[Bug 711650] Re: package grub-pc 1.98-1ubuntu10 failed to install/upgrade: subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 137

[Dan Halbert]

I have the same problem in 10.04. The tree of what's going on:

/usr/bin/dpkg --status-fd 29 --configure linux-image-2.6.32-45-generic linux-image-generic linux-generic mesa-utils
   /usr/bin/perl /var/lib/dpkg/info/linux-image-2.6.32-45-generic.postinst configure 
     /bin/sh -e /usr/sbin/grub-mkconfig -o /boot/grub/grub.cfg 2.6.32-45-generic /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.32-45-generic
       /bin/sh -e /etc/grub.d/30_os-prober
         /bin/sh /usr/bin/os-prober
          /bin/sh /usr/lib/os-probes/init/10filesystems
            modprobe xfs

I manually tried "modprobe" on all the filesystem types listed in
/usr/lib/os-probes/init/10filesystems, and only "modprobe xfs" hangs.

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Title:
  package grub-pc 1.98-1ubuntu10 failed to install/upgrade: subprocess
  installed post-installation script returned error exit status 137

Status in “grub2” package in Ubuntu:
  Confirmed

Bug description:
  Binary package hint: grub2

  Ubuntu 10.04.2 LTS

  grub-pc:
    Installed: 1.98-1ubuntu10
    Candidate: 1.98-1ubuntu10
    Version table:
   *** 1.98-1ubuntu10 0
          500 file:/var/spool/apt-mirror/mirror/archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ lucid-updates/main Packages
          100 /var/lib/dpkg/status
       1.98-1ubuntu5 0
          500 file:/var/spool/apt-mirror/mirror/archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ lucid/main Packages

  grub-pc wouldn't complete it's install, purge and reinstallation of
  grub-pc and grub?-common didn't fix anything

  memtest was the last listed founded O/S, then os-probe seemed to hang

  killing "modprobe xfs" let the grub installation continue and complete

  ProblemType: Package
  DistroRelease: Ubuntu 10.04
  Package: grub-pc 1.98-1ubuntu10
  ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.32-28.55-generic 2.6.32.27+drm33.12
  Uname: Linux 2.6.32-28-generic x86_64
  NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia
  AptOrdering:
   grub-pc: Install
   grub2: Install
   grub-pc: Configure
   grub2: Configure
  Architecture: amd64
  Date: Tue Feb  1 15:25:45 2011
  ErrorMessage: subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 137
  InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 10.04 LTS "Lucid Lynx" - Release amd64 (20100429)
  SourcePackage: grub2
  Title: package grub-pc 1.98-1ubuntu10 failed to install/upgrade: subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 137

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