[Bug 532903] [NEW] unable to upgrade kernel due to recommending grub-pc and not grub-efi

[James Dearing]

Public bug reported:

I'm running Ubuntu Karmic 64-bit on a MacBook Pro laptop. I currently
have grub-efi-amd64 installed, and I have Synaptic set to "consider
recommended packages as dependencies". The problem I'm encountering is
that every time a kernel upgrade is released, I am forced to either
uncheck that option in Synaptic, or allow apt to remove grub-efi-amd64.
I can safely reinstall grub-efi-amd64 after the kernel upgrade is
complete but before the computer is rebooted; that works without any
problems.

ProblemType: Bug
Architecture: amd64
ArecordDevices:
 **** List of CAPTURE Hardware Devices ****
 card 0: NVidia [HDA NVidia], device 0: Cirrus Analog [Cirrus Analog]
   Subdevices: 1/1
   Subdevice #0: subdevice #0
AudioDevicesInUse:
 USER        PID ACCESS COMMAND
 /dev/snd/pcmC0D0p:   james      3032 F...m pulseaudio
 /dev/snd/controlC0:  james      3032 F.... pulseaudio
CRDA: Error: [Errno 2] No such file or directory
Card0.Amixer.info:
 Card hw:0 'NVidia'/'HDA NVidia at 0xe7480000 irq 22'
   Mixer name	: 'Cirrus Logic CS4206'
   Components	: 'HDA:10134206,106b4b00,00100301'
   Controls      : 16
   Simple ctrls  : 9
Date: Fri Mar  5 12:39:18 2010
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 9.10
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 9.10 "Karmic Koala" - Release amd64 (20091027)
MachineType: Apple Inc. MacBookPro5,3
NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia wl
Package: linux-image-2.6.31-20-generic (not installed)
ProcCmdLine: BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-2.6.31-19-generic root=UUID=a959bee5-3bca-4645-a5e8-0348cc49ce1e ro quiet splash
ProcEnviron:
 PATH=(custom, user)
 LANG=en_US.UTF-8
 SHELL=/bin/bash
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.31-19.56-generic
RelatedPackageVersions:
 linux-backports-modules-2.6.31-19-generic N/A
 linux-firmware 1.26
RfKill:
 0: hci0: Bluetooth
 	Soft blocked: no
 	Hard blocked: no
SourcePackage: linux
Uname: Linux 2.6.31-19-generic x86_64
dmi.bios.date: 06/15/09
dmi.bios.vendor: Apple Inc.
dmi.bios.version: MBP53.88Z.00AC.B03.0906151647
dmi.board.asset.tag: Base Board Asset Tag#
dmi.board.name: Mac-F22587C8
dmi.board.vendor: Apple Inc.
dmi.chassis.asset.tag: Asset Tag#
dmi.chassis.type: 10
dmi.chassis.vendor: Apple Inc.
dmi.chassis.version: Mac-F22587C8
dmi.modalias: dmi:bvnAppleInc.:bvrMBP53.88Z.00AC.B03.0906151647:bd06/15/09:svnAppleInc.:pnMacBookPro5,3:pvr1.0:rvnAppleInc.:rnMac-F22587C8:rvr:cvnAppleInc.:ct10:cvrMac-F22587C8:
dmi.product.name: MacBookPro5,3
dmi.product.version: 1.0
dmi.sys.vendor: Apple Inc.

** Affects: linux (Ubuntu)
     Importance: Undecided
         Status: New


** Tags: grub grub-efi grub-efi-amd64 grub-pc

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unable to upgrade kernel due to recommending grub-pc and not grub-efi
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