package grub-pc 1.97~beta4-1ubuntu5 failed to install/upgrade: subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 127 - /etc/default/grub: 9: splash: not found

[Martin Tremblay]

Binary package hint: grub2

Ubuntu 9.10

ProblemType: Package
Architecture: i386
Date: Mon Apr 19 09:31:04 2010
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 9.10
ErrorMessage: subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 127
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 9.10 "Karmic Koala" - Release i386 (20091028.5)
Package: grub-pc 1.97~beta4-1ubuntu5
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.31-20.58-generic
SourcePackage: grub2
Title: package grub-pc 1.97~beta4-1ubuntu5 failed to install/upgrade: subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 127
Uname: Linux 2.6.31-20-generic i686

[Jean-Baptiste Lallement (jibel)]

Thanks for your report.

Could you please attach the file /etc/default/grub to this report ? Did you change it manually ?
Thanks in advance.

[Martin Tremblay (martinatremblay)]

Requested file attached.

I was attempting to install an update/patch to empathy to enable deletion of
prior conversations, which resulted in bug report.

I do not believe it is related, but I also installed software modem drivers,
which appears to have disabled my audio. I have uninstalled drivers and
sound has returned.

On Mon, Apr 19, 2010 at 3:03 PM, Jean-Baptiste Lallement <
<email address hidden>> wrote:

> Thanks for your report.
>
> Could you please attach the file /etc/default/grub to this report ? Did you
> change it manually ?
> Thanks in advance.
>
>
> ** Summary changed:
>
> - package grub-pc 1.97~beta4-1ubuntu5 failed to install/upgrade: subprocess
> installed post-installation script returned error exit status 127
> + package grub-pc 1.97~beta4-1ubuntu5 failed to install/upgrade: subprocess
> installed post-installation script returned error exit status 127 -
> /etc/default/grub: 9: splash: not found
>
> ** Changed in: grub2 (Ubuntu)
> Status: New => Incomplete
>
> --
> package grub-pc 1.97~beta4-1ubuntu5 failed to install/upgrade: subprocess
> installed post-installation script returned error exit status 127 -
> /etc/default/grub: 9: splash: not found
> https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/566819
> You received this bug notification because you are a direct subscriber
> of the bug.
>
> Status in “grub2” package in Ubuntu: Incomplete
>
> Bug description:
> Binary package hint: grub2
>
> Ubuntu 9.10
>
> ProblemType: Package
> Architecture: i386
> Date: Mon Apr 19 09:31:04 2010
> DistroRelease: Ubuntu 9.10
> ErrorMessage: subprocess installed post-installation script returned error
> exit status 127
> InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 9.10 "Karmic Koala" - Release i386 (20091028.5)
> Package: grub-pc 1.97~beta4-1ubuntu5
> ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.31-20.58-generic
> SourcePackage: grub2
> Title: package grub-pc 1.97~beta4-1ubuntu5 failed to install/upgrade:
> subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 127
> Uname: Linux 2.6.31-20-generic i686
>
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>

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Cheers,
Martin Tremblay
403-710-2015
<email address hidden>

[Jean-Baptiste Lallement (jibel)]

Thanks for the file

The error is
GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX_DEFAULT=”quiet splash nomodeset acpi_backlight=vendor”
it should be
GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX_DEFAULT="quiet splash nomodeset acpi_backlight=vendor"

note the different quotes ” and "

could you please provide the output of
$ debconf-show grub-pc

Do you remember when you first encountered this error and when and how the parameters "nomodeset acpi_backlight=vendor" were added ?

[Jean-Baptiste Lallement (jibel)]

And did you change that file manually to add the options ?