[Bug 1289977] Re: Ubuntu 14.04 Update breaks grub, resulting in "error: symbol 'grub_term_highlight_color' not found"

[Tomdkat]

After many hours of frustration, I was able to get my mom's computer to
boot.  Michael Prentice's post, #60, provided some useful information.
Previously, I used an Ubuntu 13.04 live DVD I have to boot the system,
install and run the Boot-Repair utility but it didn't work.  Once I
booted an Ubuntu GNOME 13.10 live DVD I have, I was able to install and
run the Boot-Repair utility and was able to boot the main system.  Yay!

After getting the main system to boot, I confirmed it worked and shut it
down.  I then tried booting it again and it failed to boot.  :(  So, I
re-boot the Ubuntu GNOME 13.10 live DVD, re-isntalled and re-ran the
Boot-Repair utility and was able to boot the system again.  I haven't
shut it down yet.

With the system running, I was able to run the "dpkg-reconfigure"
command mentioned above.  Here are the results:

tom at computer:~$ sudo dpkg-reconfigure grub-pc
[sudo] password for tom: 
dpkg-query: package 'grub-pc' is not installed and no information is available
Use dpkg --info (= dpkg-deb --info) to examine archive files,
and dpkg --contents (= dpkg-deb --contents) to list their contents.
/usr/sbin/dpkg-reconfigure: grub-pc is not installed
tom at computer:~$ sudo dpkg-reconfigure grub-efi
tom at computer:~$ sudo debconf-show grub-pc
  grub-pc/chainload_from_menu.lst: true
  grub2/kfreebsd_cmdline:
  grub2/kfreebsd_cmdline_default: quiet splash
  grub-pc/postrm_purge_boot_grub: false
  grub-pc/install_devices_disks_changed:
  grub-pc/hidden_timeout: true
  grub-pc/install_devices_failed: false
  grub-pc/kopt_extracted: false
  grub2/device_map_regenerated:
  grub-pc/partition_description:
  grub-pc/install_devices_empty: false
  grub-pc/disk_description:
  grub-pc/mixed_legacy_and_grub2: true
  grub2/linux_cmdline:
  grub2/linux_cmdline_default: quiet splash
  grub-pc/install_devices:
  grub-pc/timeout: 10
  grub-pc/install_devices_failed_upgrade: true
tom at computer:~$ sudo debconf-show grub-efi
tom at computer:~$

The main system does have UEFI but secure boot is disabled.  The system
came with Windows 8 pre-installed but I replaced that with Ubuntu 13.04
and then later upgraded the system to Ubuntu 13.10.   I never set the
system up to dual-boot with Windows and when I installed Ubuntu 13.04, I
let the installer use the entire drive for the Ubuntu installation.

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Title:
  Ubuntu 14.04 Update breaks grub, resulting in "error: symbol
  'grub_term_highlight_color' not found"

Status in “grub2” package in Ubuntu:
  Confirmed
Status in “ubuntu-release-upgrader” package in Ubuntu:
  Confirmed

Bug description:
  The update from 13.10 to 14.04 via update-manager broke grub for me,
  which resulted in the grub error:

  "symbol 'grub_term_highlight_color' not found"

  on startup.

  To fix the problem I had to boot to my persisting Ubuntu installation
  (e.g. using Super Grub Disk) and had to reinstall grub on my boot
  partition: "sudo grub-install --recheck /dev/sdx"

  ProblemType: Bug
  DistroRelease: Ubuntu 14.04
  Package: grub2-common 2.02~beta2-6
  ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.13.0-16.36-generic 3.13.5
  Uname: Linux 3.13.0-16-generic x86_64
  ApportVersion: 2.13.3-0ubuntu1
  Architecture: amd64
  CurrentDesktop: Unity
  Date: Sun Mar  9 10:36:45 2014
  EcryptfsInUse: Yes
  InstallationDate: Installed on 2013-12-10 (88 days ago)
  InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 13.10 "Saucy Salamander" - Release amd64 (20131016.1)
  ProcEnviron:
   LANGUAGE=de_DE
   PATH=(custom, no user)
   XDG_RUNTIME_DIR=<set>
   LANG=de_DE.UTF-8
   SHELL=/bin/bash
  SourcePackage: grub2
  UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to trusty on 2014-03-07 (2 days ago)

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