Comment 67 for bug 1767703

It worked.

On Fri 18 May, 2018, 6:21 PM John D, <email address hidden> wrote:

> I made an installer of ubuntu mate 18.04 and encountered failures in all
> methods of installation, side by side or to a newly created (gparted)
> ext4 partition with plenty of room and free space. It gets all the way
> though almost and kicks out the same error ‘apt-install grub efi …….’ I
> have a hybrid motherboard in this computer can use bios or uefi. Only
> way I got any joy was with a dvd ubuntu bionic beaver method. Usb never
> works and I tried over 20 times with different methods. I even tried to
> follow the ubuntu one directions to add the bootloader grub using
> copy/paste method. No good. I came to learn, after I was successful with
> the ubuntu via cd that there was indeed a successful installation but it
> never showed up until later when I put in the grub customizer app. So ,
> I do have a working , or 2 working installations of ubuntu. The ubuntu
> mate (which is my favorite DE) is not successful. I am not any expert
> so no way to know how much is my fault and if or how much is a bug or
> issue with the installer. I used 3 separate methods to create the live
> dvd or usb too.
>
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> From: <email address hidden> <email address hidden> on behalf of uthi <
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> Sent: Friday, May 18, 2018 4:35:52 AM
> To: <email address hidden>
> Subject: [Bug 1767703] Re: Calling 'apt-install grub-efi-amd64-signed'
> failed
>
> > In ubuntu 18.04 you need to select it manually while booting up.
>
> Yes, user can select UEFI mode or BIOS at boot time of installation, but
> somehow UEFI mode installation of opensuse (thumbleweed) works fine, but
> 1804 is not (on same disk and machine).
>
> Also UEFI mode installation 1804 on that machine displays "message" what
> it will be "manufactered mode" (as i remembered) and incorrectly defines
> (displays in partition table) all existing ext4 partition as "efi", and
> cant install grub on /dev/sdf(1), but tried on /dev/sda with failure
> message.
>
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> You received this bug notification because you are subscribed to a
> duplicate bug report (1770787).
> https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1767703
>
> Title:
> Calling 'apt-install grub-efi-amd64-signed' failed
>
> Status in grub-installer package in Ubuntu:
> Incomplete
>
> Bug description:
> /plugininstall.py: Exception during installation:
> /plugininstall.py: Traceback (most recent call last):
> /plugininstall.py: File "/usr/share/ubiquity/plugininstall.py", line
> 1739, in <module>
> /plugininstall.py: install.run()
> /plugininstall.py: File "/usr/share/ubiquity/plugininstall.py", line
> 61, in wrapper
> /plugininstall.py: func(self)
> /plugininstall.py: File "/usr/share/ubiquity/plugininstall.py", line
> 227, in run
> /plugininstall.py: self.configure_bootloader()
> /plugininstall.py: File "/usr/share/ubiquity/plugininstall.py", line
> 971, in configure_bootloader
> /plugininstall.py: "GrubInstaller failed with code %d" % ret)
> /plugininstall.py: ubiquity.install_misc.InstallStepError: GrubInstaller
> failed with code 1
>
> ************************
>
> +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
> MBR-EFI-GPT explanations/requirements:
>
>
> https://askubuntu.com/questions/500359/efi-boot-partition-and-biosgrub-partition
>
> https://askubuntu.com/questions/831216/how-can-i-reinstall-grub-to-the-efi-partition
>
> https://askubuntu.com/questions/578928/why-i-need-several-boot-partitions-efi-and-bios-grub
> +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
>
> Manual fix:
>
> https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/ubiquity/+bug/1766945/comments/3
>
> also see: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/grub-
> installer/+bug/1763441/comments/2
>
> https://help.ubuntu.com/community/Boot-Repair
>
> https://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=2390700
>
> ************************
>
> ProblemType: Bug
> DistroRelease: Ubuntu 18.04
> Package: ubiquity 18.04.14
> ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 4.15.0-20.21-generic 4.15.17
> Uname: Linux 4.15.0-20-generic x86_64
> ApportVersion: 2.20.9-0ubuntu7
> Architecture: amd64
> CasperVersion: 1.394
> CurrentDesktop: ubuntu:GNOME
> Date: Sat Apr 28 20:39:35 2018
> InstallCmdLine: BOOT_IMAGE=/casper/vmlinuz
> file=/cdrom/preseed/ubuntu.seed boot=casper only-ubiquity quiet splash ---
> LiveMediaBuild: Ubuntu 18.04 LTS "Bionic Beaver" - Release amd64
> (20180426)
> ProcEnviron:
> LANGUAGE=de_DE.UTF-8
> PATH=(custom, no user)
> XDG_RUNTIME_DIR=<set>
> LANG=de_DE.UTF-8
> LC_NUMERIC=C.UTF-8
> SourcePackage: grub-installer
> UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)
>
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> --
> You received this bug notification because you are subscribed to a
> duplicate bug report (1767467).
> https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1767703
>
> Title:
> Calling 'apt-install grub-efi-amd64-signed' failed
>
> Status in grub-installer package in Ubuntu:
> Incomplete
>
> Bug description:
> /plugininstall.py: Exception during installation:
> /plugininstall.py: Traceback (most recent call last):
> /plugininstall.py: File "/usr/share/ubiquity/plugininstall.py", line
> 1739, in <module>
> /plugininstall.py: install.run()
> /plugininstall.py: File "/usr/share/ubiquity/plugininstall.py", line
> 61, in wrapper
> /plugininstall.py: func(self)
> /plugininstall.py: File "/usr/share/ubiquity/plugininstall.py", line
> 227, in run
> /plugininstall.py: self.configure_bootloader()
> /plugininstall.py: File "/usr/share/ubiquity/plugininstall.py", line
> 971, in configure_bootloader
> /plugininstall.py: "GrubInstaller failed with code %d" % ret)
> /plugininstall.py: ubiquity.install_misc.InstallStepError: GrubInstaller
> failed with code 1
>
> ************************
>
> +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
> MBR-EFI-GPT explanations/requirements:
>
>
> https://askubuntu.com/questions/500359/efi-boot-partition-and-biosgrub-partition
>
> https://askubuntu.com/questions/831216/how-can-i-reinstall-grub-to-the-efi-partition
>
> https://askubuntu.com/questions/578928/why-i-need-several-boot-partitions-efi-and-bios-grub
> +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
>
> Manual fix:
>
> https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/ubiquity/+bug/1766945/comments/3
>
> also see: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/grub-
> installer/+bug/1763441/comments/2
>
> https://help.ubuntu.com/community/Boot-Repair
>
> https://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=2390700
>
> ************************
>
> ProblemType: Bug
> DistroRelease: Ubuntu 18.04
> Package: ubiquity 18.04.14
> ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 4.15.0-20.21-generic 4.15.17
> Uname: Linux 4.15.0-20-generic x86_64
> ApportVersion: 2.20.9-0ubuntu7
> Architecture: amd64
> CasperVersion: 1.394
> CurrentDesktop: ubuntu:GNOME
> Date: Sat Apr 28 20:39:35 2018
> InstallCmdLine: BOOT_IMAGE=/casper/vmlinuz
> file=/cdrom/preseed/ubuntu.seed boot=casper only-ubiquity quiet splash ---
> LiveMediaBuild: Ubuntu 18.04 LTS "Bionic Beaver" - Release amd64
> (20180426)
> ProcEnviron:
> LANGUAGE=de_DE.UTF-8
> PATH=(custom, no user)
> XDG_RUNTIME_DIR=<set>
> LANG=de_DE.UTF-8
> LC_NUMERIC=C.UTF-8
> SourcePackage: grub-installer
> UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)
>
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