[Bug 1289977] Re: Ubuntu 14.04 Update breaks grub, resulting in "error: symbol 'grub_term_highlight_color' not found"

[Øyvind]

So - I have tried to fix my this problem, but I am having real
difficulties.

I have booted Boot-Repair from USB, but I have to set the BIOS to Legacy mode. 
EFI mode shoes the GRUB, and boot repair is an option but it does not boot at all. 

When I booted Boot-Repair (in Legacy) I am get all kinds of error
messages (It needs to connect to the Internet, I am in Legacy mode etc).

So I downloaded 13.10 and made a LiveUSB - Was able to boot in UEFI mode and did what was discribed in post #60.
However, at the end the boot-repair said that I had experienced some sort of error without specifying - it was logged to http://paste.ubuntu.com/7292867. Tried to reboot - no go. In UEFI mode, Sony's "Automatic Repair Tool" start, and in Legacy "Operating System not found"

I had similar problems with I first installed Ubuntu as I wanted to keep
the Windows 8 Recovery Partitions just in case i did not like Ubuntu -
That time the Boor-Repair fixed the issue.

.. I am also a bit curious why this has not been taken more "seriosly".
It seems that the Ubuntu officials are not regonizing this bug.

Any other options I should try?

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Title:
  Ubuntu 14.04 Update breaks grub, resulting in "error: symbol
  'grub_term_highlight_color' not found"

Status in “grub2” package in Ubuntu:
  Confirmed
Status in “ubuntu-release-upgrader” package in Ubuntu:
  Confirmed

Bug description:
  The update from 13.10 to 14.04 via update-manager broke grub for me,
  which resulted in the grub error:

  "symbol 'grub_term_highlight_color' not found"

  on startup.

  To fix the problem I had to boot to my persisting Ubuntu installation
  (e.g. using Super Grub Disk) and had to reinstall grub on my boot
  partition: "sudo grub-install --recheck /dev/sdx"

  ProblemType: Bug
  DistroRelease: Ubuntu 14.04
  Package: grub2-common 2.02~beta2-6
  ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.13.0-16.36-generic 3.13.5
  Uname: Linux 3.13.0-16-generic x86_64
  ApportVersion: 2.13.3-0ubuntu1
  Architecture: amd64
  CurrentDesktop: Unity
  Date: Sun Mar  9 10:36:45 2014
  EcryptfsInUse: Yes
  InstallationDate: Installed on 2013-12-10 (88 days ago)
  InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 13.10 "Saucy Salamander" - Release amd64 (20131016.1)
  ProcEnviron:
   LANGUAGE=de_DE
   PATH=(custom, no user)
   XDG_RUNTIME_DIR=<set>
   LANG=de_DE.UTF-8
   SHELL=/bin/bash
  SourcePackage: grub2
  UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to trusty on 2014-03-07 (2 days ago)

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