[Bug 1788727] Re: upgrade crashing due to unsigned kernels

[William W. Hager]

Julian,

I gave up on the upgrade and installed a fresh version of 18.04, which 
worked
fine. I guess the bug is in the upgrade process.

Bill

On 09/03/2018 03:07 AM, Julian Andres Klode wrote:
> That's by design to prevent you from installing a bootloader on a system
> where you have no kernel that will boot.
>
> ** Changed in: grub2 (Ubuntu)
>         Status: Confirmed => New
>
> ** Changed in: grub2 (Ubuntu)
>         Status: New => Opinion
>

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Title:
  upgrade crashing due to unsigned kernels

Status in grub2 package in Ubuntu:
  Opinion

Bug description:
  not surre  happened during upgrade to bionic beaver

  ProblemType: Package
  DistroRelease: Ubuntu 18.04
  Package: grub-efi-amd64 2.02-2ubuntu8.3
  Uname: Linux 4.7.0-040700-generic x86_64
  NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia
  ApportVersion: 2.20.9-0ubuntu7.2
  Architecture: amd64
  Date: Thu Aug 23 19:33:07 2018
  ErrorMessage: installed grub-efi-amd64 package post-installation script subprocess returned error exit status 1
  InstallationDate: Installed on 2018-05-30 (85 days ago)
  InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 16.04 LTS "Xenial Xerus" - Release amd64 (20160420.1)
  ProcCmdLine: BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-4.7.0-040700-generic root=UUID=d9d727a6-5798-4fe1-8ac0-fb79b1d05431 ro quiet splash vt.handoff=7
  Python3Details: /usr/bin/python3.6, Python 3.6.5, python3-minimal, 3.6.5-3ubuntu1
  PythonDetails: /usr/bin/python2.7, Python 2.7.15rc1, python-minimal, 2.7.15~rc1-1
  RelatedPackageVersions:
   dpkg 1.19.0.5ubuntu2
   apt  1.6.3ubuntu0.1
  SourcePackage: grub2
  Title: package grub-efi-amd64 2.02-2ubuntu8.3 failed to install/upgrade: installed grub-efi-amd64 package post-installation script subprocess returned error exit status 1
  UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to bionic on 2018-08-23 (0 days ago)

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