I’m considering alternatives to Ubuntu Desktop on standalone PCs or laptops. Right now I'm “playing” with Linux Mint Debian Edition (LMDE). And, as luck would have it, it didn't take long to start hitting snags. Hence, a new page, just for LMDE.

Couldn't even get through the initial install and update before I hit a fatal error updating grub. It happened on a standalone PC, it happened in a VM. Seems it “just happens”. Apparently this is the fix:

sudo into a privileged shell and execute the following commands:

cd /boot/grub
rm grubenv
grub-editenv grubenv create
grub-editenv grubenv set default=0
grub-editenv grubenv list
update-grub
reboot