[Bug 1311247] Re: [Grubenv] error: malformed file, press any key to continue

[Quirin Lohr]

It is this line:
 grub-editenv /boot/grub/grubenv unset recordfail
When you boot, the grub loader writes into the grubenv file that the system start failed.
When the system is started, this flag is removed.

If the flag is not removed, there will be no countdown to select the
default entry on the next reboot. Perhaps you do not see it if you have
a single boot system.

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Title:
  [Grubenv] error: malformed file, press any key to continue

Status in GRand Unified Bootloader:
  Unknown
Status in “grub2” package in Ubuntu:
  Confirmed

Bug description:
  I have just upgraded from 12.04 to 14.04

  Since the upgrade, when I boot up, the process stops and the normal
  grub screen is replaced after a short while by a message saying

  "error: malformed file, press any key to continue"

  Pressing a key allows booting to continue.

  Someone else who experienced this found that the problem went away
  after having re-installed grub.  I tried this but this did not resolve
  the problem for me.

  synaptic reports the grub package as 2.02~beta2-9

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