package grub-common 2.02~beta3-4ubuntu7.1 failed to install/upgrade: podproces zainstalowany skrypt post-installation zwrócił kod błędu 1

[Ryszard Skowron]

Errors have popped up during the upgrade
See "systemctl status grub-common.service" and "journalctl -xe" for details.
invoke-rc.d: initscript grub-common, action "start" failed.
● grub-common.service - LSB: Record successful boot for GRUB
   Loaded: loaded (/etc/init.d/grub-common; generated; vendor preset: enabled)
   Active: failed (Result: timeout) since Tue 2018-02-06 07:52:27 CET; 8ms ago
     Docs: man: systemd-sysv-generator (8)
  Process: 24515 ExecStart = / etc / init.d / grub-common start (code = killed, signal = TERM)
    Tasks: 2 (limit: 4915)
   CGroup: /system.slice/grub-common.service
           └─24519 plymouth --ping

Feb 06 07:47:26 rskowron01 systemd [1]: Starting LSB: Record successful boot for GRUB ...
Feb 06 07:52:27 rskowron01 systemd [1]: grub-common.service: Start operation timed out. Terminating.
Feb 06 07:52:27 rskowron01 systemd [1]: Failed to start LSB: Record successful boot for GRUB.
Feb 06 07:52:27 rskowron01 systemd [1]: grub-common.service: Unit entered failed state.
Feb 06 07:52:27 rskowron01 systemd [1]: grub-common.service: Failed with result 'timeout'.

ProblemType: Package
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 17.10
Package: grub-common 2.02~beta3-4ubuntu7.1
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 4.13.0-32.35-generic 4.13.13
Uname: Linux 4.13.0-32-generic x86_64
NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia_uvm nvidia_drm nvidia_modeset nvidia
ApportVersion: 2.20.7-0ubuntu3.7
Architecture: amd64
Date: Tue Feb 6 07:52:27 2018
ErrorMessage: podproces zainstalowany skrypt post-installation zwrócił kod błędu 1
ProcCmdLine: BOOT_IMAGE=/vmlinuz-4.13.0-32-generic root=UUID=998c0702-966b-4b87-a2d3-e077daf49306 ro quiet splash vt.handoff=7
Python3Details: /usr/bin/python3.6, Python 3.6.3, python3-minimal, 3.6.3-0ubuntu2
PythonDetails: /usr/bin/python2.7, Python 2.7.14, python-minimal, 2.7.14-2ubuntu1
RelatedPackageVersions:
 dpkg 1.18.24ubuntu1
 apt 1.5.1
SourcePackage: grub2
Title: package grub-common 2.02~beta3-4ubuntu7.1 failed to install/upgrade: podproces zainstalowany skrypt post-installation zwrócił kod błędu 1
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)

[Stefan Jacomeit (stefan-jacomeit)]

I have the same problem and see in other threads you need the 'strace plymouth --ping', so here it is on my machine:

execve("/bin/plymouth", ["plymouth", "--ping"], [/* 63 vars */]) = 0
brk(NULL) = 0x55ee0eea8000
access("/etc/ld.so.nohwcap", F_OK) = -1 ENOENT (No such file or directory)
access("/etc/ld.so.preload", R_OK) = -1 ENOENT (No such file or directory)
openat(AT_FDCWD, "/etc/ld.so.cache", O_RDONLY|O_CLOEXEC) = 3
fstat(3, {st_mode=S_IFREG|0644, st_size=87326, ...}) = 0
mmap(NULL, 87326, PROT_READ, MAP_PRIVATE, 3, 0) = 0x7efc5de10000
close(3) = 0
access("/etc/ld.so.nohwcap", F_OK) = -1 ENOENT (No such file or directory)
openat(AT_FDCWD, "/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libply.so.4", O_RDONLY|O_CLOEXEC) = 3
read(3, "\177ELF\2\1\1\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\3\0>\0\1\0\0\0000E\0\0\0\0\0\0"..., 832) = 832
fstat(3, {st_mode=S_IFREG|0644, st_size=88632, ...}) = 0
mmap(NULL, 8192, PROT_READ|PROT_WRITE, MAP_PRIVATE|MAP_ANONYMOUS, -1, 0) = 0x7efc5de0e000
mmap(NULL, 2185728, PROT_READ|PROT_EXEC, MAP_PRIVATE|MAP_DENYWRITE, 3, 0) = 0x7efc5d9e9000
mprotect(0x7efc5d9fe000, 2093056, PROT_NONE) = 0
mmap(0x7efc5dbfd000, 8192, PROT_READ|PROT_WRITE, MAP_PRIVATE|MAP_FIXED|MAP_DENYWRITE, 3, 0x14000) = 0x7efc5dbfd000
close(3) = 0
access("/etc/ld.so.nohwcap", F_OK) = -1 ENOENT (No such file or directory)
openat(AT_FDCWD, "/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libc.so.6", O_RDONLY|O_CLOEXEC) = 3
read(3, "\177ELF\2\1\1\3\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\3\0>\0\1\0\0\0\340\22\2\0\0\0\0\0"..., 832) = 832
fstat(3, {st_mode=S_IFREG|0755, st_size=1960656, ...}) = 0
mmap(NULL, 4061792, PROT_READ|PROT_EXEC, MAP_PRIVATE|MAP_DENYWRITE, 3, 0) = 0x7efc5d609000
mprotect(0x7efc5d7df000, 2097152, PROT_NONE) = 0
mmap(0x7efc5d9df000, 24576, PROT_READ|PROT_WRITE, MAP_PRIVATE|MAP_FIXED|MAP_DENYWRITE, 3, 0x1d6000) = 0x7efc5d9df000
mmap(0x7efc5d9e5000, 14944, PROT_READ|PROT_WRITE, MAP_PRIVATE|MAP_FIXED|MAP_ANONYMOUS, -1, 0) = 0x7efc5d9e5000
close(3) = 0
access("/etc/ld.so.nohwcap", F_OK) = -1 ENOENT (No such file or directory)
openat(AT_FDCWD, "/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/librt.so.1", O_RDONLY|O_CLOEXEC) = 3
read(3, "\177ELF\2\1\1\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\3\0>\0\1\0\0\0\0\"\0\0\0\0\0\0"..., 832) = 832
fstat(3, {st_mode=S_IFREG|0644, st_size=31744, ...}) = 0
mmap(NULL, 2128864, PROT_READ|PROT_EXEC, MAP_PRIVATE|MAP_DENYWRITE, 3, 0) = 0x7efc5d401000
mprotect(0x7efc5d408000, 2093056, PROT_NONE) = 0
mmap(0x7efc5d607000, 8192, PROT_READ|PROT_WRITE, MAP_PRIVATE|MAP_FIXED|MAP_DENYWRITE, 3, 0x6000) = 0x7efc5d607000
close(3) = 0
access("/etc/ld.so.nohwcap", F_OK) = -1 ENOENT (No such file or directory)
openat(AT_FDCWD, "/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libdl.so.2", O_RDONLY|O_CLOEXEC) = 3
read(3, "\177ELF\2\1\1\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\3\0>\0\1\0\0\0\220\16\0\0\0\0\0\0"..., 832) = 832
fstat(3, {st_mode=S_IFREG|0644, st_size=14632, ...}) = 0
mmap(NULL, 2109712, PROT_READ|PROT_EXEC, MAP_PRIVATE|MAP_DENYWRITE, 3, 0) = 0x7efc5d1fd000
mprotect(0x7efc5d200000, 2093056, PROT_NONE) = 0
mmap(0x7efc5d3ff000, 8192, PROT_READ|PROT_WRITE, MAP_PRIVATE|MAP_FIXED|MAP_DENYWRITE, 3, 0x2000) = 0x7efc5d3ff000
...

[Brian Murray (brian-murray)]

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 1705345, 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.

[Launchpad Janitor (janitor)]

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