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

[luvr]

You're right: I hadn't noticed, but my 'grubenv' file contains a
"recordfail=1" line. Also, as you state, there is no time-out on the
GRUB menu.

As a further experiment, I removed the "recordfail" lines on the menu
entries that included them, since I assumed that these were the commands
that were responsible for updating the 'grubenv' file. And, indeed, the
"recordfail=1" line no longer shows up after reboot. Furthermore, the
countdown on the GRUB menu remains.

Perhaps I should try and develop my own GRUB install scripts; as it
stands, the GRUB configuration file is far more complicated than what I
need.

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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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