subiquity

ubuntu installation failed (grub-install: error)

Bug #2067055 reported by Alliakbar Zarkoob
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Bug Description

May 24 14:38:20 ubuntu subiquity_log.3811[8694]: Stderr: Installing grub to /boot/efi.
May 24 14:38:20 ubuntu subiquity_log.3811[8694]: Installing for x86_64-efi platform.
May 24 14:38:20 ubuntu subiquity_log.3811[8694]: grub-install: warning: Cannot set EFI variable Boot0000.
May 24 14:38:20 ubuntu subiquity_log.3811[8694]: grub-install: warning: efivarfs_set_variable: writing to fd 8 failed: Invalid argument.
May 24 14:38:20 ubuntu subiquity_log.3811[8694]: grub-install: warning: _efi_set_variable_mode: ops->set_variable() failed: Invalid argument.
May 24 14:38:20 ubuntu subiquity_log.3811[8694]: grub-install: error: failed to register the EFI boot entry: Invalid argument.
May 24 14:38:20 ubuntu subiquity_log.3811[8694]:
May 24 14:38:20 ubuntu subiquity_log.3811[8694]: Unexpected error while running command.
May 24 14:38:20 ubuntu subiquity_log.3811[8694]: Command: ['unshare', '--fork', '--pid', '--mount-proc=/target/proc', '--', 'chroot', '/target', '/usr/lib/grub/grub-multi-install']
May 24 14:38:20 ubuntu subiquity_log.3811[8694]: Exit code: 1
May 24 14:38:20 ubuntu subiquity_log.3811[8694]: Reason: -
May 24 14:38:20 ubuntu subiquity_log.3811[8694]: Stdout: ''
May 24 14:38:20 ubuntu subiquity_log.3811[8694]: Stderr: Installing grub to /boot/efi.
May 24 14:38:20 ubuntu subiquity_log.3811[8694]: Installing for x86_64-efi platform.
May 24 14:38:20 ubuntu subiquity_log.3811[8694]: grub-install: warning: Cannot set EFI variable Boot0000.
May 24 14:38:20 ubuntu subiquity_log.3811[8694]: grub-install: warning: efivarfs_set_variable: writing to fd 8 failed: Invalid argument.
May 24 14:38:20 ubuntu subiquity_log.3811[8694]: grub-install: warning: _efi_set_variable_mode: ops->set_variable() failed: Invalid argument.
May 24 14:38:20 ubuntu subiquity_log.3811[8694]: grub-install: error: failed to register the EFI boot entry: Invalid argument.
May 24 14:38:20 ubuntu subiquity_log.3811[8694]:
May 24 14:38:20 ubuntu subiquity_log.3811[8694]: {'current': '0005', 'timeout': '1 seconds', 'order': '0001,0005'}
May 24 14:38:20 ubuntu subiquity_log.3811[8694]: {'current': '0005', 'timeout': '1 seconds', 'order': '0001,0005'}
May 24 14:38:20 ubuntu subiquity_log.3811[8694]:
May 24 14:38:20 ubuntu subiquity_log.3811[8694]: Stderr: ''
May 24 14:38:20 ubuntu subiquity_event.3811[3811]: curtin command install

Tags: grub
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Sebastien Bacher (seb128) wrote :

Thank you for your bug report. Could you add the logs from/var/log/installer after getting the problem?

Changed in ubuntu-desktop-provision:
status: New → Incomplete
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Sebastien Bacher (seb128) wrote :

The log extract has that entry

May 24 14:38:20 ubuntu subiquity_log.3811[8694]: Installing for x86_64-efi platform.
May 24 14:38:20 ubuntu subiquity_log.3811[8694]: grub-install: warning: Cannot set EFI variable Boot0000.
May 24 14:38:20 ubuntu subiquity_log.3811[8694]: grub-install: warning: efivarfs_set_variable: writing to fd 8 failed: Invalid argument.
May 24 14:38:20 ubuntu subiquity_log.3811[8694]: grub-install: warning: _efi_set_variable_mode: ops->set_variable() failed: Invalid argument.
May 24 14:38:20 ubuntu subiquity_log.3811[8694]: grub-install: error: failed to register the EFI boot entry: Invalid argument.

but there might be extra context earlier in the log

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