[21:24] slangasek: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/grub2/+bug/1292628 [21:24] Launchpad bug 1292628 in grub2 (Ubuntu) "'grub-install --force "(hd0)"' fails on trusty during installation" [High,Confirmed] [21:47] slangasek: http://www.debian.org/doc/manuals/maint-guide/start.en.html [21:49] blkperl: apt-cache show packaging-tutorial [22:13] blkperl: apt-cache show wwwconfig-common :) [22:15] https://launchpad.net/drupal-charm [22:26] blkperl: have added a request for more info on bug #1292628 [22:26] bug 1292628 in grub2 (Ubuntu) "'grub-install --force "(hd0)"' fails on trusty during installation" [High,Confirmed] https://launchpad.net/bugs/1292628 [22:26] nightfly: hi there [22:26] hello [22:26] nightfly: so on https://launchpad.net/bugs/1292628 I asked for more info - basically, to understand why grub-installer failed to figure out the correct root device [22:30] (hd0) /dev/disk/by-id/ata-INTEL_SSDSA2CW300G3_CVPR142500XY300EGN [23:11] slangasek: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/gnome-session/+bug/1274013 [23:11] Launchpad bug 1274013 in gnome-session (Ubuntu) "gnome-session is broken without 3d acceleration, breaking gnome-flashback on non-3D H/W and cloud environments (Forwarded-X, VNC and NX/X2GO)" [Critical,Confirmed] [23:17] blkperl: do you have 'debconf-communicate' in the installer environment? (not in the target environment) [23:17] yes [23:17] blkperl: debconf-show grub-installer/bootdev [23:19] blkperl: look for the grub-installer/bootdev section in /var/cache/debconf/config.dat (outside the chroot) [23:22] blkperl: I found the guilty code in kickseed handlers/bootloader.sh: http://paste.ubuntu.com/7159727/ [23:22] blkperl: so if you drop the --location mbr part from your kickstart file, it should DTRT [23:22] blkperl: it's still a bug in grub-installer, but the above should work around [23:33] blkperl, nightfly: cf. lightdm-remote-session-freerdp [23:35] slangasek++ wooto!