package grub-pc 1.96 20080724-12ubuntu2.1 failed to install/upgrade: subprocess post-installation script returned error exit status 1

[Craig Seal]

Binary package hint: grub2

package grub-pc 1.96 20080724-12ubuntu2.1 failed to install/upgrade: subprocess post-installation script returned error exit status 1

Suspect something in my distribution is damaaged, as I rreceived a similar errorwhen upgrading Firefox from 3.6.8 to 3.6.11.
OS is Ubuntu 9.04
Received crash report when upgrading Firefox; message indicated grub could not be updated. I was attempting to reinstall grub through symantic package manager.

ProblemType: Package
Architecture: i386
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 9.04
ErrorMessage: subprocess post-installation script returned error exit status 1
NonfreeKernelModules: wl
Package: grub-pc 1.96+20080724-12ubuntu2.1
SourcePackage: grub2
Title: package grub-pc 1.96+20080724-12ubuntu2.1 failed to install/upgrade: subprocess post-installation script returned error exit status 1
Uname: Linux 2.6.28-19-generic i686

[Launchpad Janitor (janitor)]

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

[Marcus Tomlinson (marcustomlinson)]

This release of Ubuntu is no longer receiving maintenance updates. If this is still an issue on a maintained version of Ubuntu please let us know.

[Launchpad Janitor (janitor)]

[Expired for grub2 (Ubuntu) because there has been no activity for 60 days.]