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(update-manager) package shim-signed 1.27~16.04.1+0.9+1474479173.6c180c6-1ubuntu1 failed to install/upgrade: subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 1

Bug #1679366 reported by Jaime Cruz
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This bug affects 83 people
Affects Status Importance Assigned to Milestone
shim-signed (Ubuntu)
Invalid
High
Mathieu Trudel-Lapierre
update-manager (Ubuntu)
Triaged
High
Mathieu Trudel-Lapierre

Bug Description

Crash while updating.

ProblemType: Package
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 16.04
Package: shim-signed 1.27~16.04.1+0.9+1474479173.6c180c6-1ubuntu1
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 4.8.0-45.48~16.04.1-generic 4.8.17
Uname: Linux 4.8.0-45-generic x86_64
NonfreeKernelModules: wl
ApportVersion: 2.20.1-0ubuntu2.5
Architecture: amd64
Date: Mon Apr 3 18:17:35 2017
DpkgHistoryLog:
 Start-Date: 2017-04-03 18:16:50
 Commandline: aptdaemon role='role-upgrade-system' sender=':1.83'
 Upgrade: grub-common:amd64 (2.02~beta2-36ubuntu3.8, 2.02~beta2-36ubuntu3.9), grub2-common:amd64 (2.02~beta2-36ubuntu3.8, 2.02~beta2-36ubuntu3.9), grub-efi-amd64-bin:amd64 (2.02~beta2-36ubuntu3.8, 2.02~beta2-36ubuntu3.9), grub-efi-amd64:amd64 (2.02~beta2-36ubuntu3.8, 2.02~beta2-36ubuntu3.9), shim-signed:amd64 (1.19~16.04.1+0.8-0ubuntu2, 1.27~16.04.1+0.9+1474479173.6c180c6-1ubuntu1), grub-efi-amd64-signed:amd64 (1.66.8+2.02~beta2-36ubuntu3.8, 1.66.9+2.02~beta2-36ubuntu3.9), shim:amd64 (0.8-0ubuntu2, 0.9+1474479173.6c180c6-1ubuntu1)
ErrorMessage: subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 1
InstallationDate: Installed on 2014-09-06 (940 days ago)
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 14.04.1 LTS "Trusty Tahr" - Release amd64 (20140722.2)
RelatedPackageVersions:
 dpkg 1.18.4ubuntu1.1
 apt 1.2.19
SourcePackage: shim-signed
Title: package shim-signed 1.27~16.04.1+0.9+1474479173.6c180c6-1ubuntu1 failed to install/upgrade: subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 1
UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to xenial on 2017-03-05 (29 days ago)

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Jaime Cruz (jaime-cruz) wrote :
Apport retracing service (apport)
tags: removed: need-duplicate-check
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Steve Langasek (vorlon) wrote :

The error in the logs is:

> Installation finished. No error reported.
> Running in non-interactive mode, doing nothing.
> dpkg: error processing package shim-signed (--configure):
> subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 1

This appears to indicate that your system has dkms modules installed, and therefore must have secureboot administratively disabled in order to ensure your system remains bootable, but because this was a non-interactive upgrade, shim-signed was unable to prompt you about this.

It also appears that the signed kernel package is missing from your system, which would also prevent secureboot from working.

I recommend that you install the linux-signed-image-generic package on your system.

Do you know if you have dkms modules installed on your system? (/var/lib/dkms)

Changed in shim-signed (Ubuntu):
assignee: nobody → Mathieu Trudel-Lapierre (cyphermox)
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Launchpad Janitor (janitor) wrote :

Status changed to 'Confirmed' because the bug affects multiple users.

Changed in shim-signed (Ubuntu):
status: New → Confirmed
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Jaime Cruz (jaime-cruz) wrote :

Yes, I have VirtualBox installed on this system which has DKMS modules installed.

Alberto Salvia Novella (es20490446e)
Changed in shim-signed (Ubuntu):
importance: Undecided → High
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Steve Langasek (vorlon) wrote :

Thanks, Jaime. Can you also tell us how you did this upgrade? Was it an automatic, unattended upgrade, or did you use a graphical frontend - and if so, which one?

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Jaime Cruz (jaime-cruz) wrote :

I ran the default Ubuntu Software Updater and selected the choice to upgrade my system. It wasn't unattended as it did pause at several points to ask questions before proceeding.

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Steve Langasek (vorlon) wrote :

should be fixable by update-manager pulling in libgtk2-perl for the debconf frontend.

summary: - package shim-signed 1.27~16.04.1+0.9+1474479173.6c180c6-1ubuntu1 failed
- to install/upgrade: subprocess installed post-installation script
- returned error exit status 1
+ (update-manager) package shim-signed
+ 1.27~16.04.1+0.9+1474479173.6c180c6-1ubuntu1 failed to install/upgrade:
+ subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status
+ 1
Changed in update-manager (Ubuntu):
status: New → Triaged
importance: Undecided → High
Changed in shim-signed (Ubuntu):
status: Confirmed → Invalid
Changed in update-manager (Ubuntu):
assignee: nobody → Mathieu Trudel-Lapierre (cyphermox)
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Jaime Cruz (jaime-cruz) wrote :

I don't know when it was installed, but I apparently already have libgtk2-perl Version 2:1.2498-1 on my system.

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Steve Langasek (vorlon) wrote : Re: [Bug 1679366] Re: (update-manager) package shim-signed 1.27~16.04.1+0.9+1474479173.6c180c6-1ubuntu1 failed to install/upgrade: subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 1

On Tue, Apr 11, 2017 at 11:42:18AM -0000, Jaime Cruz wrote:
> I don't know when it was installed, but I apparently already have
> libgtk2-perl Version 2:1.2498-1 on my system.

Interesting, possibly because this system was originally installed with
14.04. This does mean changing update-manager, while correct, is unlikely
to solve your reported problem. It also means I don't know how to solve
your particular problem, since update-manager with libgtk2-perl installed
works here for me.

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Austin Dempewolff (adempewolff) wrote :

I had the same crash while using the additional drivers GUI to switch the the proprietary nvidia drivers.

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Steve Langasek (vorlon) wrote :

On Tue, Apr 18, 2017 at 01:44:03AM -0000, Austin Dempewolff wrote:
> I had the same crash while using the additional drivers GUI to switch
> the the proprietary nvidia drivers.

That is bug #1679784.

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firat (e73kiel) wrote :

Had the crash on first update. Before that default installed nouveau driver is changed with nvidia-driver.

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emailtheds (emailtheds) wrote :

This issue sounds similar to bug 1679784.

Using "Software & Updates" to switch between Nouveau and Nvidia 375.39 video drivers. Secure boot is enabled on this computer, but received no prompt to disable it.

(Note: It looks like a fix is in progress for Yakkety, but not yet applied to Xenial.

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