[Bug 1792497] Re: package shim (not installed) failed to install/upgrade: subprocess dpkg-deb --control returned error exit status 2

[Steve Langasek]

With the correct sources.list settings, I see:

$ sudo apt install shim-signed
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree... Done
The following extra packages will be installed:
  dmsetup dpkg efibootmgr grub-common grub-efi-amd64-bin grub2-common
  libdevmapper1.02.1 libefivar0 libfreetype6 libfuse2 libpci3 mokutil shim
Suggested packages:
  multiboot-doc grub-emu xorriso desktop-base console-setup fuse
Recommended packages:
  os-prober secureboot-db
The following NEW packages will be installed:
  dmsetup efibootmgr grub-common grub-efi-amd64-bin grub2-common
  libdevmapper1.02.1 libefivar0 libfreetype6 libfuse2 libpci3 mokutil shim
  shim-signed
The following packages will be upgraded:
  dpkg
1 upgraded, 13 newly installed, 0 to remove and 87 not upgraded.
Need to get 6183 kB of archives.
After this operation, 21.6 MB of additional disk space will be used.
Do you want to continue? [Y/n] 

And all packages are correctly installed in the right order.

** Tags removed: verification-failed-trusty verification-needed
** Tags added: verification-done verification-done-trusty

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Title:
  package shim (not installed) failed to install/upgrade: subprocess
  dpkg-deb --control returned error exit status 2

Status in shim package in Ubuntu:
  Fix Released
Status in shim-signed package in Ubuntu:
  Fix Released
Status in shim source package in Trusty:
  Triaged
Status in shim-signed source package in Trusty:
  Fix Released

Bug description:
  This happened just after installing ubuntu 14.04.5 LTS along side with windows 10.
  The installation was complete and no login loop issue was there.

  Moreover , the system stated an error due to shim not being installed.
  The two screen monitor is not working and the other monitor is black..

  ProblemType: Package
  DistroRelease: Ubuntu 14.04
  Package: shim (not installed)
  ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 4.4.0-135.161~14.04.1-generic 4.4.140
  Uname: Linux 4.4.0-135-generic x86_64
  .proc.sys.kernel.moksbstate.disabled: 0
  ApportVersion: 2.14.1-0ubuntu3.21
  Architecture: amd64
  BootEFIContents:
   grub.cfg
   grubx64.efi
   mmx64.efi
   shimx64.efi
  Date: Fri Sep 14 11:30:55 2018
  EFITables:
   Sep 14 11:32:42 plp-ROS kernel: [    0.000000] efi: EFI v2.50 by American Megatrends
   Sep 14 11:32:42 plp-ROS kernel: [    0.000000] efi:  ACPI 2.0=0x8ea21000  ACPI=0x8ea21000  SMBIOS=0x8f644000  SMBIOS 3.0=0x8f643000  ESRT=0x8a498698 
   Sep 14 11:32:42 plp-ROS kernel: [    0.000000] esrt: Reserving ESRT space from 0x000000008a498698 to 0x000000008a4986f8.
  ErrorMessage: subprocess dpkg-deb --control returned error exit status 2
  InstallationDate: Installed on 2018-09-14 (0 days ago)
  InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 14.04.5 LTS "Trusty Tahr" - Release amd64 (20160803)
  RelatedPackageVersions:
   dpkg 1.17.5ubuntu5.7
   apt  1.0.1ubuntu2.14
  SecureBoot: 6   0   0   0   0
  SourcePackage: shim
  Title: package shim (not installed) failed to install/upgrade: subprocess dpkg-deb --control returned error exit status 2
  UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)

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