[Bug 1920702] Re: grub-install crash while installing UbuntuMATE 20.04

[Steve Langasek]

> Mar 22 01:44:49 ubuntu-mate grub-installer: efivarfs_set_variable:
writing to fd 8 failed: Invalid argument

it appears you have EFI firmware that does not allow us to update the
variables in firmware.

** Package changed: grub-installer (Ubuntu) => grub2 (Ubuntu)

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Title:
  grub-install crash while installing UbuntuMATE 20.04

Status in grub2 package in Ubuntu:
  New

Bug description:
  Installing UbuntuMATE 20.04 from USB stick.  grub-install fatal error
  at end of installation

  ProblemType: Bug
  DistroRelease: Ubuntu 20.04
  Package: ubiquity 20.04.15.10
  ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 5.8.0-43.49~20.04.1-generic 5.8.18
  Uname: Linux 5.8.0-43-generic x86_64
  NonfreeKernelModules: zfs zunicode zavl icp zcommon znvpair
  ApportVersion: 2.20.11-0ubuntu27.16
  Architecture: amd64
  CasperMD5CheckResult: pass
  CasperVersion: 1.445.1
  Date: Sun Mar 21 21:48:40 2021
  InstallCmdLine: BOOT_IMAGE=/casper/vmlinuz file=/cdrom/preseed/ubuntu-mate.seed quiet splash ---
  LiveMediaBuild: Ubuntu-MATE 20.04.2.0 LTS "Focal Fossa" - Release amd64 (20210209.1)
  ProcEnviron:
   LANGUAGE=en_US.UTF-8
   PATH=(custom, no user)
   LANG=en_US.UTF-8
   SHELL=/bin/bash
   LC_NUMERIC=C.UTF-8
  SourcePackage: grub-installer
  UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)

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