Ubuntu
grub-installer package

installation fails in grub-install with: efivarfs_set_variable: writing to fd 6 failed: Invalid argument

Bug #1869500 reported by Matt Greeney
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Bug Description

grub2 install crashed
partitions:
efi
/swap
/

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 20.04
Package: ubiquity 20.04.6
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 5.4.0-18.22-generic 5.4.24
Uname: Linux 5.4.0-18-generic x86_64
NonfreeKernelModules: zfs zunicode zavl icp zcommon znvpair
ApportVersion: 2.20.11-0ubuntu21
Architecture: amd64
CasperVersion: 1.441
Date: Sat Mar 28 12:06:38 2020
InstallCmdLine: BOOT_IMAGE=/casper/vmlinuz file=/cdrom/preseed/ubuntu.seed iommu=soft ---
LiveMediaBuild: Ubuntu 20.04 LTS "Focal Fossa" - Alpha amd64 (20200324)
SourcePackage: grub-installer
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)

Revision history for this message
Matt Greeney (pseudocyber) wrote :
Jean-Baptiste Lallement (jibel)
summary: - grub2 install crashed
+ installation fails with: grub-install: error: failed to register the EFI
+ boot entry: Invalid argument.
Changed in grub-installer (Ubuntu):
importance: Undecided → High
summary: - installation fails with: grub-install: error: failed to register the EFI
- boot entry: Invalid argument.
+ installation fails with: grub-install: efivarfs_set_variable: writing to
+ fd 6 failed: Invalid argument
summary: - installation fails with: grub-install: efivarfs_set_variable: writing to
- fd 6 failed: Invalid argument
+ installation fails in grub-install with: efivarfs_set_variable: writing
+ to fd 6 failed: Invalid argument
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