I have the same problem. I had my system partition formatted into ext4 (this was a new install, not upgrade). The installer did not ask me which version of grub to install. After the installation I started seeing this message after each kernel upgrade.
sudo apt-get install grub-pc wants to remove installed package grub: v...@pea:~$ sudo apt-get install grub-pc Reading package lists... Done Building dependency tree Reading state information... Done Suggested packages: desktop-base The following packages will be REMOVED: grub The following NEW packages will be installed: grub-pc 0 upgraded, 1 newly installed, 1 to remove and 0 not upgraded. 3 not fully installed or removed. Need to get 0B/434kB of archives. After this operation, 807kB of additional disk space will be used. Do you want to continue [Y/n]? -- package linux-image-2.6.31-15-generic 2.6.31-15.50 failed to install/upgrade: subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 1 https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/481689 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
