hi, thanks for all the responses, and so quickly. As a noobie, I really appreciate it.
The install crash reported here, I think I've figured out. My pc has a SSD (C:/) drive which houses my MS Windows 7 Professional system. It also has a 2TBi (D:) hard drive which I've been using for linux. Due to mistakes on my part, the previous linux (ubuntu 14.04.1) system crashed, and I decided to bite the bullet and re-install, but while I was at it, chose ubuntu 16.04. That install is the one that crashed. What was different: (1) version 16.04 vs 14.04 (2)decided to partition the linux drive in half with two ext4 partitions plus a SWAP partition vs last time everything on one ext4 drive. Did another new format + clean install, which refused to boot up. Logged on via GNOME terminal, did a sudo apt GRUB purge, and apt update&clean&upgrade, then a fresh apt GRUB2 install. Pretty sure the error lay at my end. The install was done from a UEFI DVD. The previous ubuntu14.04 installation was done that way and had worked, but threw a constant Error message every time it was booted. That has now stopped. Pretty sure the boot sector on the C: drive is BIOS/EFI, which may have caused interference. This time I still used a UEFI DVD, and did the re-install of GRUB on my 2TBi, D: drive, set that as 1st boot priority. That works fine now too with no error messages. All is now well. My apologies if I've wasted your time; I only sent in the report because of the pop-up suggesting I do so. Definitely on a learning curve here, and appreciate your help. regards, tom burkhardt On 2016-08-02 02:51 PM, Steve Langasek wrote: > Further examination of the logs shows that this was an install using the > 16.04.1 install media. > > We see that both grub and shim fail to install. But there is no > information attached that would tell us the state of UEFI on your > system, or whether you even have a UEFI system. Do you know if this > computer has UEFI? > > ** Summary changed: > > - package shim-signed (not installed) failed to install/upgrade: subprocess > installed post-installation script returned error exit status 1 > + 16.04.1, initial install, UEFI status unknown: package shim-signed (not > installed) failed to install/upgrade: subprocess installed post-installation > script returned error exit status 1 > -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1608759 Title: 16.04.1, initial install, UEFI status unknown: package shim-signed (not installed) failed to install/upgrade: subprocess installed post- installation script returned error exit status 1 To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/shim-signed/+bug/1608759/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list [email protected] https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
