package shim-signed 1.38+15+1533136590.3beb971-0ubuntu1 failed to install/upgrade: dependency problems - leaving triggers unprocessed

[steven davis]

Received the below when attempting apt upgrade:

Sourcing file `/etc/default/grub'
Generating grub configuration file ...
Found linux image: /boot/vmlinuz-4.18.0-16-generic
Found initrd image: /boot/initrd.img-4.18.0-16-generic
Found linux image: /boot/vmlinuz-4.18.0-15-generic
Found initrd image: /boot/initrd.img-4.18.0-15-generic
Adding boot menu entry for EFI firmware configuration
done
Removing linux-modules-4.18.0-14-generic (4.18.0-14.15) ...
Setting up grub-efi-amd64-signed (1.110.2+2.02+dfsg1-5ubuntu8.2) ...
Installing for x86_64-efi platform.
File descriptor 4 (/dev/sda1) leaked on vgs invocation. Parent PID 19775: grub-install
File descriptor 4 (/dev/sda1) leaked on vgs invocation. Parent PID 19775: grub-install
Could not add entry to BootOrder: Invalid argument
grub-install: error: efibootmgr failed to register the boot entry: No such device or address.
dpkg: error processing package grub-efi-amd64-signed (--configure):
 installed grub-efi-amd64-signed package post-installation script subprocess returned error exit status 1
dpkg: dependency problems prevent processing triggers for shim-signed:
 shim-signed depends on grub-efi-amd64-signed; however:
  Package grub-efi-amd64-signed is not configured yet.

dpkg: error processing package shim-signed (--configure):
 dependency problems - leaving triggers unprocessed
Errors were encountered while processing:
 grub-efi-amd64-signed
 shim-signed
E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1)

ProblemType: Package
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 18.10
Package: shim-signed 1.38+15+1533136590.3beb971-0ubuntu1
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 4.18.0-15.16-generic 4.18.20
Uname: Linux 4.18.0-15-generic x86_64
NonfreeKernelModules: wl
.proc.sys.kernel.moksbstate_disabled: Error: [Errno 2] No such file or directory: '/proc/sys/kernel/moksbstate_disabled'
ApportVersion: 2.20.10-0ubuntu13.2
AptOrdering: NULL: ConfigurePending
Architecture: amd64
Date: Wed Mar 6 05:55:10 2019
EFITables:
 Mar 06 05:44:58 steve-Satellite-S55t-C kernel: efi: EFI v2.40 by INSYDE Corp.
 Mar 06 05:44:58 steve-Satellite-S55t-C kernel: efi: SMBIOS=0x8c611000 ESRT=0x8c71d518 ACPI 2.0=0x8cffd014
 Mar 06 05:44:58 steve-Satellite-S55t-C kernel: secureboot: Secure boot could not be determined (mode 0)
 Mar 06 05:44:58 steve-Satellite-S55t-C kernel: esrt: Reserving ESRT space from 0x000000008c71d518 to 0x000000008c71d550.
ErrorMessage: dependency problems - leaving triggers unprocessed
InstallationDate: Installed on 2018-06-27 (251 days ago)
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 18.04 LTS "Bionic Beaver" - Release amd64 (20180426)
Python3Details: /usr/bin/python3.6, Python 3.6.7, python3-minimal, 3.6.7-1~18.10
PythonDetails: /usr/bin/python2.7, Python 2.7.15+, python-minimal, 2.7.15-3
RelatedPackageVersions:
 dpkg 1.19.0.5ubuntu5
 apt 1.7.2
SecureBoot: 6 0 0 0 0
SourcePackage: shim-signed
Title: package shim-signed 1.38+15+1533136590.3beb971-0ubuntu1 failed to install/upgrade: dependency problems - leaving triggers unprocessed
UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to cosmic on 2019-01-14 (51 days ago)