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

[Scott Draper]

Hi,
 
I'm new to Ubuntu so all of this is new to me.  I installed 13.10 and had a GRUB issue with it, so I ran a boot-repair DVD and that solved the GRUB issue in 13.10.  After opening my brand new 13.10 OS, it asked if I wanted to upgrade to 14.04.  I did and I get the "grub_term_highlight_color not found" error every time I boot my computer.
 
Here's my output for debconf-show grub-pc and parted -l:
 
ubuntu at ubuntu:~$ sudo debconf-show grub-pc
  grub2/kfreebsd_cmdline:
  grub2/linux_cmdline:
  grub-pc/install_devices_failed: false
  grub-pc/chainload_from_menu.lst: true
  grub-pc/postrm_purge_boot_grub: false
  grub2/kfreebsd_cmdline_default: quiet splash
  grub2/linux_cmdline_default: quiet splash
  grub-pc/hidden_timeout: true
  grub-pc/install_devices:
  grub-pc/partition_description:
  grub2/device_map_regenerated:
  grub-pc/kopt_extracted: false
  grub-pc/disk_description:
  grub-pc/install_devices_empty: false
  grub-pc/timeout: 10
  grub-pc/install_devices_failed_upgrade: true
  grub-pc/install_devices_disks_changed:
  grub-pc/mixed_legacy_and_grub2: true
ubuntu at ubuntu:~$ sudo parted -l
Model: ATA Hitachi HTS72505 (scsi)
Disk /dev/sda: 500GB
Sector size (logical/physical): 512B/512B
Partition Table: msdos

Number  Start   End    Size    Type      File system     Flags
 1      1049kB  210MB  209MB   primary   ntfs            boot
 2      210MB   288GB  288GB   primary   ntfs
 4      288GB   480GB  192GB   extended
 5      288GB   480GB  191GB   logical   ext4
 6      480GB   480GB  511MB   logical   linux-swap(v1)
 3      480GB   500GB  19.8GB  primary   ntfs


Warning: Unable to open /dev/sr0 read-write (Read-only file system).  /dev/sr0
has been opened read-only.
Model: hp CDDVDW TS-U633F (scsi)
Disk /dev/sr0: 4700MB
Sector size (logical/physical): 2048B/2048B
Partition Table: mac

Number  Start   End     Size    File system  Name   Flags
 1      8192B   24.6kB  16.4kB               Apple
 2      3669MB  3678MB  9306kB               EFI

I tried the steps in #27 (chrooting /tmp/drive and dpkg-reconfigure grub-pc) and #130 (chrooting /tmp/mount-point and then did dpkg-reconfigure grub-pc as suggested in #27) but neither of them worked.  I chose sda5 as the partition for the /tmp/drive and /tmp/mount-point to mount /dev, /proc, and /sys as that looked to me to be the drive where Ubuntu is installed.  In the dpkg-reconfigure grub-pc application, I (1) left the Linux command line blank, (2) left the default "quiet splash" as is in the prompt, and (3) made sda the drive for reconfiguration. 
 
I'm at a loss what to do.  I'd like to have the option to dual boot to either Ubuntu or windows but I can't do that as long as GRUB is broken.  Do I need to delete and re-install GRUB 2.02 or do I have to downgrade GRUB 2.02 to 2.0 or what?
 
P.S. When you mount something in the terminal, does it really mount it even though the terminal just displays another prompt and makes no indication that anything was mounted?  If it's supposed to say something, then maybe I mounted the files wrong.

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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:
  Incomplete

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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