By the way, this is in my /var/log/term/apt.log:
... omitted as no errors nor mentions of grub in this update ... Log ended: 2020-11-24 06:06:29 Log started: 2020-11-25 09:53:25 (Reading database ... 265760 files and directories currently installed.) Preparing to unpack .../0-grub-pc_2.04-1ubuntu26.7_amd64.deb ... Unpacking grub-pc (2.04-1ubuntu26.7) over (2.04-1ubuntu26.6) ... Preparing to unpack .../1-grub2-common_2.04-1ubuntu26.7_amd64.deb ... Unpacking grub2-common (2.04-1ubuntu26.7) over (2.04-1ubuntu26.6) ... Preparing to unpack .../2-grub-pc-bin_2.04-1ubuntu26.7_amd64.deb ... Unpacking grub-pc-bin (2.04-1ubuntu26.7) over (2.04-1ubuntu26.6) ... Preparing to unpack .../3-grub-efi-amd64-signed_1.142.9+2.04-1ubuntu26.7_amd64.deb ... Unpacking grub-efi-amd64-signed (1.142.9+2.04-1ubuntu26.7) over (1.142.8+2.04-1ubuntu26.6) ... Preparing to unpack .../4-grub-efi-amd64-bin_2.04-1ubuntu26.7_amd64.deb ... Unpacking grub-efi-amd64-bin (2.04-1ubuntu26.7) over (2.04-1ubuntu26.6) ... Preparing to unpack .../5-grub-common_2.04-1ubuntu26.7_amd64.deb ... Unpacking grub-common (2.04-1ubuntu26.7) over (2.04-1ubuntu26.6) ... Preparing to unpack .../6-libatopology2_1.2.2-2.1ubuntu2.2_amd64.deb ... Unpacking libatopology2:amd64 (1.2.2-2.1ubuntu2.2) over (1.2.2-2.1ubuntu2.1) ... Setting up grub-common (2.04-1ubuntu26.7) ... update-rc.d: warning: start and stop actions are no longer supported; falling back to defaults Setting up grub-efi-amd64-bin (2.04-1ubuntu26.7) ... Setting up libatopology2:amd64 (1.2.2-2.1ubuntu2.2) ... Setting up grub2-common (2.04-1ubuntu26.7) ... Setting up grub-pc-bin (2.04-1ubuntu26.7) ... Setting up grub-pc (2.04-1ubuntu26.7) ... Sourcing file `/etc/default/grub' Sourcing file `/etc/default/grub.d/init-select.cfg' Generating grub configuration file ... Found linux image: /boot/vmlinuz-5.4.0-54-generic Found initrd image: /boot/initrd.img-5.4.0-54-generic Found linux image: /boot/vmlinuz-5.4.0-53-generic Found initrd image: /boot/initrd.img-5.4.0-53-generic Adding boot menu entry for UEFI Firmware Settings done Setting up grub-efi-amd64-signed (1.142.9+2.04-1ubuntu26.7) ... Installing grub to /boot/efi. Installing for x86_64-efi platform. File descriptor 3 (pipe:[795230]) leaked on vgs invocation. Parent PID 6949: grub-install File descriptor 5 (/dev/nvme0n1p1) leaked on vgs invocation. Parent PID 6949: grub-install File descriptor 3 (pipe:[795230]) leaked on vgs invocation. Parent PID 6949: grub-install File descriptor 5 (/dev/nvme0n1p1) leaked on vgs invocation. Parent PID 6949: grub-install grub-install: warning: Internal error. grub-install: error: failed to register the EFI boot entry: Operation not permitted. Installing grub to /boot/efi. Installing for x86_64-efi platform. File descriptor 3 (pipe:[795230]) leaked on vgs invocation. Parent PID 7138: grub-install File descriptor 5 (/dev/nvme0n1p1) leaked on vgs invocation. Parent PID 7138: grub-install File descriptor 3 (pipe:[795230]) leaked on vgs invocation. Parent PID 7138: grub-install File descriptor 5 (/dev/nvme0n1p1) leaked on vgs invocation. Parent PID 7138: grub-install grub-install: warning: Internal error. grub-install: error: failed to register the EFI boot entry: Operation not permitted. Installing grub to /boot/efi. Installing for x86_64-efi platform. File descriptor 3 (pipe:[795230]) leaked on vgs invocation. Parent PID 7362: grub-install File descriptor 5 (/dev/nvme0n1p1) leaked on vgs invocation. Parent PID 7362: grub-install File descriptor 3 (pipe:[795230]) leaked on vgs invocation. Parent PID 7362: grub-install File descriptor 5 (/dev/nvme0n1p1) leaked on vgs invocation. Parent PID 7362: grub-install grub-install: warning: Internal error. grub-install: error: failed to register the EFI boot entry: Operation not permitted. Installing grub to /boot/efi. Installing for x86_64-efi platform. File descriptor 3 (pipe:[795230]) leaked on vgs invocation. Parent PID 7550: grub-install File descriptor 5 (/dev/nvme0n1p1) leaked on vgs invocation. Parent PID 7550: grub-install File descriptor 3 (pipe:[795230]) leaked on vgs invocation. Parent PID 7550: grub-install File descriptor 5 (/dev/nvme0n1p1) leaked on vgs invocation. Parent PID 7550: grub-install grub-install: warning: Internal error. grub-install: error: failed to register the EFI boot entry: Operation not permitted. Installing grub to /boot/efi. Installing for x86_64-efi platform. File descriptor 3 (pipe:[795230]) leaked on vgs invocation. Parent PID 7746: grub-install File descriptor 5 (/dev/nvme0n1p1) leaked on vgs invocation. Parent PID 7746: grub-install File descriptor 3 (pipe:[795230]) leaked on vgs invocation. Parent PID 7746: grub-install File descriptor 5 (/dev/nvme0n1p1) leaked on vgs invocation. Parent PID 7746: grub-install grub-install: warning: Internal error. grub-install: error: failed to register the EFI boot entry: Operation not permitted. Installing grub to /boot/efi. Installing for x86_64-efi platform. File descriptor 3 (pipe:[795230]) leaked on vgs invocation. Parent PID 8137: grub-install File descriptor 5 (/dev/nvme0n1p1) leaked on vgs invocation. Parent PID 8137: grub-install File descriptor 3 (pipe:[795230]) leaked on vgs invocation. Parent PID 8137: grub-install File descriptor 5 (/dev/nvme0n1p1) leaked on vgs invocation. Parent PID 8137: grub-install grub-install: warning: Internal error. grub-install: error: failed to register the EFI boot entry: Operation not permitted. Installing grub to /boot/efi. Installing for x86_64-efi platform. File descriptor 3 (pipe:[795230]) leaked on vgs invocation. Parent PID 8320: grub-install File descriptor 5 (/dev/nvme0n1p1) leaked on vgs invocation. Parent PID 8320: grub-install File descriptor 3 (pipe:[795230]) leaked on vgs invocation. Parent PID 8320: grub-install File descriptor 5 (/dev/nvme0n1p1) leaked on vgs invocation. Parent PID 8320: grub-install grub-install: warning: Internal error. grub-install: error: failed to register the EFI boot entry: Operation not permitted. dpkg: error processing package grub-efi-amd64-signed (--configure): installed grub-efi-amd64-signed package post-installation script subprocess was killed by signal (Killed) Processing triggers for systemd (245.4-4ubuntu3.3) ... Processing triggers for man-db (2.9.1-1) ... Processing triggers for install-info (6.7.0.dfsg.2-5) ... Processing triggers for libc-bin (2.31-0ubuntu9.1) ... Errors were encountered while processing: grub-efi-amd64-signed Log ended: 2020-11-25 10:00:57 -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1872212 Title: grub-install: Operation not permitted To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/grub2-signed/+bug/1872212/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs