[Bug 765270] Re: grub-installer fails to remove grub-pc when installing on EFI systems

[Massimo Forti]

Hi the bug #817912 show the same problems for Linux Mint 11:

Jul 29 08:10:21 mint grub-installer: info: architecture: amd64/efi
Jul 29 08:10:22 mint grub-installer: info: Identified partition label for /dev/sda5: msdos
Jul 29 08:10:23 mint grub-installer: dpkg: warning: there's no installed package matching grub
Jul 29 08:10:23 mint grub-installer: dpkg: warning: there's no installed package matching grub-legacy
Jul 29 08:10:23 mint grub-installer: dpkg: dependency problems prevent removal of grub-pc:
Jul 29 08:10:23 mint grub-installer: startupmanager depends on grub | grub-pc; however:
Jul 29 08:10:23 mint grub-installer: Package grub is not installed.
Jul 29 08:10:23 mint grub-installer: Package grub-pc is to be removed.
Jul 29 08:10:23 mint grub-installer: dpkg: error processing grub-pc (--purge):
Jul 29 08:10:23 mint grub-installer: dependency problems - not removing
Jul 29 08:10:23 mint grub-installer: dpkg: dependency problems prevent removal of grub-gfxpayload-lists:
Jul 29 08:10:23 mint grub-installer: grub-pc depends on grub-gfxpayload-lists.
Jul 29 08:10:23 mint grub-installer: dpkg: error processing grub-gfxpayload-lists (--purge):
Jul 29 08:10:23 mint grub-installer: dependency problems - not removing
Jul 29 08:10:23 mint grub-installer: Errors were encountered while processing:
Jul 29 08:10:23 mint grub-installer: grub-pc
Jul 29 08:10:23 mint grub-installer: grub-gfxpayload-lists
Jul 29 08:10:23 mint ubiquity: umount: /target/cdrom: not found
Jul 29 08:10:23 mint plugininstall.py: log-output -t ubiquity umount /target/cdrom
Jul 29 08:10:23 mint finish-install: Disabling CD in sources.list
Jul 29 08:10:23 mint plugininstall.py: Exception during installation:
Jul 29 08:10:23 mint plugininstall.py: Traceback (most recent call last):
Jul 29 08:10:23 mint plugininstall.py: File "/usr/share/ubiquity/plugininstall.py", line 1551, in <module>
Jul 29 08:10:23 mint plugininstall.py: install.run()
Jul 29 08:10:23 mint plugininstall.py: File "/usr/share/ubiquity/plugininstall.py", line 56, in wrapper
Jul 29 08:10:23 mint plugininstall.py: func(self)
Jul 29 08:10:23 mint plugininstall.py: File "/usr/share/ubiquity/plugininstall.py", line 201, in run
Jul 29 08:10:23 mint plugininstall.py: self.configure_bootloader()
Jul 29 08:10:23 mint plugininstall.py: File "/usr/share/ubiquity/plugininstall.py", line 844, in configure_bootloader
Jul 29 08:10:23 mint plugininstall.py: "GrubInstaller failed with code %d" % ret)
Jul 29 08:10:23 mint plugininstall.py: InstallStepError: GrubInstaller failed with code 1
Jul 29 08:10:23 mint plugininstall.py:

** Also affects: ubiquity (Ubuntu)
   Importance: Undecided
       Status: New

** Changed in: ubiquity (Ubuntu)
       Status: New => Confirmed

** Changed in: ubiquity (Ubuntu Natty)
       Status: New => Confirmed

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Title:
  grub-installer fails to remove grub-pc when installing on EFI systems

Status in “grub-installer” package in Ubuntu:
  Fix Released
Status in “ubiquity” package in Ubuntu:
  Confirmed
Status in “grub-installer” source package in Natty:
  Fix Released
Status in “ubiquity” source package in Natty:
  Confirmed

Bug description:
  Binary package hint: ubiquity

  ubiquity tried to unpack nvidia-current, couldn't find it, fetched it,
  started unpacking, and immediately after that crashed.  It then
  reverted to the live cd environment.  It did not succeed in installing
  grub alongside the windows 7 loader, so what system is installed is
  unusable.

  Separate note: this bug reporting method does not allow for multiple
  attachments and the partman log is too long to fit in this field.

  EDIT: 4/19/2011 @ 8:31PM CT
  I neglected to mention that this is an install to a 120gb ADATA SSD on an Asus P8H67-I, i5-2500k, 8gb ram, Geforce 560ti from a usb thumb drive.  I don't know if any of the hardware is relevant beyond the thumb drive and the SSD however, but thought it pertinent to list if any applied.

  ProblemType: Crash
  DistroRelease: Ubuntu 11.04
  Package: ubiquity 2.6.5
  ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.38-8.42-generic 2.6.38.2
  Uname: Linux 2.6.38-8-generic x86_64
  Architecture: amd64
  Date: Mon Apr 18 17:12:09 2011
  ExecutablePath: /usr/bin/ubiquity-dm
  InterpreterPath: /usr/bin/python2.7
  LiveMediaBuild: Ubuntu 11.04 "Natty Narwhal" - Beta amd64 (20110417)
  ProcCmdline: /usr/bin/python /usr/bin/ubiquity-dm vt7 :0 hostname /usr/bin/ubiquity --only
  ProcEnviron:
   LANGUAGE=
   PATH=(custom, no user)
   LANG=en_US.UTF-8
  PythonArgs: ['/usr/bin/ubiquity-dm', 'vt7', ':0', 'hostname', '/usr/bin/ubiquity', '--only']
  SourcePackage: ubiquity
  Title: ubiquity-dm crashed with ValueError in command(): invalid literal for int() with base 10: ''
  UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)
  UserGroups:

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