[Bug 2065476] [NEW] During boot, after grub selection screen, it appears "error: sparse file not allowed - Aborted. Press any key to exit."

[vimo]

Public bug reported:

After updating Xubuntu 23.10 to version 24.04, during boot, after
selecting the Xubuntu version from the Grub screen, I get the error:

"error: sparse file not allowed
452: out of range pointer: 0x54b42620
Aborted. Press any key to exit".

Searching online it seems that this problem is linked to btrfs file
systems, but I only have Ext4 file systems.

Some online guides suggest editing the /etc/default/grub file by placing entries
GRUB_SAVEDEFAULT=false
GRUB_DEFAULT=0

and then run "update-grub", but this solution didn't work.

When the error appears, pressing a key will boot the system normally.

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 24.04
Package: ubuntu-release-upgrader-core 1:24.04.16
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 6.8.0-31.31-generic 6.8.1
Uname: Linux 6.8.0-31-generic x86_64
NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia_modeset nvidia
ApportVersion: 2.28.1-0ubuntu3
Architecture: amd64
CasperMD5CheckResult: unknown
CrashDB: ubuntu
CurrentDesktop: XFCE
Date: Sat May 11 11:42:18 2024
PackageArchitecture: all
SourcePackage: ubuntu-release-upgrader
Symptom: release-upgrade
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)
modified.conffile..etc.default.apport:
 # set this to 0 to disable apport, or to 1 to enable it
 # you can temporarily override this with
 # sudo service apport start force_start=1
 enabled=0
mtime.conffile..etc.default.apport: 2015-03-14T11:03:48.280895
mtime.conffile..etc.update-manager.release-upgrades: 2024-05-08T16:33:52.778333

** Affects: ubuntu-release-upgrader (Ubuntu)
     Importance: Undecided
         Status: New


** Tags: amd64 apport-bug dist-upgrade noble

** Description changed:

  After updating Xubuntu 23.10 to version 24.04, during boot, after
  selecting the Xubuntu version from the Grub screen, I get the error:
  
  "error: sparse file not allowed
+ 452: out of range pointer: 0x54b42620
+ Aborted. Press any key to exit".
  
- press a key to continue".
- 
- 
- Searching online it seems that this problem is linked to btrfs file systems, but I only have Ext4 file systems.
+ Searching online it seems that this problem is linked to btrfs file
+ systems, but I only have Ext4 file systems.
  
  Some online guides suggest editing the /etc/default/grub file by placing entries
  GRUB_SAVEDEFAULT=false
  GRUB_DEFAULT=0
  
  and then run "update-grub", but this solution didn't work.
  
  When the error appears, pressing a key will boot the system normally.
  
  ProblemType: Bug
  DistroRelease: Ubuntu 24.04
  Package: ubuntu-release-upgrader-core 1:24.04.16
  ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 6.8.0-31.31-generic 6.8.1
  Uname: Linux 6.8.0-31-generic x86_64
  NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia_modeset nvidia
  ApportVersion: 2.28.1-0ubuntu3
  Architecture: amd64
  CasperMD5CheckResult: unknown
  CrashDB: ubuntu
  CurrentDesktop: XFCE
  Date: Sat May 11 11:42:18 2024
  PackageArchitecture: all
  SourcePackage: ubuntu-release-upgrader
  Symptom: release-upgrade
  UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)
  modified.conffile..etc.default.apport:
-  # set this to 0 to disable apport, or to 1 to enable it
-  # you can temporarily override this with
-  # sudo service apport start force_start=1
-  enabled=0
+  # set this to 0 to disable apport, or to 1 to enable it
+  # you can temporarily override this with
+  # sudo service apport start force_start=1
+  enabled=0
  mtime.conffile..etc.default.apport: 2015-03-14T11:03:48.280895
  mtime.conffile..etc.update-manager.release-upgrades: 2024-05-08T16:33:52.778333

** Summary changed:

- During boot, after grub selection screen, it appears "error: sparse file not allowed"
+ During boot, after grub selection screen, it appears "error: sparse file not allowed - Aborted. Press any key to exit."

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Title:
  During boot, after grub selection screen, it appears "error: sparse
  file not allowed - Aborted. Press any key to exit."

Status in ubuntu-release-upgrader package in Ubuntu:
  New

Bug description:
  After updating Xubuntu 23.10 to version 24.04, during boot, after
  selecting the Xubuntu version from the Grub screen, I get the error:

  "error: sparse file not allowed
  452: out of range pointer: 0x54b42620
  Aborted. Press any key to exit".

  Searching online it seems that this problem is linked to btrfs file
  systems, but I only have Ext4 file systems.

  Some online guides suggest editing the /etc/default/grub file by placing entries
  GRUB_SAVEDEFAULT=false
  GRUB_DEFAULT=0

  and then run "update-grub", but this solution didn't work.

  When the error appears, pressing a key will boot the system normally.

  ProblemType: Bug
  DistroRelease: Ubuntu 24.04
  Package: ubuntu-release-upgrader-core 1:24.04.16
  ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 6.8.0-31.31-generic 6.8.1
  Uname: Linux 6.8.0-31-generic x86_64
  NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia_modeset nvidia
  ApportVersion: 2.28.1-0ubuntu3
  Architecture: amd64
  CasperMD5CheckResult: unknown
  CrashDB: ubuntu
  CurrentDesktop: XFCE
  Date: Sat May 11 11:42:18 2024
  PackageArchitecture: all
  SourcePackage: ubuntu-release-upgrader
  Symptom: release-upgrade
  UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)
  modified.conffile..etc.default.apport:
   # set this to 0 to disable apport, or to 1 to enable it
   # you can temporarily override this with
   # sudo service apport start force_start=1
   enabled=0
  mtime.conffile..etc.default.apport: 2015-03-14T11:03:48.280895
  mtime.conffile..etc.update-manager.release-upgrades: 2024-05-08T16:33:52.778333

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