grub installaion failed, then installer crashed (EFI)

Bug #1892687 reported by Norbert
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This bug affects 2 people
Affects Status Importance Assigned to Milestone
grub-installer (Ubuntu)
Fix Released
Undecided
Unassigned
ubiquity (Ubuntu)
Fix Released
Undecided
Unassigned

Bug Description

Using Ubuntu MATE 20.10 20200824, the problem with grub returned.
This bug is about EFI. Happened on latest version of QuickEMU with qemu-virgil 4.2.0.

```
Unable to install GRUB in /dev/vda (as superuser)

Executing 'grub-install /dev/vda' failed

This is fatal error.
```

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 20.10
Package: ubiquity 20.10.9
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 5.4.0-42.46-generic 5.4.44
Uname: Linux 5.4.0-42-generic x86_64
NonfreeKernelModules: zfs zunicode zavl icp zcommon znvpair
ApportVersion: 2.20.11-0ubuntu44
Architecture: amd64
CasperMD5CheckResult: pass
CasperVersion: 1.452
Date: Mon Aug 24 11:17:46 2020
InstallCmdLine: BOOT_IMAGE=/casper/vmlinuz file=/cdrom/preseed/ubuntu-mate.seed maybe-ubiquity quiet splash ---
LiveMediaBuild: Ubuntu-MATE 20.10 "Groovy Gorilla" - Alpha amd64 (20200824)
ProcEnviron:
 LANGUAGE=en_US.UTF-8
 PATH=(custom, no user)
 XDG_RUNTIME_DIR=<set>
 LANG=en_US.UTF-8
 LC_NUMERIC=C.UTF-8
SourcePackage: grub-installer
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)

Revision history for this message
Norbert (nrbrtx) wrote :
Revision history for this message
Ubuntu QA Website (ubuntuqa) wrote :

This bug has been reported on the Ubuntu ISO testing tracker.

A list of all reports related to this bug can be found here:
http://iso.qa.ubuntu.com/qatracker/reports/bugs/1892687

tags: added: iso-testing
Norbert (nrbrtx)
summary: - grub installaion failed, then installer crashed
+ grub installaion failed, then installer crashed (EFI)
description: updated
Norbert (nrbrtx)
description: updated
description: updated
Norbert (nrbrtx)
description: updated
description: updated
Revision history for this message
Norbert (nrbrtx) wrote :

current builds are not affected anymore, seems fixed.

Changed in grub-installer (Ubuntu):
status: New → Fix Released
Changed in ubiquity (Ubuntu):
status: New → Fix Released
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