[Bug 1707832] Re: package shim-signed 1.32~16.04.1+0.9+1474479173.6c180c6-1ubuntu1 failed to install/upgrade: subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 1

[Steve Langasek]

On Tue, Aug 01, 2017 at 10:17:09PM -0000, cristina wrote:
> When I try those commands I get error messages (see below).

It looks like despite these errors, you should have generated some files
called '/tmp/grub-install-trace.*' - please attach them.

> I just remembered something that might be related to this bug. A few
> months ago I followed a guide to fix a boot error (the computer would
> not boot into ubuntu without live DVD). I was able to fix the boot
> problem, but maybe its solution is causing this bug? Here is the guide
> I followed: http://heeris.id.au/2014/ubuntu-plus-mac-pure-efi-boot/#fixing-efi

It's quite possible.  I don't think that having an hfs+ filesystem as your
EFI System Partition is compliant with the UEFI spec, and I don't know how
grub is interacting with this; but the strace output should tell us where to
look.

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Title:
  package shim-signed 1.32~16.04.1+0.9+1474479173.6c180c6-1ubuntu1
  failed to install/upgrade: subprocess installed post-installation
  script returned error exit status 1

Status in grub2 package in Ubuntu:
  Incomplete

Bug description:
  I tried to update ubuntu and I got this error message. I am using
  MacBook late 2007 with lubuntu 16.04 LTS 64bit.

  ProblemType: Package
  DistroRelease: Ubuntu 16.04
  Package: shim-signed 1.32~16.04.1+0.9+1474479173.6c180c6-1ubuntu1
  ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 4.4.0-87.110-generic 4.4.73
  Uname: Linux 4.4.0-87-generic x86_64
  .proc.sys.kernel.moksbstate_disabled: 0
  ApportVersion: 2.20.1-0ubuntu2.10
  Architecture: amd64
  BootEFIContents:
   fw
   fwupx64.efi
   System
  Date: Mon Jul 31 17:22:53 2017
  EFIBootMgr:
   BootCurrent: 0000
   Timeout: 0 seconds
   BootOrder: 0004
   Boot0004* Ubuntu 16.04.2 LTS	HD(1,GPT,6aa06c3c-cd2f-477e-a7a8-01871ef8de84,0x800,0x100000)/File(\System\Library\CoreServices)
   BootFFFF* 	PciRoot(0x0)/Pci(0x1f,0x2)/Sata(0,0,0)/HD(1,GPT,6aa06c3c-cd2f-477e-a7a8-01871ef8de84,0x800,0x100000)/File(\EFI\Ubuntu 16.04.2 LTS\System\Library\CoreServices\boot.efi)
  EFITables:
   Jul 31 08:51:10 asuka kernel: efi: EFI v1.10 by Apple
   Jul 31 08:51:10 asuka kernel: efi:  ACPI=0xbeeee000  ACPI 2.0=0xbeeee014  SMBIOS=0xbeec3000
  ErrorMessage: subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 1
  InstallationDate: Installed on 2017-05-10 (82 days ago)
  InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 14.04.2 LTS "Trusty Tahr" - Release amd64 (20150218.1)
  RelatedPackageVersions:
   dpkg 1.18.4ubuntu1.2
   apt  1.2.20
  SourcePackage: shim-signed
  Title: package shim-signed 1.32~16.04.1+0.9+1474479173.6c180c6-1ubuntu1 failed to install/upgrade: subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 1
  UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)

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