grub-pc.postinst exited 1

Bug #486310 reported by Andrew Denomme
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grub2 (Ubuntu)
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Bug Description

Binary package hint: grub2

Unsure, just doing a fresh install for first time, and was automatically brought here. it said something about the grub configuration being different in package than what was installed locally. i chose the one with the maintainer uses, and it loaded and brought me here.

ProblemType: Package
Architecture: i386
Date: Sat Nov 21 10:03:44 2009
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 9.10
ErrorMessage: subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 1
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 9.10 "Karmic Koala" - Release i386 (20091028.5)
Package: grub-pc 1.97~beta4-1ubuntu4
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.31-14.48-generic
SourcePackage: grub2
Title: package grub-pc 1.97~beta4-1ubuntu4 failed to install/upgrade: subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 1
Uname: Linux 2.6.31-14-generic i686

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Andrew Denomme (andrewdenomme) wrote :
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Colin Watson (cjwatson) wrote :

If you're still experiencing this problem (sorry for the delay!), then please use root privileges to edit /var/lib/dpkg/info/grub-pc.postinst and change the "-e" on the first line to "-ex"; then run 'sudo dpkg --configure grub-pc' and copy-and-paste the output into this bug. Thanks in advance!

summary: - Unsure
+ grub-pc.postinst exited 1
Changed in grub2 (Ubuntu):
status: New → Incomplete
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Launchpad Janitor (janitor) wrote :

[Expired for grub2 (Ubuntu) because there has been no activity for 60 days.]

Changed in grub2 (Ubuntu):
status: Incomplete → Expired
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