[Bug 2035970] Re: [mantic] Ubuntu Unity ubiquity installer unable to install bootloader

[Steve Langasek]

grub-installer is not a package post-focal. assigning to ubiquity.

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

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Title:
  [mantic] Ubuntu Unity ubiquity installer unable to install bootloader

Status in ubuntu-unity-meta:
  New
Status in ubiquity package in Ubuntu:
  New

Bug description:
  - Ubuntu Unity Mantic daily ISO 20230913 and 20230914
  - Run in GNOME Boxes 45~rc-1 on a Ubuntu Mantic host with 4GB of RAM allocated and a new 20 GB virtual hard drive

  I clicked through all the default options in the installer.

  The install fails when it gets to installing the bootloader.
  Screenshot attached.

  Other Info
  ==========
  - The Kubuntu 20230913 ISO using Calamares instead of Ubiquity worked.
  - The Ubuntu Budgie 20230913 "daily-live current" ISO using an alternative version of the new Ubuntu Desktop Installer (written in flutter, uses subiquity) also worked.
  - The Xubuntu 20230914 ISO with Ubiquity worked.

  Ubiquity Log Excerpt
  ====================
  2023-09-14T15:31:34.298522+00:00 ubuntu-unity grub-installer: info: architecture: amd64/generic
  2023-09-14T15:31:34.433533+00:00 ubuntu-unity ubiquity: File descriptor 3 (pipe:[46190]) leaked on lvdisplay invocation. Parent PID 20258: /bin/sh
  2023-09-14T15:31:34.448022+00:00 ubuntu-unity ubiquity:   Volume group "vda" not found
  2023-09-14T15:31:34.448097+00:00 ubuntu-unity ubiquity:   Cannot process volume group vda
  2023-09-14T15:31:34.515749+00:00 ubuntu-unity grub-installer: info: Identified partition label for /dev/vda3: gpt
  2023-09-14T15:31:35.020657+00:00 ubuntu-unity grub-installer: dpkg: warning: ignoring request to remove grub-efi which isn't installed
  2023-09-14T15:31:35.025765+00:00 ubuntu-unity grub-installer: dpkg: dependency problems prevent removal of grub-efi-amd64:
  2023-09-14T15:31:35.025879+00:00 ubuntu-unity grub-installer:  grub-efi-amd64-signed depends on grub-efi-amd64 | grub-pc; however:
  2023-09-14T15:31:35.025934+00:00 ubuntu-unity grub-installer:   Package grub-efi-amd64 is to be removed.
  2023-09-14T15:31:35.025985+00:00 ubuntu-unity grub-installer:   Package grub-pc is not installed.
  2023-09-14T15:31:35.026033+00:00 ubuntu-unity grub-installer:
  2023-09-14T15:31:35.026085+00:00 ubuntu-unity grub-installer: dpkg: error processing package grub-efi-amd64 (--purge):
  2023-09-14T15:31:35.026132+00:00 ubuntu-unity grub-installer:  dependency problems - not removing
  2023-09-14T15:31:35.026180+00:00 ubuntu-unity grub-installer: dpkg: warning: ignoring request to remove grub-efi-ia32-bin which isn't installed
  2023-09-14T15:31:35.026227+00:00 ubuntu-unity grub-installer: dpkg: warning: ignoring request to remove grub-efi-ia32 which isn't installed
  2023-09-14T15:31:35.052461+00:00 ubuntu-unity grub-installer: Errors were encountered while processing:
  2023-09-14T15:31:35.052539+00:00 ubuntu-unity grub-installer:  grub-efi-amd64

  ProblemType: Bug
  DistroRelease: Ubuntu 23.10
  Package: ubiquity 23.10.3
  ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 6.5.0-5.5-generic 6.5.0
  Uname: Linux 6.5.0-5-generic x86_64
  ApportVersion: 2.27.0-0ubuntu2
  Architecture: amd64
  CasperMD5CheckResult: pass
  CasperVersion: 1.482
  CurrentDesktop: Unity:Unity7:ubuntu
  Date: Thu Sep 14 11:32:31 2023
  InstallCmdLine: BOOT_IMAGE=/casper/vmlinuz
  LiveMediaBuild: Ubuntu-Unity 23.10 "Mantic Minotaur" - Daily amd64 (20230914)
  RebootRequiredPkgs: Error: path contained symlinks.
  SourcePackage: grub-installer
  UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)

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