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

[yarn]

This affects me, too, and I've been unable to fix the problem.

I tried pureblood's #27 strategy and _tried_ using dpkg-recongifure
grub-pc but even doing this with what I think are all my partitions it
doesn't work.

I did set it up top dual boot into Windows 8 and Ubuntu 13.10.  After
update to 14.04 machine is now unusable, giving the "symbol
'grub_term_highlight_color' not found" error and going to "grub rescue."

Having no idea what to report or do here, I'll ape what others did:

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Output from debconf-show grub-pc:
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debconf: DbDriver "passwords" warning: could not open /var/cache/debconf/passwords.dat: Permission denied
  grub2/kfreebsd_cmdline:
  grub2/linux_cmdline:
  grub-pc/install_devices_failed: false
  grub-pc/chainload_from_menu.lst: true
  grub-pc/postrm_purge_boot_grub: false
  grub2/kfreebsd_cmdline_default: quiet splash
  grub2/linux_cmdline_default: quiet splash
  grub-pc/hidden_timeout: true
  grub-pc/install_devices:
  grub-pc/partition_description:
  grub2/device_map_regenerated:
  grub-pc/kopt_extracted: false
  grub-pc/disk_description:
  grub-pc/install_devices_empty: false
  grub-pc/timeout: 10
  grub-pc/install_devices_failed_upgrade: true
  grub-pc/install_devices_disks_changed:
  grub-pc/mixed_legacy_and_grub2: true

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Output from sudo parted -l:
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Model: ATA ST2000DM001-9YN1 (scsi)
Disk /dev/sda: 2000GB
Sector size (logical/physical): 512B/4096B
Partition Table: gpt

Number  Start   End     Size    File system     Name                          Flags
 1      1049kB  420MB   419MB   ntfs            Basic data partition          hidden, diag
 2      420MB   735MB   315MB   fat32           EFI system partition          boot
 3      735MB   869MB   134MB                   Microsoft reserved partition  msftres
 4      869MB   716GB   715GB   ntfs            Basic data partition
 5      716GB   1970GB  1254GB  ext4
 6      1970GB  2000GB  30.1GB  linux-swap(v1)


Model: JetFlash Transcend 64GB (scsi)
Disk /dev/sdg: 63.2GB
Sector size (logical/physical): 512B/512B
Partition Table: msdos

Number  Start   End     Size    Type     File system  Flags
 1      1049kB  63.2GB  63.2GB  primary  fat32


Model: Flash Drive AL_USB20 (scsi)
Disk /dev/sdh: 129MB
Sector size (logical/physical): 512B/512B
Partition Table: msdos

Number  Start   End    Size   Type     File system  Flags
 1      49.7kB  129MB  129MB  primary  fat16


Warning: Unable to open /dev/sr0 read-write (Read-only file system).  /dev/sr0
has been opened read-only.
Error: Can't have a partition outside the disk!  
 
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I am just an ordinary user who'd hoped the "Linux for Human Beings"
could be used by a normal one, but maybe I was wrong.

Thanks for any help anyone can provide.

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

Status in Ubuntu Release Upgrader:
  New
Status in “grub2” 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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