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

[olly_b]

@psusi,
Thanks for the suggestions - As my laptop is currently running a fresh install of 13.04, I'm not sure the requested information is relevant:

olly at olly-laptop-1-ubuntu:/var/log/dist-upgrade$ ls
olly at olly-laptop-1-ubuntu:/var/log/dist-upgrade$ df
Filesystem     1K-blocks     Used Available Use% Mounted on
/dev/sda8       19091584  7010924  11104124  39% /
none                   4        0         4   0% /sys/fs/cgroup
udev             4017600        4   4017596   1% /dev
tmpfs             805424      904    804520   1% /run
none                5120        0      5120   0% /run/lock
none             4027112       72   4027040   1% /run/shm
none              102400       12    102388   1% /run/user
/dev/sda7      451651100 58118932 370582952  14% /home
/dev/sda2         262144    52420    209724  20% /boot/efi
olly at olly-laptop-1-ubuntu:/var/log/dist-upgrade$ sudo debconf-show grub-pc
  grub-pc/kopt_extracted: false
  grub2/kfreebsd_cmdline:
  grub2/device_map_regenerated:
  grub-pc/install_devices:
  grub-pc/postrm_purge_boot_grub: false
  grub-pc/install_devices_failed_upgrade: true
  grub-pc/disk_description:
  grub2/linux_cmdline:
  grub-pc/install_devices_empty: false
  grub2/kfreebsd_cmdline_default: quiet splash
  grub-pc/partition_description:
  grub-pc/install_devices_failed: false
  grub-pc/install_devices_disks_changed:
  grub2/linux_cmdline_default: quiet splash
  grub-pc/chainload_from_menu.lst: true
  grub-pc/hidden_timeout: true
  grub-pc/mixed_legacy_and_grub2: true
  grub-pc/timeout: 10
olly at olly-laptop-1-ubuntu:/var/log/dist-upgrade$ sudo debconf-show grub-efi
olly at olly-laptop-1-ubuntu:/var/log/dist-upgrade$ 

I have only used the official install or upgrade procedures - I have not manually installed or reconfigured.
In every dual-boot installation I have done I have needed to run boot-repair.
12.xx and 13.xx installations have resulted in functional systems (after boot-repair).
Both 14.04 upgrade and install resulted in this error.
If grub-efi needs to be installed instead of grub-pc, why is this not done by the installer?

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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:
  Incomplete

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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