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package grub-pc 1.98-1ubuntu6 [modified: usr/sbin/grub-install] failed to install/upgrade: subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 1

Bug #577732 reported by Narahari Grama Srinivas on 2010-05-09

This bug report is a duplicate of: Bug #511463: grub-pc failed to install/upgrade: exit status 1 - frontend: Fatal IO error 11 (Resource temporarily unavailable) on X server :0.0.. Edit Remove

This bug affects 2 people

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

Bug Description

Binary package hint: grub2

I'm a new user. I don't know what grub is. But I've tried installing grub thrice... and all times it has just gotten stuck after proceeding to some extent. I don't know what it does... But I'll try reading up on it.

ProblemType: Package
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 10.04
Package: grub-pc 1.98-1ubuntu6 [modified: usr/sbin/grub-install]
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.32-21.32-generic 2.6.32.11+drm33.2
Uname: Linux 2.6.32-21-generic x86_64
Architecture: amd64
Date: Sat May 8 23:31:47 2010
ErrorMessage: subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 1
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 10.04 LTS "Lucid Lynx" - Release amd64 (20100429)
SourcePackage: grub2
Title: package grub-pc 1.98-1ubuntu6 [modified: usr/sbin/grub-install] failed to install/upgrade: subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 1

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Narahari Grama Srinivas (naraharigs) wrote on 2010-05-09:

AptOrdering.txt Edit (2.5 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
Dependencies.txt Edit (864 bytes, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
Df.txt Edit (847 bytes, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
Dmesg.txt Edit (64.5 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
DpkgTerminalLog.txt Edit (11.9 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")

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Brian Murray (brian-murray) wrote on 2011-06-22:

Thank you for taking the time to report this bug and helping to make Ubuntu better. This particular bug has already been reported and is a duplicate of bug 511463, so it is being marked as such. Please look at the other bug report to see if there is any missing information that you can provide, or to see if there is a workaround for the bug. Additionally, any further discussion regarding the bug should occur in the other report. Please continue to report any other bugs you may find.