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package grub-efi-amd64-signed 1.66.17+2.02~beta2-36ubuntu3.17 failed to install/upgrade: subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 1

Bug #1751850 reported by Matti Karvonen on 2018-02-26

This bug affects 16 people

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

Bug Description

On startup the system reports this bug... no idea

ProblemType: Package
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 16.04
Package: grub-efi-amd64-signed 1.66.17+2.02~beta2-36ubuntu3.17
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 4.13.0-36.40~16.04.1-generic 4.13.13
Uname: Linux 4.13.0-36-generic x86_64
ApportVersion: 2.20.1-0ubuntu2.15
Architecture: amd64
Date: Sun Feb 25 11:56:37 2018
DuplicateSignature:
package:grub-efi-amd64-signed:1.66.17+2.02~beta2-36ubuntu3.17
Setting up grub-efi-amd64-signed (1.66.17+2.02~beta2-36ubuntu3.17) ...
grub-install: error: /usr/lib/grub/i386-pc/modinfo.sh doesn't exist. Please specify --target or --directory.
dpkg: error processing package grub-efi-amd64-signed (--configure):
subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 1
ErrorMessage: subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 1
RelatedPackageVersions:
dpkg 1.18.4ubuntu1.3
apt 1.2.25
SourcePackage: grub2-signed
Title: package grub-efi-amd64-signed 1.66.17+2.02~beta2-36ubuntu3.17 failed to install/upgrade: subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 1
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)

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Matti Karvonen (mvonkarne) wrote on 2018-02-26:

AptOrdering.txt Edit (1.7 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
Dependencies.txt Edit (2.2 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
Df.txt Edit (656 bytes, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
Dmesg.txt Edit (62.6 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
DpkgHistoryLog.txt Edit (23.9 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
DpkgTerminalLog.txt Edit (4.7 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
JournalErrors.txt Edit (5.6 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
ProcCpuinfoMinimal.txt Edit (1.2 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")

Apport retracing service (apport) on 2018-02-26

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removed: need-duplicate-check

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Launchpad Janitor (janitor) wrote on 2018-02-27:

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

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

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林博仁(Buo-ren, Lin) (buo-ren-lin) wrote on 2018-05-07:

ubuntu-bug-1751850.patch Edit (430 bytes, text/plain)

This is due to the installation script doesn't consider that PC variant of grub *may* co-exist. Here's a patch that forces it to install Signed EFI variant of GRUB bootloader instead.

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Ubuntu Foundations Team Bug Bot (crichton) wrote on 2018-05-08:

The attachment "ubuntu-bug-1751850.patch" seems to be a patch. If it isn't, please remove the "patch" flag from the attachment, remove the "patch" tag, and if you are a member of the ~ubuntu-reviewers, unsubscribe the team.

[This is an automated message performed by a Launchpad user owned by ~brian-murray, for any issues please contact him.]

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