[Bug 1879806] [NEW] Grub installation fails every time.

[Glenn Meyer]

Public bug reported:

Installation attempted on an HP Spectre X360 13 inch (2019) laptop.
Multiple attempts all fail, except for the first one, which seemed to
work until I rebooted: Windows 10 booted as if Ubuntu was never
installed. All attempts fail when grub-install is run, whether the
target is the HDD boot record, the Windows Boot Manager partition, the
Ubuntu partition or even the install USB stick partition. FYI there's no
Legacy Support option in this machine's System Configuration Bios tab
(F10). I wouldn't think that would matter, just saying in case I'm
wrong.

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 18.04
Package: ubiquity 18.04.14.14
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 5.3.0-28.30~18.04.1-generic 5.3.13
Uname: Linux 5.3.0-28-generic x86_64
ApportVersion: 2.20.9-0ubuntu7.9
Architecture: amd64
CasperVersion: 1.394.3
CurrentDesktop: ubuntu:GNOME
Date: Wed May 20 16:03:37 2020
InstallCmdLine: BOOT_IMAGE=/casper/vmlinuz file=/cdrom/preseed/ubuntu.seed boot=casper only-ubiquity quiet splash ---
LiveMediaBuild: Ubuntu 18.04.4 LTS "Bionic Beaver" - Release amd64 (20200203.1)
ProcEnviron:
 LANGUAGE=en_US.UTF-8
 PATH=(custom, no user)
 XDG_RUNTIME_DIR=<set>
 LANG=en_US.UTF-8
 LC_NUMERIC=C.UTF-8
SourcePackage: grub-installer
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)

** Affects: grub-installer (Ubuntu)
     Importance: Undecided
         Status: New


** Tags: amd64 apport-bug bionic ubiquity-18.04.14.14 ubuntu

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Title:
  Grub installation fails every time.

Status in grub-installer package in Ubuntu:
  New

Bug description:
  Installation attempted on an HP Spectre X360 13 inch (2019) laptop.
  Multiple attempts all fail, except for the first one, which seemed to
  work until I rebooted: Windows 10 booted as if Ubuntu was never
  installed. All attempts fail when grub-install is run, whether the
  target is the HDD boot record, the Windows Boot Manager partition, the
  Ubuntu partition or even the install USB stick partition. FYI there's
  no Legacy Support option in this machine's System Configuration Bios
  tab (F10). I wouldn't think that would matter, just saying in case I'm
  wrong.

  ProblemType: Bug
  DistroRelease: Ubuntu 18.04
  Package: ubiquity 18.04.14.14
  ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 5.3.0-28.30~18.04.1-generic 5.3.13
  Uname: Linux 5.3.0-28-generic x86_64
  ApportVersion: 2.20.9-0ubuntu7.9
  Architecture: amd64
  CasperVersion: 1.394.3
  CurrentDesktop: ubuntu:GNOME
  Date: Wed May 20 16:03:37 2020
  InstallCmdLine: BOOT_IMAGE=/casper/vmlinuz file=/cdrom/preseed/ubuntu.seed boot=casper only-ubiquity quiet splash ---
  LiveMediaBuild: Ubuntu 18.04.4 LTS "Bionic Beaver" - Release amd64 (20200203.1)
  ProcEnviron:
   LANGUAGE=en_US.UTF-8
   PATH=(custom, no user)
   XDG_RUNTIME_DIR=<set>
   LANG=en_US.UTF-8
   LC_NUMERIC=C.UTF-8
  SourcePackage: grub-installer
  UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)

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