Hello,I'm new to the linux world .I've installed Zorin os 16 and i absolutely loving it..recently i tried apt upgrade ..i think grub broke while doing so..
`reaper@asus-tuf ~> sudo apt upgrade
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
Calculating upgrade... Done
0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 0 not upgraded.
4 not fully installed or removed.
After this operation, 0 B of additional disk space will be used.
Do you want to continue? [Y/n] y
Setting up grub-common (2.04-1ubuntu26.13+zorin1) ...
Job for grub-initrd-fallback.service failed because the control process exited with error code.
See "systemctl status grub-initrd-fallback.service" and "journalctl -xe" for details.
update-rc.d: warning: start and stop actions are no longer supported; falling back to defaults
Job for grub-common.service failed because the control process exited with error code.
See "systemctl status grub-common.service" and "journalctl -xe" for details.
invoke-rc.d: initscript grub-common, action "restart" failed.
â—Ź grub-common.service - Record successful boot for GRUB
Loaded: loaded (/lib/systemd/system/grub-common.service; enabled; vendor preset: enabled)
Active: failed (Result: exit-code) since Wed 2021-09-15 09:38:15 IST; 5ms a
go
Process: 8641 ExecStartPre=/bin/sh -c [ -s /boot/grub/grubenv ] || rm -f /bo
ot/grub/grubenv; mkdir -p /boot/grub (code=exited, status=0/SUCCESS)
Process: 8643 ExecStart=/usr/bin/grub-editenv /boot/grub/grubenv unset recor
dfail (code=exited, status=1/FAILURE)
Main PID: 8643 (code=exited, status=1/FAILURE)
Sep 15 09:38:15 asus-tuf systemd[1]: Starting Record successful boot for GRUB...
Sep 15 09:38:15 asus-tuf grub-editenv[8643]: /usr/bin/grub-editenv: error: inval
id environment block.
Sep 15 09:38:15 asus-tuf systemd[1]: grub-common.service: Main process exited, c
ode=exited, status=1/FAILURE
Sep 15 09:38:15 asus-tuf systemd[1]: grub-common.service: Failed with result 'ex
it-code'.
Sep 15 09:38:15 asus-tuf systemd[1]: Failed to start Record successful boot for
GRUB.
dpkg: error processing package grub-common (--configure):
installed grub-common package post-installation script subprocess returned erro
r exit status 1
dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of grub2-common:
grub2-common depends on grub-common (= 2.04-1ubuntu26.13+zorin1); however:
Package grub-common is not configured yet.
dpkg: error processing package grub2-common (--configure):
dependency problems - leaving unconfigured
dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of grub-pc-bin:
grub-pc-bin depends on grub-common (= 2.04-1ubuntu26.13+zorin1); however:
Package grub-common is not configured yet.
dpkg: error processing package grub-pc-bin (--configure):
dependency problems - leaving unconfigured
dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of grub-pc:
grub-pc depends on grub-common (= 2.04-1ubuntu26.13+zorin1); however:
Package grub-common is not configured yet.
grub-pc depends on grub2-common (= 2.04-1ubuntu26.13+zorin1); however:
Package grub2-common is not configured yet.
grub-pc depends on grub-pc-bin (= 2.04-1ubuntu26.13+zorin1); however:
Package grub-pc-bin is not configured yet.
dpkg: error processing package grub-pc (--configure):
dependency problems - leaving unconfigured
Errors were encountered while processing:
grub-common
grub2-common
grub-pc-bin
grub-pc
E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1)`
hello..thank you for replying..
ive got the following errors after running above commands
sudo apt-get install -f && sudo dpkg --configure -a
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 14 not upgraded.
4 not fully installed or removed.
After this operation, 0 B of additional disk space will be used.
Setting up grub-common (2.04-1ubuntu26.13+zorin1) ...
Job for grub-initrd-fallback.service failed because the control process exited with error code.
See "systemctl status grub-initrd-fallback.service" and "journalctl -xe" for details.
update-rc.d: warning: start and stop actions are no longer supported; falling back to defaults
Job for grub-common.service failed because the control process exited with error code.
See "systemctl status grub-common.service" and "journalctl -xe" for details.
invoke-rc.d: initscript grub-common, action "restart" failed.
â—Ź grub-common.service - Record successful boot for GRUB
Loaded: loaded (/lib/systemd/system/grub-common.service; enabled; vendor preset: enabled)
Active: failed (Result: exit-code) since Wed 2021-09-15 13:07:32 IST; 5ms ago
Process: 11343 ExecStartPre=/bin/sh -c [ -s /boot/grub/grubenv ] || rm -f /boot/grub/grubenv; mkdir -p /boot/grub (code=exited, status=0/SUCCESS)
Process: 11345 ExecStart=/usr/bin/grub-editenv /boot/grub/grubenv unset recordfail (code=exited, status=1/FAILURE)
Main PID: 11345 (code=exited, status=1/FAILURE)
Sep 15 13:07:32 asus-tuf systemd[1]: Starting Record successful boot for GRUB...
Sep 15 13:07:32 asus-tuf grub-editenv[11345]: /usr/bin/grub-editenv: error: invalid environment block.
Sep 15 13:07:32 asus-tuf systemd[1]: grub-common.service: Main process exited, code=exited, status=1/FAILURE
Sep 15 13:07:32 asus-tuf systemd[1]: grub-common.service: Failed with result 'exit-code'.
Sep 15 13:07:32 asus-tuf systemd[1]: Failed to start 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
dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of grub2-common:
grub2-common depends on grub-common (= 2.04-1ubuntu26.13+zorin1); however:
Package grub-common is not configured yet.
dpkg: error processing package grub2-common (--configure):
dependency problems - leaving unconfigured
dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of grub-pc-bin:
grub-pc-bin depends on grub-common (= 2.04-1ubuntu26.13+zorin1); however:
Package grub-common is not configured yet.
dpkg: error processing package grub-pc-bin (--configure):
dependency problems - leaving unconfigured
dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of grub-pc:
grub-pc depends on grub-common (= 2.04-1ubuntu26.13+zorin1); however:
Package grub-common is not configured yet.
grub-pc depends on grub2-common (= 2.04-1ubuntu26.13+zorin1); however:
Package grub2-common is not configured yet.
grub-pc depends on grub-pc-bin (= 2.04-1ubuntu26.13+zorin1); however:
Package grub-pc-bin is not configured yet.
dpkg: error processing package grub-pc (--configure):
dependency problems - leaving unconfigured
Errors were encountered while processing:
grub-common
grub2-common
grub-pc-bin
grub-pc
E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1)
When you start grub. Did you see a boot screen? Try click edit and check what is it wrong from live grub. Then you can find what is wrong and change a diffrents and then update a grub.
Hello people...I managed to fix this problem using live usb...I used boot repair tool to completely purge grub and Reinstall Grub ..and that worked like a charm..this problem was caused by conflicting system76 driver which I've installed previously....thank you @Aravisian
