[Bug 1916791] Re: grub installation crashes

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Status changed to 'Confirmed' because the bug affects multiple users.

** Changed in: grub-installer (Ubuntu)
       Status: New => Confirmed

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Title:
  grub installation crashes

Status in grub-installer package in Ubuntu:
  Confirmed

Bug description:
  I am trying to install Ubuntu 20.04.1 alongside Windows 10 on my new
  XMG laptop. The laptop has a NVMe SSD and a Nvidia 2060 graphics card.
  Firstly, after selecting Ubuntu from boot options, I get a "Initramfs
  unpacking failed: Decoding failed" error followed by a "nouveau DRM:
  failed to create kernel channel, -22" error. The installation proceeds
  after that (although it is slower than normal), and it finally crashes
  giving me the "executing grub-install /dev/nvme0n1 failed. This is a
  fatal error" error. I don't know if what I am describing in the
  beginning is related to the final error I'm getting. I am a beginner
  in Linux

  ProblemType: Bug
  DistroRelease: Ubuntu 20.04
  Package: ubiquity 20.04.15.2
  ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 5.4.0-42.46-generic 5.4.44
  Uname: Linux 5.4.0-42-generic x86_64
  NonfreeKernelModules: zfs zunicode zavl icp zcommon znvpair
  ApportVersion: 2.20.11-0ubuntu27.4
  Architecture: amd64
  CasperMD5CheckResult: skip
  CasperVersion: 1.445.1
  CurrentDesktop: ubuntu:GNOME
  Date: Wed Feb 24 19:12:25 2021
  InstallCmdLine: BOOT_IMAGE=/casper/vmlinuz file=/cdrom/preseed/ubuntu.seed maybe-ubiquity quiet splash acpi=off ---
  LiveMediaBuild: Ubuntu 20.04.1 LTS "Focal Fossa" - Release amd64 (20200731)
  ProcEnviron:
   LANGUAGE=en_US.UTF-8
   PATH=(custom, no user)
   XDG_RUNTIME_DIR=<set>
   LANG=en_US.UTF-8
   LC_NUMERIC=C.UTF-8
  SourcePackage: grub-installer
  UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)

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