I'm having serious trouble with my 8.04 server installation. The beginning of the story is described in this thread. As described there, there is only Ubuntu installed, no Windows, so no need for an UEFI based install. I don't know how grub was installed initially, if in the classic or the UEFI way. But I suspect now that it was in the classic way as there is no UEFI partition listed in /etc/fstab. Anyway, the problem is that boot sometimes works, but most often not. If it doesn't work (the HDD just clicks a couple of times and then stops spinning), I also can't enter the BIOS/UEFI settings, because the keyboard is obviously not recognized. Switching from a USB keyboard to a PS/2 version didn't help here. (Using PS/2 did help in the boot process where I have to enter the LUKS passphrase, but that is another story.) So I'm sitting in front of the ASRock welcome screen, can't enter the BIOS. Only thing that works now is clearing CMOS. Afterwards the keyboard works again. Strange, this happens again and again. I have the impression that the OS somehow influences UEFI settings so that the keyboard is not recognized anymore. I already flashed the UEFI to a new version and have run Boot-Repair from Linux Secure Remix a couple of times from a USB stick which was booted as a UEFI device. One thing that I also did, which might not have been such a good idea, was to install "grub-efi-amd64", as I thought I might need this. This might have complicated things further. I'm out of knowledge on this subject and am frightened to make things worse, so please give me some solid advice. OK, here some data: Output of Boot Info Script on the first run (before installing grub-efi-amd64), actual output, installed grub packages:
Contents of /boot:Code:me@server:~$ dpkg --get-selections > ~/installed_packages me@server:~$ grep grub installed_packages grub-common install grub-efi install grub-efi-amd64 install grub-efi-amd64-bin install grub2-common install
Please tell me if you need more information and thank you all for your help!Code:me@server:~$ sudo ls -laR /boot/ /boot/: total 31394 drwxr-xr-x 4 root root 1024 Mar 8 21:29 . drwxr-xr-x 24 root root 4096 Feb 28 01:56 .. -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 791281 Jul 27 2012 abi-3.2.0-29-generic -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 792830 Feb 19 13:58 abi-3.2.0-38-generic -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 140432 Jul 27 2012 config-3.2.0-29-generic -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 140488 Feb 19 13:58 config-3.2.0-38-generic drwxr-xr-x 5 root root 7168 Feb 28 01:56 grub -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 8817030 Feb 27 23:35 initrd.img-3.2.0-29-generic -rw------- 1 root root 5735733 Mar 8 21:29 initrd.img-3.2.0-38-generic drwx------ 2 root root 12288 Feb 26 15:20 lost+found -rw------- 1 root root 2882108 Jul 27 2012 System.map-3.2.0-29-generic -rw------- 1 root root 2887333 Feb 19 13:58 System.map-3.2.0-38-generic -rw------- 1 root root 4960752 Jul 27 2012 vmlinuz-3.2.0-29-generic -rw------- 1 root root 4968592 Feb 19 13:58 vmlinuz-3.2.0-38-generic /boot/grub: total 266 drwxr-xr-x 5 root root 7168 Feb 28 01:56 . drwxr-xr-x 4 root root 1024 Mar 8 21:29 .. -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 123904 Feb 26 16:02 core.efi drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 1024 Feb 28 00:31 fonts -r--r--r-- 1 root root 4389 Feb 28 01:56 grub.cfg -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 123904 Feb 26 16:02 grub.efi -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 1024 Mar 9 00:09 grubenv drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 7168 Feb 26 20:41 i386-pc -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 82 Feb 26 16:02 load.cfg drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 1024 Feb 26 19:50 locale /boot/grub/fonts: total 2509 drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 1024 Feb 28 00:31 . drwxr-xr-x 5 root root 7168 Feb 28 01:56 .. -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 2560080 Feb 28 00:25 unicode.pf2 /boot/grub/i386-pc: total 1759 drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 7168 Feb 26 20:41 . drwxr-xr-x 5 root root 7168 Feb 28 01:56 .. -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 7268 Feb 26 20:41 915resolution.mod -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 10152 Feb 26 20:41 acpi.mod -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 1292 Feb 26 20:41 adler32.mod -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 5632 Feb 26 20:41 affs.mod -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 6876 Feb 26 20:41 afs.mod -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 8692 Feb 26 20:41 ahci.mod -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 705 Feb 26 20:41 all_video.mod -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 1060 Feb 26 20:41 aout.mod -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 5428 Feb 26 20:41 ata.mod -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 4052 Feb 26 20:41 at_keyboard.mod -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 1632 Feb 26 20:41 backtrace.mod -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 7644 Feb 26 20:41 bfs.mod -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 4676 Feb 26 20:41 biosdisk.mod -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 2392 Feb 26 20:41 bitmap.mod -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 3012 Feb 26 20:41 bitmap_scale.mod -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 2036 Feb 26 20:41 blocklist.mod -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 512 Feb 26 20:41 boot.img -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 2448 Feb 26 20:41 boot.mod -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 29524 Feb 26 20:41 bsd.mod -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 14192 Feb 26 20:41 btrfs.mod -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 2164 Feb 26 20:41 bufio.mod -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 2232 Feb 26 20:41 cat.mod -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 512 Feb 26 20:41 cdboot.img -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 3500 Feb 26 20:41 chain.mod -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 1536 Feb 26 20:41 cmostest.mod -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 1988 Feb 26 20:41 cmp.mod -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 3251 Feb 26 20:41 command.lst -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 2208 Feb 26 20:41 configfile.mod -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 26425 Feb 26 20:41 core.img -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 4488 Feb 26 20:41 cpio_be.mod -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 4380 Feb 26 20:41 cpio.mod -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 1548 Feb 26 20:41 cpuid.mod -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 1784 Feb 26 20:41 crc64.mod -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 8688 Feb 26 20:41 cryptodisk.mod -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 855 Feb 26 20:41 crypto.lst -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 4376 Feb 26 20:41 crypto.mod -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 3716 Feb 26 20:41 cs5536.mod -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 1800 Feb 26 20:41 datehook.mod -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 2176 Feb 26 20:41 date.mod -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 1281 Feb 26 20:41 datetime.mod -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 512 Feb 26 20:41 diskboot.img -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 9696 Feb 26 20:41 diskfilter.mod -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 1872 Feb 26 20:41 dm_nv.mod -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 5380 Feb 26 20:41 drivemap.mod -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 1964 Feb 26 20:41 echo.mod -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 7432 Feb 26 20:41 efiemu32.o -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 11137 Feb 26 20:41 efiemu64.o -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 23960 Feb 26 20:41 efiemu.mod -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 15624 Feb 26 20:41 ehci.mod -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 4404 Feb 26 20:41 elf.mod -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 5312 Feb 26 20:41 exfat.mod -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 1468 Feb 26 20:41 exfctest.mod -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 5784 Feb 26 20:41 ext2.mod -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 4488 Feb 26 20:41 extcmd.mod -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 5656 Feb 26 20:41 fat.mod -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 12272 Feb 26 20:41 font.mod -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 2208 Feb 26 20:41 freedos.mod -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 2900 Feb 26 20:41 fshelp.mod -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 194 Feb 26 20:41 fs.lst -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 2764 Feb 26 20:41 functional_test.mod -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 512 Feb 26 20:41 g2hdr.img -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 1632 Feb 26 20:41 gcry_arcfour.mod -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 8120 Feb 26 20:41 gcry_blowfish.mod -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 34508 Feb 26 20:41 gcry_camellia.mod -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 17224 Feb 26 20:41 gcry_cast5.mod -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 2936 Feb 26 20:41 gcry_crc.mod -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 19284 Feb 26 20:41 gcry_des.mod -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 3124 Feb 26 20:41 gcry_md4.mod -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 3808 Feb 26 20:41 gcry_md5.mod -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 2448 Feb 26 20:41 gcry_rfc2268.mod -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 19068 Feb 26 20:41 gcry_rijndael.mod -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 8480 Feb 26 20:41 gcry_rmd160.mod -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 16560 Feb 26 20:41 gcry_seed.mod -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 16828 Feb 26 20:41 gcry_serpent.mod -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 8672 Feb 26 20:41 gcry_sha1.mod -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 3496 Feb 26 20:41 gcry_sha256.mod -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 5700 Feb 26 20:41 gcry_sha512.mod -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 11732 Feb 26 20:41 gcry_tiger.mod -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 39520 Feb 26 20:41 gcry_twofish.mod -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 24512 Feb 26 20:41 gcry_whirlpool.mod -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 25716 Feb 26 20:41 gdb.mod -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 5984 Feb 26 20:41 geli.mod -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 4740 Feb 26 20:41 gettext.mod -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 33108 Feb 26 20:41 gfxmenu.mod -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 11728 Feb 26 20:41 gfxterm.mod -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 3644 Feb 26 20:41 gptsync.mod -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 10240 Feb 26 20:41 grldr.img -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 8016 Feb 26 20:41 gzio.mod -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 4064 Feb 26 20:41 halt.mod -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 5076 Feb 26 20:41 hashsum.mod -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 7176 Feb 26 20:41 hdparm.mod -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 1204 Feb 26 20:41 hello.mod -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 2548 Feb 26 20:41 help.mod -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 3144 Feb 26 20:41 hexdump.mod -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 7200 Feb 26 20:41 hfs.mod -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 6596 Feb 26 20:41 hfsplus.mod -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 5664 Feb 26 20:41 http.mod -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 47780 Feb 26 20:41 hwmatch.mod -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 2820 Feb 26 20:41 iorw.mod -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 8724 Feb 26 20:41 iso9660.mod -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 6552 Feb 26 20:41 jfs.mod -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 6000 Feb 26 20:41 jpeg.mod -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 28820 Feb 26 20:41 kernel.img -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 4456 Feb 26 20:41 keylayouts.mod -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 1944 Feb 26 20:41 keystatus.mod -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 6796 Feb 26 20:41 ldm.mod -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 28208 Feb 26 20:41 legacycfg.mod -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 5948 Feb 26 20:41 linux16.mod -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 11332 Feb 26 20:41 linux.mod -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 1024 Feb 26 20:41 lnxboot.img -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 5556 Feb 26 20:41 loadenv.mod -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 2852 Feb 26 20:41 loopback.mod -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 3608 Feb 26 20:41 lsacpi.mod -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 2280 Feb 26 20:41 lsapm.mod -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 1796 Feb 26 20:41 lsmmap.mod -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 4344 Feb 26 20:41 ls.mod -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 4816 Feb 26 20:41 lspci.mod -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 6576 Feb 26 20:41 luks.mod -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 6296 Feb 26 20:41 lvm.mod -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 2816 Feb 26 20:41 lzma_decompress.img -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 8676 Feb 26 20:41 lzopio.mod -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 2008 Feb 26 20:41 mdraid09_be.mod -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 1972 Feb 26 20:41 mdraid09.mod -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 1968 Feb 26 20:41 mdraid1x.mod -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 2004 Feb 26 20:41 memdisk.mod -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 2840 Feb 26 20:41 memrw.mod -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 3416 Feb 26 20:41 minicmd.mod -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 3992 Feb 26 20:41 minix2_be.mod -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 3872 Feb 26 20:41 minix2.mod -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 3912 Feb 26 20:41 minix3_be.mod -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 3848 Feb 26 20:41 minix3.mod -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 3908 Feb 26 20:41 minix_be.mod -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 3820 Feb 26 20:41 minix.mod -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 9040 Feb 26 20:41 mmap.mod -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 3973 Feb 26 20:41 moddep.lst -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 2412 Feb 26 20:41 msdospart.mod -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 12704 Feb 26 20:41 multiboot2.mod -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 12196 Feb 26 20:41 multiboot.mod -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 43860 Feb 26 20:41 net.mod -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 4668 Feb 26 20:41 newc.mod -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 6600 Feb 26 20:41 nilfs2.mod -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 110404 Feb 26 20:41 normal.mod -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 3416 Feb 26 20:41 ntfscomp.mod -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 10276 Feb 26 20:41 ntfs.mod -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 2552 Feb 26 20:41 ntldr.mod -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 4468 Feb 26 20:41 odc.mod -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 10372 Feb 26 20:41 ohci.mod -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 1608 Feb 26 20:41 part_acorn.mod -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 1752 Feb 26 20:41 part_amiga.mod -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 2024 Feb 26 20:41 part_apple.mod -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 2676 Feb 26 20:41 part_bsd.mod -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 1428 Feb 26 20:41 part_dvh.mod -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 2344 Feb 26 20:41 part_gpt.mod -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 101 Feb 26 20:41 partmap.lst -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 2260 Feb 26 20:41 part_msdos.mod -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 1848 Feb 26 20:41 part_plan.mod -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 1480 Feb 26 20:41 part_sun.mod -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 1604 Feb 26 20:41 part_sunpc.mod -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 17 Feb 26 20:41 parttool.lst -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 4548 Feb 26 20:41 parttool.mod -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 1896 Feb 26 20:41 password.mod -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 2788 Feb 26 20:41 password_pbkdf2.mod -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 4660 Feb 26 20:41 pata.mod -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 1356 Feb 26 20:41 pbkdf2.mod -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 1424 Feb 26 20:41 pci.mod -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 6420 Feb 26 20:41 plan9.mod -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 2432 Feb 26 20:41 play.mod -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 6448 Feb 26 20:41 png.mod -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 1548 Feb 26 20:41 priority_queue.mod -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 2576 Feb 26 20:41 probe.mod -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 1024 Feb 26 20:41 pxeboot.img -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 2688 Feb 26 20:41 pxechain.mod -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 3800 Feb 26 20:41 pxe.mod -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 1372 Feb 26 20:41 raid5rec.mod -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 2160 Feb 26 20:41 raid6rec.mod -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 1492 Feb 26 20:41 read.mod -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 1716 Feb 26 20:41 reboot.mod -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 51684 Feb 26 20:41 regexp.mod -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 9104 Feb 26 20:41 reiserfs.mod -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 15104 Feb 26 20:41 relocator.mod -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 4132 Feb 26 20:41 romfs.mod -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 5120 Feb 26 20:41 scsi.mod -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 3264 Feb 26 20:41 search_fs_file.mod -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 3260 Feb 26 20:41 search_fs_uuid.mod -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 3184 Feb 26 20:41 search_label.mod -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 3636 Feb 26 20:41 search.mod -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 7104 Feb 26 20:41 sendkey.mod -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 7076 Feb 26 20:41 serial.mod -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 706 Feb 26 20:41 setjmp.mod -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 5360 Feb 26 20:41 setpci.mod -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 5092 Feb 26 20:41 sfs.mod -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 2224 Feb 26 20:41 sleep.mod -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 7100 Feb 26 20:41 squash4.mod -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 5208 Feb 26 20:41 tar.mod -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 132 Feb 26 20:41 terminal.lst -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 4152 Feb 26 20:41 terminal.mod -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 11108 Feb 26 20:41 terminfo.mod -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 1340 Feb 26 20:41 test_blockarg.mod -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 2696 Feb 26 20:41 testload.mod -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 4952 Feb 26 20:41 test.mod -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 5160 Feb 26 20:41 tftp.mod -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 2772 Feb 26 20:41 tga.mod -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 1508 Feb 26 20:41 time.mod -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 1691 Feb 26 20:41 trig.mod -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 1204 Feb 26 20:41 true.mod -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 7700 Feb 26 20:41 udf.mod -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 5488 Feb 26 20:41 ufs1.mod -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 5540 Feb 26 20:41 ufs2.mod -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 6468 Feb 26 20:41 uhci.mod -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 4032 Feb 26 20:41 usb_keyboard.mod -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 9740 Feb 26 20:41 usb.mod -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 7284 Feb 26 20:41 usbms.mod -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 1988 Feb 26 20:41 usbserial_common.mod -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 2340 Feb 26 20:41 usbserial_ftdi.mod -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 2696 Feb 26 20:41 usbserial_pl2303.mod -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 3604 Feb 26 20:41 usbtest.mod -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 9540 Feb 26 20:41 vbe.mod -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 4568 Feb 26 20:41 vga.mod -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 2132 Feb 26 20:41 vga_text.mod -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 5364 Feb 26 20:41 video_bochs.mod -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 5688 Feb 26 20:41 video_cirrus.mod -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 20016 Feb 26 20:41 video_fb.mod -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 4032 Feb 26 20:41 videoinfo.mod -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 33 Feb 26 20:41 video.lst -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 10360 Feb 26 20:41 video.mod -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 4168 Feb 26 20:41 videotest.mod -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 6108 Feb 26 20:41 xfs.mod -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 33168 Feb 26 20:41 xnu.mod -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 2012 Feb 26 20:41 xnu_uuid.mod -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 15200 Feb 26 20:41 xzio.mod -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 5544 Feb 26 20:41 zfscrypt.mod -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 6396 Feb 26 20:41 zfsinfo.mod -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 36552 Feb 26 20:41 zfs.mod /boot/grub/locale: total 113 drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 1024 Feb 26 19:50 . drwxr-xr-x 5 root root 7168 Feb 28 01:56 .. -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 866 Feb 26 20:41 en_AU.mo -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 466 Feb 26 20:41 en_CA.mo -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 3531 Feb 26 20:41 en_GB.mo -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 68774 Feb 26 20:41 es.mo -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 30842 Feb 26 20:41 zh_CN.mo /boot/lost+found: total 13 drwx------ 2 root root 12288 Feb 26 15:20 . drwxr-xr-x 4 root root 1024 Mar 8 21:29 ..
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