Having a similar problem. r...@zeus:~# dpkg --configure -a -D2 Setting up grub-pc (1.97~beta4-1ubuntu4) ... D000002: fork/exec /var/lib/dpkg/info/grub-pc.postinst ( configure 1.97~beta4-1ubuntu3 ) Installation finished. No error reported. This is the contents of the device map /boot/grub/device.map. Check if this is correct or not. If any of the lines is incorrect, fix it and re-run the script `grub-install'.
(hd0) /dev/sda Generating grub.cfg ... Found linux image: /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.31-14-generic Found initrd image: /boot/initrd.img-2.6.31-14-generic Found memtest86+ image: /boot/memtest86+.bin Found Windows 7 (loader) on /dev/sda1 Found Mac OS X on /dev/sdb3 dpkg: error processing grub-pc (--configure): subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 1 Errors were encountered while processing: grub-pc r...@zeus:~# /var/lib/dpkg/info/grub-pc.postinst configure Installation finished. No error reported. This is the contents of the device map /boot/grub/device.map. Check if this is correct or not. If any of the lines is incorrect, fix it and re-run the script `grub-install'. (hd0) /dev/sda Generating grub.cfg ... Found linux image: /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.31-14-generic Found initrd image: /boot/initrd.img-2.6.31-14-generic Found memtest86+ image: /boot/memtest86+.bin Found Windows 7 (loader) on /dev/sda1 Found Mac OS X on /dev/sdb3 r...@zeus:~# echo $? 1 So by all appearances grub-install is fine, but something is wrong in either grub-pc.postinst or debconf/frontend causing it to return non- zero. I'll dig deeper. -- package grub-pc 1.96+20090826-3ubuntu3 failed to install/upgrade: subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 1 https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/420884 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-b...@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs -- universe-bugs mailing list universe-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/universe-bugs