[Bug 1311247] Re: [Grubenv] error: malformed file, press any key to continue

[cogset]

I still disagree: being greeted with an error message right after
finishing the installation of a new OS isn't exactly the right way to
start, isn't it?

Cosmetic or not, apart from seasoned users who may have seen worse, this
ain't going to make a great impression on newcomers to Ubuntu- if
anything, it will make it appear a bit like windows, although in the end
they might find this reassuring...

There also may be more to it, although frankly I'm not sure at this
point if it is directly related or not: as I've said above in comment
https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/grub2/+bug/1311247/comments/68
after installing Lubuntu 14.04 on a new SSD I wasn't actually able to
boot the installed system, I had indeed to create a separate dedicated
/boot partition or else it would never boot. That I wouldn't call
cosmetic.

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Title:
  [Grubenv] error: malformed file, press any key to continue

Status in GRand Unified Bootloader:
  Unknown
Status in grub2 package in Ubuntu:
  Fix Released

Bug description:
  I have just upgraded from 12.04 to 14.04

  Since the upgrade, when I boot up, the process stops and the normal
  grub screen is replaced after a short while by a message saying

  "error: malformed file, press any key to continue"

  Pressing a key allows booting to continue.

  Someone else who experienced this found that the problem went away
  after having re-installed grub.  I tried this but this did not resolve
  the problem for me.

  synaptic reports the grub package as 2.02~beta2-9

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