Public bug reported: This messages was showned at de "apt dist-upgrade" process today:
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Configuring grub-common (2.02-2ubuntu1) ... Installing new version of the /etc/grub.d/10_linux configuration file ... Installing new version of the /etc/grub.d/20_linux_xen configuration file ... update-rc.d: warning: start and stop actions are no longer supported; falling back to defaults Job for grub-common.service failed because timeout was exceeded. See "systemctl status grub-common.service" and "journalctl -xe" for details. invoke-rc.d: initscript grub-common, action "start" failed. ● grub-common.service - LSB: Record successful boot for GRUB Loaded: loaded (/etc/init.d/grub-common; generated; vendor preset: enabled) Active: failed (Result: timeout) since Wed 2017-11-08 08:45:39 -02; 14 hours ago Docs: man: systemd-sysv-generator (8) Process: 9432 ExecStart = / etc / init.d / grub-common start (code = killed, signal = TERM) Tasks: 2 (limit: 4915) CGroup: /system.slice/grub-common.service └─9436 plymouth --ping Nov 08 08:40:39 etm systemd [1]: Starting LSB: Record successful boot for GRUB ... Nov 08 08:45:39 etm systemd [1]: grub-common.service: Start operation timed out. Terminating. Nov 08 08:45:39 etm systemd [1]: grub-common.service: Failed with result 'timeout'. Nov 08 08:45:39 etm systemd [1]: Failed to start LSB: Record successful boot for GRUB. dpkg: error processing package grub-common (--configure): installed grub-common package post-installation script subprocess returned error exit status 1 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ...in other point later in the same processess we have: ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Configuring libharfbuzz-icu0: amd64 (1.6.3-1build1) ... dpkg: problems with dependencies prevent the configuration of grub-efi-amd64-bin: grub-efi-amd64-bin depends on grub-common (= 2.02-2ubuntu1); however: Package grub-common is not configured yet. dpkg: error processing package grub-efi-amd64-bin (--configure): dependency problems - leaving unconfigured dpkg: problems with dependencies prevent the configuration of grub-efi-amd64: grub-efi-amd64 depends on grub-common (= 2.02-2ubuntu1); however: Package grub-common is not configured yet. grub-efi-amd64 depends on grub-efi-amd64-bin (= 2.02-2ubuntu1); however: Package grub-efi-amd64-bin is not configured yet. No apport report written because the error message indicates that it is a follow error from a previous error. No apport report written because the error message indicates that it is a follow error from a previous error. dpkg: error processing package grub-efi-amd64 (--configure): dependency problems - leaving unconfigured ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ...and yet ahead we found: ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Configuring libxml2-utils (2.9.4 + dfsg1-5ubuntu2) ... dpkg: dependency problems prevent grub2-common configuration: grub2-common depends on grub-common (= 2.02-2ubuntu1); however: Package grub-common is not configured yet. dpkg: error processing package grub2-common (--configure): dependency problems - leaving unconfigured No apport report written since MaxReports has already been hit Configuring mailutils (1: 3.4-1) ... Configuring libqt5printsupport5: amd64 (5.9.2 + dfsg-4ubuntu6) ... Configuring libedataserver-1.2-22: amd64 (3.26.2-1ubuntu2) ... Configuring libqt5opengl5: amd64 (5.9.2 + dfsg-4ubuntu6) ... dpkg: problems with dependencies prevent the configuration of grub-efi-amd64-signed: grub-efi-amd64-signed depends on grub-efi-amd64 (= 2.02-2ubuntu1); however: Package grub-efi-amd64 is not configured yet. dpkg: error processing package grub-efi-amd64-signed (--configure): dependency problems - leaving unconfigured Configuring libqt5sql5-sqlite: amd64 (5.9.2 + dfsg-4ubuntu6) ... No apport report written since MaxReports has already been hit Configuring libwebkitgtk-1.0-0: amd64 (2.4.11-3ubuntu3) .. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ...and at the end of "apt dist-upgrade" process, this: ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- update-initramfs: Generating /boot/initrd.img-4.13.0-16-generic Errors were encountered while processing: grub-common grub-efi-amd64-bin grub-efi-amd64 grub2-common grub-efi-amd64-signed E: Sub-process / usr / bin / dpkg returned an error code (1) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ... As recomended I gave a "systemctl status grub-common.service". Above the result: ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- etm@etm:~$ systemctl status grub-common.service ● grub-common.service - LSB: Record successful boot for GRUB Loaded: loaded (/etc/init.d/grub-common; generated; vendor preset: enabled) Active: failed (Result: timeout) since Wed 2017-11-08 08:45:39 -02; 17min ago Docs: man:systemd-sysv-generator(8) Tasks: 1 (limit: 4915) CGroup: /system.slice/grub-common.service └─9436 plymouth --ping nov 08 08:40:39 etm systemd[1]: Starting LSB: Record successful boot for GRUB... nov 08 08:45:39 etm systemd[1]: grub-common.service: Start operation timed out. Terminating. nov 08 08:45:39 etm systemd[1]: grub-common.service: Failed with result 'timeout'. nov 08 08:45:39 etm systemd[1]: Failed to start LSB: Record successful boot for GRUB. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ... And "journalctl -xe" gave this: ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- etm@etm:~$ journalctl -xe - Support: http://www.ubuntu.com/support - - The grub-common.service drive failed. - - The result is RESULT. Nov 08 08:45:39 etm systemd [1]: Reloading. Nov 08 08:45:41 etm systemd [1]: Reloading. Nov 08 08:45:41 etm systemd [1]: Reloading. Nov 08 08:45:41 etm systemd [1]: Stopping System Logging Service ... - Subject: rsyslog.service drive being shut down - Defined-By: systemd - Support: http://www.ubuntu.com/support - - The rsyslog.service drive is being shut down. Nov 08 08:45:41 etm systemd [1]: Stopped System Logging Service. - Subject: The rsyslog.service unit terminated shutdown - Defined-By: systemd - Support: http://www.ubuntu.com/support - - The rsyslog.service unit has completed shutdown. Nov 08 08:45:41 etm systemd [1]: Starting System Logging Service ... - Subject: rsyslog.service unit being started - Defined-By: systemd - Support: http://www.ubuntu.com/support - - The rsyslog.service drive is starting. Nov 08 08:45:41 etm systemd [1]: Started System Logging Service. - Subject: rsyslog.service unit has completed initialization - Defined-By: systemd - Support: http://www.ubuntu.com/support - - The rsyslog.service unit has completed initialization. - - The start-up result is RESULT. Nov 08 08:45:45 etm systemd [1]: Reloading. Nov 08 08:45:55 etm systemd-udevd [372]: /lib/udev/rules.d/99-anbox.rules:1: NAME = "% k" is ignored, because it breaks kernel supplied names; please remove Nov 08 08:45:55 etm systemd-udevd [372]: /lib/udev/rules.d/99-anbox.rules:2: NAME = "% k" is ignored, because it breaks kernel supplied names; please remove Nov 08 08:46:04 etm sudo [7236]: pam_unix (sudo: session): session closed for user root Nov 08 08:46:08 etm gnome-software [1885]: running get-updates with refine-flags = require-update-details, require-update-severity with timeout = 60 on plugin = fwupd took 4ms Nov 08 08:48:38 etm pkexec [19403]: pam_unix (polkit-1: session): session opened for user root by (uid = 1000) Nov 08 08:48:38 etm pkexec [19403]: etm: Executing command [USER = root] [TTY = unknown] [CWD = / home / etm] [COMMAND = / usr / lib / update-notifier / package-system -locked] Nov 08 08:48:39 etm update-notifier [2327]: GtkDialog mapped without a parent transient. This is discouraged. Nov 08 08:49:07 etm polkitd (authority = local) [1004]: Operator of unix-session: 3 successfully authenticated as unix-user: etm to gain ONE-SHOT authorization for action com.ubuntu.appo Nov 08 08:49:07 etm pkexec [19485]: pam_unix (polkit-1: session): session opened for user root by (uid = 1000) ctd = / home / etm] [COMMAND = / usr / share / apport / apport-gtk] Nov 08 08:49:21 etm sudo [19723]: root: TTY = unknown; PWD = / root; USER = etm; ENV = DBUS_SESSION_BUS_ADDRESS = unix: path = / run / user / 1000 / bus; COMMAND = / usr / bin / xdg-open https: // bugs. Nov 08 08:49:21 etm sudo [19723]: pam_unix (sudo: session): session opened for user etm by (uid = 0) Nov 08 08:49:21 etm sudo [19723]: pam_unix (sudo: session): session closed for user etm Nov 08 08:49:22 etm update-notifier.desktop [2327]: [19738: 19776: 1108 / 084922.132224: ERROR: nss_util.cc (725)] After loading Root Certs, loaded == false: NSS error code: - 8018 Nov 08 08:49:22 etm update-notifier.desktop [2327]: [19738: 19776: 1108 / 084922.132969: ERROR: browser_gpu_channel_host_factory.cc (108)] Failed to launch GPU process. Nov 08 08:49:22 etm update-notifier.desktop [2327]: A new window has been created in an existing browser session. Nov 08 08:49:59 etm variety.desktop [2045]: /usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/urllib3/connectionpool.py:854: InsecureRequestWarning: Unverified HTTPS request is being made. Adding ce Nov 08 08:49:59 etm variety.desktop [2045]: InsecureRequestWarning) Nov 08 08:49:59 UTC variety.desktop [2045]: ERROR: 2017-11-08 08: 49: 59,286: download_thread () 'Could not download wallpaper:' Nov 08 08:49:59 etm variety.desktop [2045]: Traceback (most recent call last): Nov 08 08:49:59 etm variety.desktop [2045]: File "/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/variety/VarietyWindow.py", line 1039, in download_thread Nov 08 08:49:59 etm variety.desktop [2045]: self.download_one_from (downloader) Nov 08 08:49:59 etm variety.desktop [2045]: File "/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/variety/VarietyWindow.py", line 1071, in download_one_from Nov 08 08:49:59 etm variety.desktop [2045]: file = downloader.download_one () Nov 08 08:49:59 etm variety.desktop [2045]: File "/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/variety/MediaRssDownloader.py", line 75, in download_one Nov 08 08:49:59 etm variety.desktop [2045]: self.fill_queue () Nov 08 08:49:59 etm variety.desktop [2045]: File "/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/variety/MediaRssDownloader.py", line 103, in fill_queue Nov 08 08:49:59 etm variety.desktop [2045]: s = self.fetch (feed_url) Nov 08 08:49:59 etm variety.desktop [2045]: File "/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/variety/MediaRssDownloader.py", line 44, in fetch nov 08 08:49:59 etm variety.desktop[2045]: content = Util.fetch_bytes(url) nov 08 08:49:59 etm variety.desktop[2045]: File "/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/variety/Util.py", line 530, in fetch_bytes nov 08 08:49:59 etm variety.desktop[2045]: return Util.request(url, data).content nov 08 08:49:59 etm variety.desktop[2045]: File "/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/variety/Util.py", line 507, in request nov 08 08:49:59 etm variety.desktop[2045]: r.raise_for_status() nov 08 08:49:59 etm variety.desktop[2045]: File "/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/requests/models.py", line 937, in raise_for_status nov 08 08:49:59 etm variety.desktop[2045]: raise HTTPError(http_error_msg, response=self) nov 08 08:49:59 etm variety.desktop[2045]: HTTPError: 404 Client Error: Not Found for url: https://vrty.org/user/~peterlevi/rss nov 08 08:59:58 etm variety.desktop[2045]: /usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/urllib3/connectionpool.py:854: InsecureRequestWarning: Unverified HTTPS request is being made. Adding ce nov 08 08:59:58 etm variety.desktop[2045]: InsecureRequestWarning) nov 08 09:00:00 etm variety.desktop[2045]: /usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/urllib3/connectionpool.py:854: InsecureRequestWarning: Unverified HTTPS request is being made. Adding ce nov 08 09:00:00 etm variety.desktop[2045]: InsecureRequestWarning) nov 08 09:00:00 etm variety.desktop[2045]: /usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/urllib3/connectionpool.py:854: InsecureRequestWarning: Unverified HTTPS request is being made. Adding ce nov 08 09:00:00 etm variety.desktop[2045]: InsecureRequestWarning) nov 08 09:03:46 etm sudo[21066]: etm : TTY=pts/0 ; PWD=/home/etm ; USER=root ; COMMAND=/bin/systemctl status grub-common.service nov 08 09:03:46 etm sudo[21066]: pam_unix(sudo:session): session opened for user root by (uid=0) nov 08 09:03:46 etm sudo[21066]: pam_unix(sudo:session): session closed for user root ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- And that is all. ProblemType: Package DistroRelease: Ubuntu 18.04 Package: grub-common 2.02-2ubuntu1 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 4.13.0-16.19-generic 4.13.4 Uname: Linux 4.13.0-16-generic x86_64 ApportVersion: 2.20.7-0ubuntu3.1 Architecture: amd64 Date: Wed Nov 8 08:45:39 2017 ErrorMessage: installed grub-common package post-installation script subprocess returned error exit status 1 InstallationDate: Installed on 2017-09-29 (39 days ago) InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 17.10 "Artful Aardvark" - Beta amd64 (20170929) ProcCmdLine: BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-4.13.0-16-generic.efi.signed root=UUID=e21f23a6-7931-4119-91bf-b51fd921d471 ro quiet splash vt.handoff=7 Python3Details: /usr/bin/python3.6, Python 3.6.3, python3-minimal, 3.6.3-2 PythonDetails: /usr/bin/python2.7, Python 2.7.14, python-minimal, 2.7.14-2ubuntu1 RelatedPackageVersions: dpkg 1.19.0.4ubuntu1 apt 1.6~alpha4 SourcePackage: grub2 Title: package grub-common 2.02-2ubuntu1 failed to install/upgrade: installed grub-common package post-installation script subprocess returned error exit status 1 UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install) ** Affects: grub2 (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided Status: New ** Tags: amd64 apport-package bionic package-from-proposed -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1730935 Title: package grub-common 2.02-2ubuntu1 failed to install/upgrade: installed grub-common package post-installation script subprocess returned error exit status 1 To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/grub2/+bug/1730935/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs