Ubuntu
grub2 package

Grub failed boot detection - invalid enviroment block

Bug #1940900 reported by Joel Van Boxtel
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This bug affects 4 people
Affects Status Importance Assigned to Milestone
grub2 (Ubuntu)
Confirmed
Undecided
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Bug Description

grub failed boot detection.

systemctl recalls this:
grub-initrd-fallback.service - GRUB failed boot detection
     Loaded: loaded (/lib/systemd/system/grub-initrd-fallback.service; enabled; vendor preset: enabled)
     Active: failed (Result: exit-code) since Tue 2021-08-24 15:28:39 AWST; 13min ago
   Main PID: 875 (code=exited, status=1/FAILURE)

Aug 24 15:28:39 Z390-AORUS grub-editenv[875]: /usr/bin/grub-editenv: error: invalid environment block.
Aug 24 15:28:39 Z390-AORUS systemd[1]: Starting GRUB failed boot detection...
Aug 24 15:28:39 Z390-AORUS systemd[1]: grub-initrd-fallback.service: Main process exited, code=exited, status=1/FAILURE
Aug 24 15:28:39 Z390-AORUS systemd[1]: grub-initrd-fallback.service: Failed with result 'exit-code'.
Aug 24 15:28:39 Z390-AORUS systemd[1]: Failed to start GRUB failed boot detection.

Revision history for this message
Launchpad Janitor (janitor) wrote :

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

Changed in grub2 (Ubuntu):
status: New → Confirmed
Revision history for this message
Timothy Quinn (tim-c-quinn) wrote :

Same issue here. Was a machine that I had not touched for several months. Booted it and after updating, got this error.

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