Public bug reported: On Ubuntu-Gnome 17.04. Using ubuntu software updater. Received the following error package grub-common 2.02~beta3-4ubuntu2.1 failed to install/upgrade: subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 1
when used sudo-apt-get upgrade from terminal, I received the following output: 0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 0 not upgraded. 4 not fully installed or removed. After this operation, 0 B of additional disk space will be used. Do you want to continue? [Y/n] y 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 13:37:02 EET; 13ms ago Docs: man:systemd-sysv-generator(8) Process: 7109 ExecStart=/etc/init.d/grub-common start (code=killed, signal=TERM) CGroup: /system.slice/grub-common.service ├─5931 plymouth --ping ├─6879 plymouth --ping └─7113 plymouth --ping Jun 21 13:32:02 route2017 systemd[1]: Starting LSB: Record successful boot …B... Jun 21 13:37:02 route2017 systemd[1]: grub-common.service: Start operation …ing. Jun 21 13:37:02 route2017 systemd[1]: Failed to start LSB: Record successfu…RUB. Jun 21 13:37:02 route2017 systemd[1]: grub-common.service: Unit entered fai…ate. Jun 21 13:37:02 route2017 systemd[1]: grub-common.service: Failed with resu…ut'. Hint: Some lines were ellipsized, use -l to show in full. 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 4.10.0-24.28-generic 4.10.15 Uname: Linux 4.10.0-24-generic x86_64 NonfreeKernelModules: zfs zunicode zavl zcommon znvpair nvidia_uvm nvidia_drm nvidia_modeset nvidia ApportVersion: 2.20.4-0ubuntu4.1 AptOrdering: grub-pc:amd64: Install grub2-common:amd64: Install grub-pc-bin:amd64: Install grub-common:amd64: Install NULL: ConfigurePending Architecture: amd64 Date: Wed Jun 21 13:20:32 2017 DpkgHistoryLog: Start-Date: 2017-06-21 13:10:23 Commandline: aptdaemon role='role-commit-packages' sender=':1.183' Upgrade: grub-common:amd64 (2.02~beta3-4ubuntu2, 2.02~beta3-4ubuntu2.1), grub2-common:amd64 (2.02~beta3-4ubuntu2, 2.02~beta3-4ubuntu2.1), grub-pc:amd64 (2.02~beta3-4ubuntu2, 2.02~beta3-4ubuntu2.1), grub-pc-bin:amd64 (2.02~beta3-4ubuntu2, 2.02~beta3-4ubuntu2.1) ErrorMessage: subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 1 ProcCmdLine: BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-4.10.0-24-generic root=UUID=e3b0fc9d-87ed-4449-9306-17561c0e4573 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) ** Affects: grub2 (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided Status: New ** Tags: amd64 apport-package zesty -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1699482 Title: package grub-common 2.02~beta3-4ubuntu2.1 failed to install/upgrade: subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 1 To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/grub2/+bug/1699482/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs