Actually, during the dist-manager -d install, I did get a dialog that was all "unknown character" blocks in the message and on the buttons. I don't know what it was asking. It didn't appear to block (I never answered it, not being able to read it), but it was perhaps that message. I HAVE seen it in the past, but not during this testing session.
I had meant to reproduce and document that weird dialog, but got distracted by this problem. I'll go back and get more info on that either over the weekend or Monday, when I have capacity on my VM host to make another pre-update clone and run the process again. The only dialog that I recall, apart from the typical "remove these packages?" type things, was to do with restarting services. On 03/09/2012 11:48 AM, Colin Watson wrote: > You should run 'sudo dpkg-reconfigure grub-pc' and instruct it to > install the boot loader somewhere, probably /dev/vda. > > The debconf database shows that the following question was presented to > you at some point: > > You chose not to install GRUB to any devices. If you continue, the > boot loader may not be properly configured, and when this computer next > starts up it will use whatever was previously in the boot sector. If > there is an earlier version of GRUB 2 in the boot sector, it may be > unable to load modules or handle the current configuration file. > > If you are already using a different boot loader and want to carry on > doing so, or if this is a special environment where you do not need a > boot loader, then you should continue anyway. Otherwise, you should > install GRUB somewhere. > > Continue without installing GRUB? > > Do you remember seeing this question? It was intended to strongly > discourage setups like this ... > -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/949992 Title: Upgrade from Lucid to Precise results in broken grub configuration To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/update-manager/+bug/949992/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
