Originally Posted by
YannBuntu
Hi
No, not a Boot-Repair bug here. We can see line 1054 it correctly detected the Kubuntu file.
The issue is line 1049, it's the one leopheard mentionned:
grub-install returns an error, but no additional indication, so we have to guess. I'd bet for a buggy firmware, because efibootmgr returns no Kubuntu entry.
Maybe the Windows EFI renaming would workaround.
wesley2, please run Boot-Repair --> Advanced Options --> tick "Backup and rename Windows EFI files" --> Apply, tell us the new URL, reboot, and tell us what you observe?
Hi guys,
Thanks for posting all the suggestions. I really appreciate it. I would have replied sooner, but work got in the way. I tried the above suggestion and this time Boot-Repair didn't complain.
The report is here: http://paste.ubuntu.com/5961538/
From line 1045 to the end of the file, you see that it successfully installed grub-efi-amd64-signed. However, when I reboot the laptop now goes into the GRUB mini-bash mode and that is where I am stuck. I have never worked with this before. What should I do now?
Here are the steps I performed for this time around:
- Installed kubuntu via LiveUSB with UEFI and SecureBoot enabled. Got error 'grub-efi-amd64.efi can't be installed on /target/' error as usual.
- Restarted laptop. The laptop boots straight into Windows. No GRUB.
- Shutdown PC.
- Powered Up with LiveUSB
- Installed boot-repair.
- Within Boot-Repair
- Advance Options:
- Main options tab
- These options are already enabled: Reinstall GRUB, Use the standard EFI, Unhide bootmenu 10s
- I enabled "Enabled Backup and rename Windows EFI files"
- Clicked Apply
- GRUB location tab
- OS to boot by default: sda6 (Kubuntu 13.04)
- Separate /boot/efi partition: sda2
- GRUB Options tab
- SecureBoot enabled
- Clicked Apply
- Boot-Repair performs its job.
Here is the portion of the syslog that shows the error the Kubuntu installer had in trying to install GRUB:
Code:
Aug 8 05:47:40 kubuntu /plugininstall.py: Verifying downloads ...
Aug 8 05:47:40 kubuntu /plugininstall.py: Downloads verified successfully
Aug 8 05:47:40 kubuntu /plugininstall.py: log-output -t ubiquity chroot /target umount /sys
Aug 8 05:47:40 kubuntu /plugininstall.py: log-output -t ubiquity chroot /target umount /proc
Aug 8 05:47:40 kubuntu /plugininstall.py: log-output -t ubiquity umount /target/run
Aug 8 05:47:40 kubuntu /plugininstall.py: log-output -t ubiquity umount /target/dev
Aug 8 05:47:40 kubuntu /plugininstall.py: log-output -t ubiquity mount --bind /proc /target/proc
Aug 8 05:47:40 kubuntu /plugininstall.py: log-output -t ubiquity mount --bind /sys /target/sys
Aug 8 05:47:40 kubuntu /plugininstall.py: log-output -t ubiquity mount --bind /dev /target/dev
Aug 8 05:47:40 kubuntu /plugininstall.py: log-output -t ubiquity mount --bind /run /target/run
Aug 8 05:47:40 kubuntu grub-installer: info: architecture: amd64/efi
Aug 8 05:47:41 kubuntu ubiquity: File descriptor 3 (pipe:[51901]) leaked on lvdisplay invocation. Parent PID 13089: /bin/sh
Aug 8 05:47:42 kubuntu ubiquity: Volume group "sda" not found
Aug 8 05:47:42 kubuntu ubiquity: Skipping volume group sda
Aug 8 05:47:42 kubuntu grub-installer: info: Identified partition label for /dev/sda6: gpt
Aug 8 05:47:42 kubuntu grub-installer: dpkg: warning: ignoring request to remove grub which isn't installed
Aug 8 05:47:42 kubuntu grub-installer: dpkg: warning: ignoring request to remove grub-legacy which isn't installed
Aug 8 05:47:43 kubuntu grub-installer: (Reading database ...
Aug 8 05:47:43 kubuntu grub-installer: 130371 files and directories currently installed.)
Aug 8 05:47:43 kubuntu grub-installer: Removing grub-pc ...
Aug 8 05:47:44 kubuntu grub-installer: Purging configuration files for grub-pc ...
Aug 8 05:47:44 kubuntu grub-installer: Removing grub-gfxpayload-lists ...
Aug 8 05:47:45 kubuntu grub-installer: Removing grub-pc-bin ...
Aug 8 05:47:46 kubuntu grub-installer: Processing triggers for man-db ...
Aug 8 05:47:46 kubuntu ubiquity: Reading package lists...
Aug 8 05:47:49 kubuntu ubiquity:
Aug 8 05:47:49 kubuntu ubiquity: Building dependency tree...
Aug 8 05:47:49 kubuntu ubiquity:
Aug 8 05:47:49 kubuntu ubiquity: Reading state information...
Aug 8 05:47:49 kubuntu ubiquity:
Aug 8 05:47:49 kubuntu ubiquity: The following extra packages will be installed:
Aug 8 05:47:49 kubuntu ubiquity: efibootmgr grub-efi-amd64 grub-efi-amd64-bin secureboot-db
Aug 8 05:47:49 kubuntu ubiquity: The following NEW packages will be installed:
Aug 8 05:47:49 kubuntu ubiquity: efibootmgr grub-efi-amd64 grub-efi-amd64-bin grub-efi-amd64-signed
Aug 8 05:47:49 kubuntu ubiquity: secureboot-db
Aug 8 05:47:50 kubuntu ubiquity: Preconfiguring packages ...
Aug 8 05:47:50 kubuntu ubiquity: 0 upgraded, 5 newly installed, 0 to remove and 346 not upgraded.
Aug 8 05:47:50 kubuntu ubiquity: Need to get 0 B/1,193 kB of archives.
Aug 8 05:47:50 kubuntu ubiquity: After this operation, 4,431 kB of additional disk space will be used.
Aug 8 05:47:50 kubuntu ubiquity: Selecting previously unselected package efibootmgr.
Aug 8 05:47:50 kubuntu ubiquity: (Reading database ...
Aug 8 05:47:50 kubuntu ubiquity: 130106 files and directories currently installed.)
Aug 8 05:47:50 kubuntu ubiquity: Unpacking efibootmgr (from .../efibootmgr_0.5.4-4ubuntu1_amd64.deb) ...
Aug 8 05:47:51 kubuntu ubiquity: Selecting previously unselected package grub-efi-amd64-bin.
Aug 8 05:47:51 kubuntu ubiquity: Unpacking grub-efi-amd64-bin (from .../grub-efi-amd64-bin_2.00-13ubuntu3_amd64.deb) ...
Aug 8 05:47:52 kubuntu ubiquity: Selecting previously unselected package grub-efi-amd64.
Aug 8 05:47:52 kubuntu ubiquity: Unpacking grub-efi-amd64 (from .../grub-efi-amd64_2.00-13ubuntu3_amd64.deb) ...
Aug 8 05:47:52 kubuntu ubiquity: Selecting previously unselected package grub-efi-amd64-signed.
Aug 8 05:47:52 kubuntu ubiquity: Unpacking grub-efi-amd64-signed (from .../grub-efi-amd64-signed_1.11+2.00-12ubuntu1_amd64.deb) ...
Aug 8 05:47:53 kubuntu ubiquity: Selecting previously unselected package secureboot-db.
Aug 8 05:47:53 kubuntu ubiquity: Unpacking secureboot-db (from .../secureboot-db_1.1_amd64.deb) ...
Aug 8 05:47:53 kubuntu ubiquity: Processing triggers for man-db ...
Aug 8 05:47:55 kubuntu ubiquity: Setting up efibootmgr (0.5.4-4ubuntu1) ...
Aug 8 05:47:55 kubuntu ubiquity: Setting up grub-efi-amd64-bin (2.00-13ubuntu3) ...
Aug 8 05:47:55 kubuntu ubiquity: Setting up grub-efi-amd64 (2.00-13ubuntu3) ...
Aug 8 05:47:56 kubuntu ubiquity:
Aug 8 05:47:56 kubuntu ubiquity: Creating config file /etc/default/grub with new version
Aug 8 05:47:59 kubuntu kernel: [ 930.837626] efivars: set_variable() failed: status=8000000000000009
Aug 8 05:48:00 kubuntu ubiquity: dpkg: error processing grub-efi-amd64 (--configure):
Aug 8 05:48:00 kubuntu ubiquity: subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 1
Aug 8 05:48:00 kubuntu ubiquity: dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of grub-efi-amd64-signed:
Aug 8 05:48:00 kubuntu ubiquity: grub-efi-amd64-signed depends on grub-efi-amd64 (>= 2.00-7ubuntu4); however:
Aug 8 05:48:00 kubuntu ubiquity: Package grub-efi-amd64 is not configured yet.
Aug 8 05:48:00 kubuntu ubiquity:
Aug 8 05:48:00 kubuntu ubiquity: dpkg: error processing grub-efi-amd64-signed (--configure):
Aug 8 05:48:00 kubuntu ubiquity: dependency problems - leaving unconfigured
Aug 8 05:48:00 kubuntu ubiquity: Setting up secureboot-db (1.1) ...
Aug 8 05:48:00 kubuntu ubiquity: No apport report written because the error message indicates its a followup error from a previous failure.
Aug 8 05:48:00 kubuntu ubiquity: Can't access efivars filesystem at /sys/firmware/efi/efivars, aborting
Aug 8 05:48:00 kubuntu ubiquity: Errors were encountered while processing:
Aug 8 05:48:00 kubuntu ubiquity: grub-efi-amd64
Aug 8 05:48:00 kubuntu ubiquity: grub-efi-amd64-signed
Aug 8 05:48:00 kubuntu ubiquity: E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1)
Aug 8 05:48:00 kubuntu ubiquity: Reading package lists...
Aug 8 05:48:01 kubuntu ubiquity:
Aug 8 05:48:01 kubuntu ubiquity: Building dependency tree...
Aug 8 05:48:01 kubuntu ubiquity:
Aug 8 05:48:01 kubuntu ubiquity: Reading state information...
Aug 8 05:48:01 kubuntu ubiquity:
Aug 8 05:48:02 kubuntu ubiquity: The following NEW packages will be installed:
Aug 8 05:48:02 kubuntu ubiquity: shim-signed
Aug 8 05:48:02 kubuntu ubiquity: 0 upgraded, 1 newly installed, 0 to remove and 346 not upgraded.
Aug 8 05:48:02 kubuntu ubiquity: 2 not fully installed or removed.
Aug 8 05:48:02 kubuntu ubiquity: Need to get 0 B/432 kB of archives.
Aug 8 05:48:02 kubuntu ubiquity: After this operation, 1,393 kB of additional disk space will be used.
Aug 8 05:48:02 kubuntu ubiquity: Selecting previously unselected package shim-signed.
Aug 8 05:48:02 kubuntu ubiquity: (Reading database ...
Aug 8 05:48:02 kubuntu ubiquity: 130355 files and directories currently installed.)
Aug 8 05:48:02 kubuntu ubiquity: Unpacking shim-signed (from .../shim-signed_1.2+0~20120906.bcd0a4e8-0ubuntu4_amd64.deb) ...
Aug 8 05:48:03 kubuntu ubiquity: Setting up grub-efi-amd64 (2.00-13ubuntu3) ...
Aug 8 05:48:06 kubuntu kernel: [ 938.249085] efivars: set_variable() failed: status=8000000000000009
Aug 8 05:48:07 kubuntu ubiquity: dpkg: error processing grub-efi-amd64 (--configure):
Aug 8 05:48:07 kubuntu ubiquity: subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 1
Aug 8 05:48:07 kubuntu ubiquity: dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of grub-efi-amd64-signed:
Aug 8 05:48:07 kubuntu ubiquity: grub-efi-amd64-signed depends on grub-efi-amd64 (>= 2.00-7ubuntu4); however:
Aug 8 05:48:07 kubuntu ubiquity: Package grub-efi-amd64 is not configured yet.
Aug 8 05:48:07 kubuntu ubiquity:
Aug 8 05:48:07 kubuntu ubiquity: dpkg: error processing grub-efi-amd64-signed (--configure):
Aug 8 05:48:07 kubuntu ubiquity: dependency problems - leaving unconfigured
Aug 8 05:48:07 kubuntu ubiquity: Setting up shim-signed (1.2+0~20120906.bcd0a4e8-0ubuntu4) ...
Aug 8 05:48:07 kubuntu ubiquity: No apport report written because the error message indicates its a followup error from a previous failure.
Aug 8 05:48:10 kubuntu ubiquity: dpkg: error processing shim-signed (--configure):
Aug 8 05:48:10 kubuntu ubiquity: subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 1
Aug 8 05:48:10 kubuntu kernel: [ 941.910452] efivars: set_variable() failed: status=8000000000000009
Aug 8 05:48:10 kubuntu ubiquity: Errors were encountered while processing:
Aug 8 05:48:10 kubuntu ubiquity: grub-efi-amd64
Aug 8 05:48:10 kubuntu ubiquity: grub-efi-amd64-signed
Aug 8 05:48:10 kubuntu ubiquity: shim-signed
Aug 8 05:48:10 kubuntu ubiquity: E
Aug 8 05:48:10 kubuntu ubiquity: : Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1)
Aug 8 05:48:10 kubuntu grub-installer: info: Calling 'apt-install grub-efi-amd64-signed' failed
Aug 8 05:48:17 kubuntu /plugininstall.py: log-output -t ubiquity umount /target/cdrom
Aug 8 05:48:17 kubuntu finish-install: Disabling CD in sources.list
Aug 8 05:48:17 kubuntu /plugininstall.py: Exception during installation:
Aug 8 05:48:17 kubuntu /plugininstall.py: Traceback (most recent call last):
Aug 8 05:48:17 kubuntu /plugininstall.py: File "/usr/share/ubiquity/plugininstall.py", line 1775, in <module>
Aug 8 05:48:17 kubuntu /plugininstall.py: install.run()
Aug 8 05:48:17 kubuntu /plugininstall.py: File "/usr/share/ubiquity/plugininstall.py", line 78, in wrapper
Aug 8 05:48:17 kubuntu /plugininstall.py: func(self)
Aug 8 05:48:17 kubuntu /plugininstall.py: File "/usr/share/ubiquity/plugininstall.py", line 242, in run
Aug 8 05:48:17 kubuntu /plugininstall.py: self.configure_bootloader()
Aug 8 05:48:17 kubuntu /plugininstall.py: File "/usr/share/ubiquity/plugininstall.py", line 1031, in configure_bootloader
Aug 8 05:48:17 kubuntu /plugininstall.py: "GrubInstaller failed with code %d" % ret)
Aug 8 05:48:17 kubuntu /plugininstall.py: ubiquity.install_misc.InstallStepError: GrubInstaller failed with code 141
Aug 8 05:48:17 kubuntu /plugininstall.py:
Aug 8 05:48:17 kubuntu activate-dmraid: No Serial ATA RAID disks detected
Aug 8 05:48:19 kubuntu partman: No matching physical volumes found
Aug 8 05:48:19 kubuntu partman: Reading all physical volumes. This may take a while...
Aug 8 05:48:19 kubuntu partman: No volume groups found
Aug 8 05:48:19 kubuntu partman-lvm: No volume groups found
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