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grub2 package

package linux-image-2.6.31-22-generic 2.6.31-22.67 failed to install/upgrade: subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 127

Bug #664136 reported by Greg Hill on 2010-10-20

This bug report is a duplicate of: Bug #484499: [MASTER] syntax errors in /etc/default/grub break upgrades. Edit Remove

This bug affects 1 person

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

Bug Description

Binary package hint: grub2

This happens every time i install updates is there a fix?

ProblemType: Package
Architecture: amd64
Date: Wed Oct 20 15:55:06 2010
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 9.10
ErrorMessage: subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 127
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 9.10 "Karmic Koala" - Release amd64 (20091027)
Package: linux-image-2.6.31-22-generic 2.6.31-22.67
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.31-22.67-generic
SourcePackage: grub2
Title: package linux-image-2.6.31-22-generic 2.6.31-22.67 failed to install/upgrade: subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 127
Uname: Linux 2.6.31-22-generic x86_64

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Greg Hill (uaw1998-deactivatedaccount) wrote on 2010-10-20:

AptOrdering.txt Edit (427 bytes, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
Dependencies.txt Edit (1.2 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
Dmesg.txt Edit (58.8 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
DpkgTerminalLog.txt Edit (19.2 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")

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Colin Watson (cjwatson) wrote on 2010-11-25:

The terminal log says:

/etc/default/grub: 9: quiet: not found

It seems that you've edited /etc/default/grub in a way that made its syntax invalid. You need to edit it again and fix it. You can test whether you've got it right using 'sh -n /etc/default/grub', which should produce no output if the file has valid syntax.

Bug 484499 is about the fact that the upgrade crashed rather than warning you about this and giving you the opportunity to fix it.