grub-efi-amd64-signed can't install on clean HDD

Bug #1514854 reported by Marielle
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This bug affects 2 people
Affects Status Importance Assigned to Milestone
grub-installer (Ubuntu)
Confirmed
Undecided
Unassigned

Bug Description

When installing Ubuntu, the package can't install in the specified directory and none of the solutions on the forum works. Because of that, the installation can't end.

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 14.04
Package: ubiquity 2.18.8.9 [modified: lib/partman/automatically_partition/question]
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.19.0-25.26~14.04.1-generic 3.19.8-ckt2
Uname: Linux 3.19.0-25-generic x86_64
ApportVersion: 2.14.1-0ubuntu3.11
Architecture: amd64
CasperVersion: 1.340.2
Date: Tue Nov 10 15:05:57 2015
InstallCmdLine: BOOT_IMAGE=/casper/vmlinuz.efi file=/cdrom/preseed/ubuntu.seed boot=casper only-ubiquity quiet splash --
LiveMediaBuild: Ubuntu 14.04.3 LTS "Trusty Tahr" - Beta amd64 (20150805)
ProcEnviron:
 LANGUAGE=fr_FR.UTF-8
 TERM=linux
 PATH=(custom, no user)
 XDG_RUNTIME_DIR=<set>
 LANG=fr_FR.UTF-8
SourcePackage: grub-installer
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)

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Marielle (antoine-marielle) wrote :
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Phillip Susi (psusi) wrote :

The relevant error appears to be:

Can't access efivars filesystem at /sys/firmware/efi/efivars, aborting

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Launchpad Janitor (janitor) wrote :

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

Changed in grub-installer (Ubuntu):
status: New → Confirmed
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