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Re: Possible bug in Grub in latest Install Updates
« Reply #17 on: May 21, 2017, 12:43:18 PM »
 

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Thank you for that info, Jerry! Most reassuring!
 

Re: Possible bug in Grub in latest Install Updates
« Reply #16 on: May 21, 2017, 11:15:48 AM »
 

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Starting to regret to put my rig back on an ubuntu drivi distro. Debian is better through and through. It is rare


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Re: Possible bug in Grub in latest Install Updates
« Reply #15 on: May 21, 2017, 09:35:09 AM »
 

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It's extremely rare in Linux Lite. So much so that this is the first time it's ever happened from an Ubuntu repository in our OS. Not bad for a distribution that's been around since 2012.

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Re: Possible bug in Grub in latest Install Updates
« Reply #14 on: May 21, 2017, 09:07:30 AM »
 

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It seems weird that there is beta software in a beginner's distro (not just for beginners, of course).  Newcomers to Linux should not be unwitting beta testers! 

I'm glad upstream caught it and replaced the buggy version, but even the replacement is beta.  I have learned to be very selective with updates.

 

Re: Possible bug in Grub in latest Install Updates
« Reply #13 on: May 20, 2017, 11:16:46 PM »
 

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Run this check first:

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sudo apt-get update
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apt policy grub-pc
If it does not report in the Candidate line:

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grub-pc:
  Candidate: 2.02~beta2-36ubuntu3.11

The updated packages are not available in your Countries repos yet.

Run the above commands once a day until you show the above version.

Buggy version:

2.02~beta2-36ubuntu3.10

Fixed, updated version:

2.02~beta2-36ubuntu3.11
« Last Edit: May 21, 2017, 01:41:21 PM by Jerry »
 

Re: Possible bug in Grub in latest Install Updates
« Reply #12 on: May 20, 2017, 11:09:42 PM »
 

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Bug has been patched by Ubuntu and is currently being distributed to global repos. USA looks to have got it first.
 

Re: Possible bug in Grub in latest Install Updates
« Reply #11 on: May 20, 2017, 05:44:03 PM »
 

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I just checked a vm install and updated. I can report no issues so there was already a pushed out update to fix this on grub-common.
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2.02~beta2-36ubuntu3.11This is what is showed now.
 

Re: Possible bug in Grub in latest Install Updates
« Reply #10 on: May 20, 2017, 03:06:27 PM »
 

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So if I updated the source to install something this be an bad idea?? For now!?


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Re: Possible bug in Grub in latest Install Updates
« Reply #9 on: May 20, 2017, 12:55:54 PM »
 

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updated before i saw your message :-[ came out with error as you mentioned.
 

Re: Possible bug in Grub in latest Install Updates
« Reply #8 on: May 20, 2017, 12:09:08 PM »
 

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I thought, being a novice, that I broke the distro, finally...
THANKS for the alert. Had just about decided that LL was just
another disappointment..Whew! So glad to know it was not Linux Lite and not me, either. 
« Last Edit: May 20, 2017, 03:26:24 PM by elelme »
 

Re: Possible bug in Grub in latest Install Updates
« Reply #7 on: May 20, 2017, 11:48:58 AM »
 

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When I booted up my computer first thing this morning I updated the computer. Error. So I came here to see if anyone else had it. they did. After I modified grub-pc.postinst I was trapped into making a choice between 6 choices in terminal. I also found that while terminal was open I couldn't come to the forum & post a reply. I remember having a similar situation to this back in Linux Lite series 1. The choice I made at the time was "install the package maintainers version". Also doing a side-by-side comparison of the first 2 choices the first choice (package maintainer) was a newer version than the second choice. 50 - 50 choice I figured, so I went with choice number 1 - "install the package maintainers version". Entered it, it installed it, no error. Rebooted the computer & all seems well. Running update it tells me that my system is up to date. But as I mentioned you do have to actually go to /var/lib/dpkg/info & right-click grub-pc.postinst to change it. It won't open via terminal.
 

Re: Possible bug in Grub in latest Install Updates
« Reply #6 on: May 20, 2017, 11:19:34 AM »
 

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So you've encountered the exact same updates error as above have you?

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Re: Possible bug in Grub in latest Install Updates
« Reply #5 on: May 20, 2017, 11:04:00 AM »
 

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Hi Jerry: When you try to run the command in terminal you get an error that it can't open it because it's a directory. But if you go to the file itself & right-click 'open as administrator', it'll open. I changed the line (#699), saved & then ran the sudo grub update in terminal. BUT! You then get a choice of:
-install the package maintainers version
-keep the local version installed
-show the differences between the versions
-show a side-by-side difference between the versions
-show a 3-way difference between available versions
-do a 3-way merge between available versions (experimental)
-start a new shell to examine the situation

Which do I select? I'm just going to keep the terminal window open until you, or someone else posts a reply & then I'll let you know what happened.
 

Re: Possible bug in Grub in latest Install Updates
« Reply #4 on: May 20, 2017, 10:46:45 AM »
 

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Those brave enough to fix this themselves can do the following to fix:

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sudo leafpad /var/lib/dpkg/info/grub-pc.postinst
change line 699 from:

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        if dpkg --compare-versions "$2" lt-nl 2.02~beta2-36ubuntu3.10 then

to:

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        if dpkg --compare-versions "$2" lt-nl 2.02~beta2-36ubuntu3.10; then

notice the added semicolon after ubuntu3.10

Then run:

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sudo dpkg --configure grub-pc
Please confirm this fix works.
« Last Edit: May 21, 2017, 12:41:03 AM by Jerry »
 

Re: Possible bug in Grub in latest Install Updates
« Reply #3 on: May 20, 2017, 10:16:17 AM »
 

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Follow the thread here if you're interested - https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/grub2/+bug/1692215
 

 

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