package post-installation script subprocess returned error exit status 1
InstallationDate: Installed on 2017-12-24 (309 days ago)
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 17.10 "Artful Aardvark" - Release amd64 (20171018)
Python3Details: /usr/bin/python3.6, Python 3.6.6, python3-minimal, 3.6.5-3ubuntu1
PythonDetails: /usr/bin/python2.7, Python 2.7.15rc1, python-minimal, 2.7.15~rc1-1
RelatedPackageVersions:
dpkg 1.19.0.5ubuntu2
apt 1.6.6
SourcePackage: grub2-signed
Title: package grub-efi-amd64-signed 1.93.8+2.02-2ubuntu8.7 failed to install/upgrade: installed grub-efi-amd64-signed package post-installation script subprocess returned error exit status 1
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)

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Bert Beltman (bert-beltman) wrote on 2018-10-30:

AptOrdering.txt Edit (3.8 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
Dependencies.txt Edit (2.0 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
Df.txt Edit (1.4 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
Dmesg.txt Edit (65.7 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
DpkgHistoryLog.txt Edit (23.8 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
DpkgTerminalLog.txt Edit (24.3 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
DuplicateSignature.txt Edit (469 bytes, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
ProcCpuinfoMinimal.txt Edit (998 bytes, text/plain; charset="utf-8")

Apport retracing service (apport) on 2018-10-30

tags:

removed: need-duplicate-check

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Launchpad Janitor (janitor) wrote on 2018-11-01:

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

Changed in grub2-signed (Ubuntu):
status:	New → Confirmed

Sebastien Bacher (seb128) on 2018-11-29

summary:

package grub-efi-amd64-signed 1.93.8+2.02-2ubuntu8.7 failed to
- install/upgrade: installed grub-efi-amd64-signed package post-
- installation script subprocess returned error exit status 1
+ install/upgrade: 'efibootmgr failed to register the boot entry: Block
+ device required.'

Mathieu Trudel-Lapierre (cyphermox) on 2019-05-06

summary:

- package grub-efi-amd64-signed 1.93.8+2.02-2ubuntu8.7 failed to
- install/upgrade: 'efibootmgr failed to register the boot entry: Block
- device required.'
+ [master] grub-efi-amd64-signed failed to upgrade: 'efibootmgr failed to
+ register the boot entry: Input/output error.'

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Steve Langasek (vorlon) wrote on 2021-07-21:

Thank you for taking the time to report this bug and helping to make Ubuntu better. This particular bug has already been reported and is a duplicate of bug 1767276, so it is being marked as such. Please look at the other bug report to see if there is any missing information that you can provide, or to see if there is a workaround for the bug. Additionally, any further discussion regarding the bug should occur in the other report. Please continue to report any other bugs you may find.