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grub2 package

package grub-efi-amd64 2.02-2ubuntu8.2 failed to install/upgrade: installed grub-efi-amd64 package post-installation script subprocess returned error exit status 128

Bug #1784218 reported by Ross Ylitalo on 2018-07-29

This bug report is a duplicate of: Bug #2069726: outdated grub2 install failure catch-all. Edit Remove

This bug affects 1 person

Affects		Status	Importance	Assigned to	Milestone
	debconf (Ubuntu)	New	Undecided	Unassigned
	grub2 (Ubuntu)	New	Undecided	Unassigned

Bug Description

I was booting into Ubuntu, using the default option in grub, and was able to enter my password in the login screen, but the displays started flickering a lot, and there were a lot of repeated text messages (it switched into text mode). I finally did a hard reset and tried booting into ubuntu - generic which seemed to work. There was a prompt from apt to update, so I did, and then I got this error message.

ProblemType: Package
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 18.04
Package: grub-efi-amd64 2.02-2ubuntu8.2
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 4.15.0-29.31-generic 4.15.18
Uname: Linux 4.15.0-29-generic x86_64
ApportVersion: 2.20.9-0ubuntu7.2
Architecture: amd64
Date: Sun Jul 29 06:00:14 2018
ErrorMessage: installed grub-efi-amd64 package post-installation script subprocess returned error exit status 128
InstallationDate: Installed on 2017-11-11 (259 days ago)
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 17.10 "Artful Aardvark" - Release amd64 (20171018)
ProcCmdLine: BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-4.15.0-29-generic root=UUID=a68c1ee5-ce8a-4eed-b95f-7625f3118746 ro quiet splash vt.handoff=1
Python3Details: /usr/bin/python3.6, Python 3.6.5, python3-minimal, 3.6.5-3ubuntu1
PythonDetails: /usr/bin/python2.7, Python 2.7.15rc1, python-minimal, 2.7.15~rc1-1
RelatedPackageVersions:
dpkg 1.19.0.5ubuntu2
apt 1.6.3
SourcePackage: grub2
Title: package grub-efi-amd64 2.02-2ubuntu8.2 failed to install/upgrade: installed grub-efi-amd64 package post-installation script subprocess returned error exit status 128
UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to bionic on 2018-06-23 (35 days ago)

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Ross Ylitalo (ross-ylitalo) wrote on 2018-07-29:

AptOrdering.txt Edit (1.5 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
Dependencies.txt Edit (1.8 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
Df.txt Edit (2.0 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
Dmesg.txt Edit (67.8 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
DpkgHistoryLog.txt Edit (37.8 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
DpkgTerminalLog.txt Edit (10.6 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
DuplicateSignature.txt Edit (2.3 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
EtcDefaultGrub.txt Edit (1.3 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
ProcCpuinfoMinimal.txt Edit (1.0 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")

Apport retracing service (apport) on 2018-07-29

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Phillip Susi (psusi) wrote on 2018-08-13:

Looks like some more debconf breakage:

Use of uninitialized value $reply in scalar chomp at /usr/share/perl5/Debconf/FrontEnd/Passthrough.pm line 66, <GEN0> line 10.
Use of uninitialized value $reply in concatenation (.) or string at /usr/share/perl5/Debconf/FrontEnd/Passthrough.pm line 67, <GEN0> line 10.
Use of uninitialized value $reply in split at /usr/share/perl5/Debconf/FrontEnd/Passthrough.pm line 68, <GEN0> line 10.
Use of uninitialized value in string eq at /usr/share/perl5/Debconf/FrontEnd/Passthrough.pm line 202, <GEN0> line 10.
Use of uninitialized value $reply in scalar chomp at /usr/share/perl5/Debconf/FrontEnd/Passthrough.pm line 66, <GEN0> line 10.
Use of uninitialized value $reply in concatenation (.) or string at /usr/share/perl5/Debconf/FrontEnd/Passthrough.pm line 67, <GEN0> line 10.
Use of uninitialized value $reply in split at /usr/share/perl5/Debconf/FrontEnd/Passthrough.pm line 68, <GEN0> line 10.
Use of uninitialized value $ret in string eq at /usr/share/perl5/Debconf/FrontEnd/Passthrough.pm line 212, <GEN0> line 10.
Use of uninitialized value $_[1] in join or string at /usr/share/perl5/Debconf/DbDriver/Stack.pm line 111, <GEN0> line 10.