[Bug 1180943] [NEW] GRUB failed to install after re-installing 12.04 over a non-working 13.04 install

[Matthew Loftis]

Public bug reported:

My new Samsung series 5 used to run 12.04 beautifully. I upgraded to
12.10 and got the black screen after the Ubuntu splash page. So, I
installed 13.04 over 12.10. This didn't work either, so I re-installed
12.04 over 13.04. The GRUB installer at the very end of the installation
process failed to work and the whole thing is a wash now... fml

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 12.04
Package: ubiquity 2.10.24 [modified: lib/partman/automatically_partition/question]
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.5.0-23.35~precise1-generic 3.5.7.2
Uname: Linux 3.5.0-23-generic x86_64
ApportVersion: 2.0.1-0ubuntu17.1
Architecture: amd64
CasperVersion: 1.315.1
Date: Thu May 16 13:25:39 2013
InstallCmdLine: BOOT_IMAGE=/casper/vmlinuz.efi file=/cdrom/preseed/ubuntu.seed boot=casper only-ubiquity quiet splash --
LiveMediaBuild: Ubuntu 12.04.2 LTS "Precise Pangolin" - Release amd64 (20130213)
MarkForUpload: True
ProcEnviron:
 TERM=linux
 PATH=(custom, no user)
 LANG=en_US.UTF-8
SourcePackage: grub-installer
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)

** Affects: grub-installer (Ubuntu)
     Importance: Undecided
         Status: New


** Tags: amd64 apport-bug precise ubiquity-2.10.24

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Title:
  GRUB failed to install after re-installing 12.04 over a non-working
  13.04 install

Status in “grub-installer” package in Ubuntu:
  New

Bug description:
  My new Samsung series 5 used to run 12.04 beautifully. I upgraded to
  12.10 and got the black screen after the Ubuntu splash page. So, I
  installed 13.04 over 12.10. This didn't work either, so I re-installed
  12.04 over 13.04. The GRUB installer at the very end of the
  installation process failed to work and the whole thing is a wash
  now... fml

  ProblemType: Bug
  DistroRelease: Ubuntu 12.04
  Package: ubiquity 2.10.24 [modified: lib/partman/automatically_partition/question]
  ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.5.0-23.35~precise1-generic 3.5.7.2
  Uname: Linux 3.5.0-23-generic x86_64
  ApportVersion: 2.0.1-0ubuntu17.1
  Architecture: amd64
  CasperVersion: 1.315.1
  Date: Thu May 16 13:25:39 2013
  InstallCmdLine: BOOT_IMAGE=/casper/vmlinuz.efi file=/cdrom/preseed/ubuntu.seed boot=casper only-ubiquity quiet splash --
  LiveMediaBuild: Ubuntu 12.04.2 LTS "Precise Pangolin" - Release amd64 (20130213)
  MarkForUpload: True
  ProcEnviron:
   TERM=linux
   PATH=(custom, no user)
   LANG=en_US.UTF-8
  SourcePackage: grub-installer
  UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)

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