Calamares install fails - Bootloader installation error

Bug #1981879 reported by Leó Kolbeinsson
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Bug Description

Testing Lubuntu Jammy daily ISO 15-07-2022

The installation fails with error message:

Bootloader installation error

The bootloader could not be installed. The installation command

grub-install --target=x86_64efi --efi-directory=/boot/efi --bootloader-id=ubuntu --force

returned error code 1

Attached is screenshot of the error

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 22.04
Package: calamares 3.2.41.1-0ubuntu4
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 5.15.0-43.46-generic 5.15.39
Uname: Linux 5.15.0-43-generic x86_64
.etc.calamares.modules.finished.conf:
 ---
 restartNowMode: user-checked
 restartNowCommand: "systemctl -i reboot"
.etc.calamares.modules.shellprocess_logs.conf:
 ---
 dontChroot: true
 timeout: 30
 script:
     - calamares-logs-helper @@ROOT@@
.etc.calamares.modules.unpackfs.conf:
 ---
 unpack:
     - source: "/cdrom/casper/filesystem.squashfs"
         sourcefs: "squashfs"
         destination: ""
ApportVersion: 2.20.11-0ubuntu82.1
Architecture: amd64
CasperMD5CheckResult: pass
CasperVersion: 1.470.1
CurrentDesktop: LXQt
Date: Sat Jul 16 07:34:43 2022
LiveMediaBuild: Lubuntu 22.04.1 LTS "Jammy Jellyfish" - Release amd64 (20220715)
RelatedPackageVersions:
 calamares-settings-ubuntu-common 1:22.04.4
 calamares-settings-lubuntu 1:22.04.4
 xfsprogs 5.13.0-1ubuntu2
 btrfs-progs 5.16.2-1
SourcePackage: calamares
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)

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Leó Kolbeinsson (leok) wrote :
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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/1981879

tags: added: iso-testing
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Leó Kolbeinsson (leok) wrote :

Retested on 2 machines and was unable to reproduce this error -

possible just a freak occurrence .. will be retesting next few days

See: http://iso.qa.ubuntu.com/qatracker/milestones/429/builds/253354/testcases/1701/results

Leó Kolbeinsson (leok)
Changed in calamares (Ubuntu):
status: New → Invalid
Simon Quigley (tsimonq2)
Changed in calamares (Ubuntu):
status: Invalid → Incomplete
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Launchpad Janitor (janitor) wrote :

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

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