Comment 2 for bug 691569

Think I'm seeing the same problem. I ran

salisbury:~$ sudo dpkg --configure -a
Setting up grub-pc (1.99~20101210-1ubuntu2) ...

but it just hangs there indefinitely until I ^C.

Seems like it could be a critical issue, but just setting to high for now until the scope/severity is clearer. I definitely think this should be investigated prior to alpha-2, else we might have many unhappy upgraders on our hands.

salisbury:/srv/Source/HWSetup$ ps aux | grep grub
root 15694 0.0 0.1 5040 1588 pts/3 S 14:31 0:00 /bin/bash /var/lib/dpkg/info/grub-pc.postinst configure 1.99~20101126-1ubuntu3
root 15914 0.0 0.0 1896 592 pts/3 S 14:31 0:00 /bin/sh /usr/sbin/grub-install --force --no-floppy /dev/sda
root 16626 0.0 0.2 8088 4520 pts/3 D 14:31 0:00 /usr/sbin/grub-setup --force --directory=/boot/grub --device-map=/boot/grub/device.map /dev/sda
root 26994 0.0 0.5 11972 8340 pts/3 S+ 14:38 0:00 /usr/bin/perl -w /usr/share/debconf/frontend /var/lib/dpkg/info/grub-pc.postinst configure 1.99~20101126-1ubuntu3
root 27007 0.0 0.1 5040 1588 pts/3 S+ 14:38 0:00 /bin/bash /var/lib/dpkg/info/grub-pc.postinst configure 1.99~20101126-1ubuntu3
root 27217 0.0 0.0 1896 592 pts/3 S+ 14:38 0:00 /bin/sh /usr/sbin/grub-install --force --no-floppy /dev/sda
root 27910 0.1 0.2 8088 4520 pts/3 D+ 14:38 0:00 /usr/sbin/grub-setup --force --directory=/boot/grub --device-map=/boot/grub/device.map /dev/sda