[Bug 1289977] Re: Ubuntu 14.04 Update breaks grub, resulting in "error: symbol 'grub_term_highlight_color' not found"

2014-05-12 Thread Scott Draper
I fixed this problem, but FYI I have BIOS (MBR) on my computer, not EFI, so my solution might not work for devices with (U)EFI. The solution was very simple. I just downloaded boot-repair-disk at http://sourceforge.net/projects/boot-repair-cd/ and burned it to a CD (on another computer, of course

[Bug 1289977] Re: Ubuntu 14.04 Update breaks grub, resulting in "error: symbol 'grub_term_highlight_color' not found"

2014-05-06 Thread Scott Draper
@SatPhil: "sudo efibootmgr -v" was not recognized as a command for me, but I used two other methods that I think answer your question. See below: ubuntu@ubuntu:~$ [ -d /sys/firmware/efi ] && echo UEFI || echo BIOS BIOS ubuntu@ubuntu:~$ dmesg | grep "EFI v" ubuntu@ubuntu:~$ The second method ("dm

[Bug 1289977] Re: Ubuntu 14.04 Update breaks grub, resulting in "error: symbol 'grub_term_highlight_color' not found"

2014-05-05 Thread Scott Draper
Hi, I'm new to Ubuntu so all of this is new to me. I installed 13.10 and had a GRUB issue with it, so I ran a boot-repair DVD and that solved the GRUB issue in 13.10. After opening my brand new 13.10 OS, it asked if I wanted to upgrade to 14.04. I did and I get the "grub_term_highlight_colo