[Bug 1699520] Re: package grub-common 2.02~beta3-4ubuntu2.1 failed to install/upgrade: subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 1

[Brian Murray]

** Tags added: plymouth-ping

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Title:
  package grub-common 2.02~beta3-4ubuntu2.1 failed to install/upgrade:
  subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit
  status 1

Status in grub2 package in Ubuntu:
  New

Bug description:
  Setting up grub-common (2.02~beta3-4ubuntu2.1) ...
  update-rc.d: warning: start and stop actions are no longer supported; falling back to defaults
  Job for grub-common.service failed because a timeout was exceeded.
  See "systemctl status grub-common.service" and "journalctl -xe" for details.
  invoke-rc.d: initscript grub-common, action "start" failed.
  ● grub-common.service - LSB: Record successful boot for GRUB
     Loaded: loaded (/etc/init.d/grub-common; generated; vendor preset: enabled)
     Active: failed (Result: timeout) since Wed 2017-06-21 18:27:27 +04; 14ms ago
       Docs: man:systemd-sysv-generator(8)
    Process: 18498 ExecStart=/etc/init.d/grub-common start (code=killed, signal=TERM)
      Tasks: 3 (limit: 4915)
     CGroup: /system.slice/grub-common.service
             ├─17233 plymouth --ping
             └─18502 plymouth --ping

  Jun 21 18:22:26 pascal-System-Product-Name systemd[1]: Starting LSB: Record successful boot for GRUB...
  Jun 21 18:27:27 pascal-System-Product-Name systemd[1]: grub-common.service: Start operation timed out. Terminating.
  Jun 21 18:27:27 pascal-System-Product-Name systemd[1]: Failed to start LSB: Record successful boot for GRUB.
  Jun 21 18:27:27 pascal-System-Product-Name systemd[1]: grub-common.service: Unit entered failed state.
  Jun 21 18:27:27 pascal-System-Product-Name systemd[1]: grub-common.service: Failed with result 'timeout'.
  dpkg: error processing package grub-common (--configure):
   subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 1
  dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of grub-pc-bin:
   grub-pc-bin depends on grub-common (= 2.02~beta3-4ubuntu2.1); however:
    Package grub-common is not configured yet.

  dpkg: error processing package grub-pc-bin (--configure):
   dependency problems - leaving unconfigured
  dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of grub-pc:
   grub-pc depends on grub-common (= 2.02~beta3-4ubuntu2.1); however:
    Package grub-common is not configured yet.
   grub-pc depends on grub-pc-bin (= 2.02~beta3-4ubuntu2.1); however:
    Package grub-pc-bin is not configured yet.

  dpkg: error processing package grub-pc (--configure):
   dependency problems - leaving unconfigured
  dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of grub2-common:
   grub2-common depends on grub-common (= 2.02~beta3-4ubuntu2.1); however:
    Package grub-common is not configured yet.

  dpkg: error processing package grub2-common (--configure):
   dependency problems - leaving unconfigured
  No apport report written because the error message indicates its a followup error from a previous failure.
                                                                                                            No apport report written because the error message indicates its a followup error from a previous failure.
   No apport report written because MaxReports is reached already
                                                                 Errors were encountered while processing:
   grub-common
   grub-pc-bin
   grub-pc
   grub2-common
  E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1)

  ProblemType: Package
  DistroRelease: Ubuntu 17.04
  Package: grub-common 2.02~beta3-4ubuntu2.1
  ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 4.10.0-21.23-generic 4.10.11
  Uname: Linux 4.10.0-21-generic x86_64
  ApportVersion: 2.20.4-0ubuntu4.1
  Architecture: amd64
  Date: Wed Jun 21 17:32:38 2017
  ErrorMessage: subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 1
  InstallationDate: Installed on 2017-05-22 (30 days ago)
  InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 17.04 "Zesty Zapus" - Release amd64 (20170412)
  ProcCmdLine: BOOT_IMAGE=/vmlinuz-4.10.0-21-generic root=/dev/mapper/ubuntu--vg-root ro quiet splash vt.handoff=7
  RelatedPackageVersions:
   dpkg 1.18.10ubuntu2
   apt  1.4
  SourcePackage: grub2
  Title: package grub-common 2.02~beta3-4ubuntu2.1 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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