Boot-repair for 24.04.1 not working grub-efi partition error

[tea for one]

After clicking on "Try Ubuntu" and running boot-repair, I get the same error as the title of this ticket. Following is the paste bin info. What step can I take next or shall I just click on "Install Ubuntu" and re-install? I have a lot of unbacked data but I will be able to manage if I lose it.

While you are in a "Try Ubuntu" session, why not back up your data before you lose it?

[pratibhapotla]

Thank you for replying tea for one. So for that, shall I just plug in another USB and copy using terminal?

[tea for one]

Thank you for replying tea for one. So for that, shall I just plug in another USB and copy using terminal?

Yes, indeed, via the terminal or the file manager.

yancek (post 6) mentioned that your fstab file is missing from the first boot-repair report.
It is also missing from the later report (see line 90) - do you know why it is missing?

[pratibhapotla]

Tea for one - thank you for replying.

I have done a lot of things to make the GUI appear for this version of OS and I'm not sure what could have messed the fstab file. Any suggestion from your side would really help me. I am about to re-install the OS since the repair also looks complicated to me. I am not that experienced in these issues. Apologies for these naive questions.

Kindly,
Pratibha

[grahammechanical]

May I say something? We seem to have moved away from the original problem.

There is no GUI an

Boot Repair does not fix the OS not loading to a GUI - Login screen and desktop. Boot Repair will re-install certain Grub boot files into the EFI System Partition (sda1). Will anything change? I do not think so. And then there is this:

3) I can't boot into recovery mode as it says "no hostname set" and also throws an error "FAILED to start systems-login.service - User login management".

@pratibhapotla

It seems that you can access the Grub boot menu. Can you select Advance Options for Ubuntu? I think you can. Otherwise you would not say "I can't boot into recovery mode." I think you can boot into recovery mode. By the time we are at the recovery menu Linux has loaded. No need to use Boot Repair. What recovery options are you choosing?

Select Resume to load to a login screen and desktop without using the proprietary video driver (Nvidia). You will be using an open source video driver (Nouveau). If that is successful open Software and Updates>Additional Drivers tab and disable the proprietary driver. Continue using the open source video driver.

as it says "no hostname set"

I do not know what that means. But as a wild guess. If we choose Recovery Menu>Network the friendly recovery utility will set up an internet connection using settings in the OS. If we are not connected to a modem that is connected to an Internet Service Provider we might get that message. Or, if we are trying to connect the machine to a local network and the correct settings are not in the OS. I do not know. I am just guessing.

I am concerned. From what you have posted here, I am concerned that if you re-install Ubuntu you might create a bigger mess than you are now in. I am guessing that you have tried so many repair attempts that the information that you have provided is no longer applicable. We are offing advice that does not fit the current situation.

Please go back to the beginning and tell us the situation. Or, re-install after backing up the documents that you do not want to lose. And do not select to have Third Party Software installed. That will bring in the Nvidia driver and you will be back to where you started from.

Regards

[pratibhapotla]

Thank you, grahammechanical for your detailed reply.

I was initially able to get into recovery mode, which is where I used multiple advices to fix the no GUI problem and then suddenly it started to show a black screen with cursor blinking. Post that, whenever I select recovery mode for the selected linux kernel (6.8.0.48-generic), it throws error "set to friendly-recovery" target and then hangs there. Nothing happens - which is why I thought I could try boot-repair.

From the fear of messing up even more, is it better I re-install using the live ISO image?

Thank you for taking the time to reply, really appreciate inputs from everyone!

[yancek]

I used multiple advices to fix the no GUI problem

When you have a problem, make not of exactly what it is and if you try any repairs/changes, make detailed notes of that also so you have information to use if you post for help. You might try reinstalling and selecting NOT TO FORMAT the / and /home partition if you have one. I've reinstalled Linux on an unbootable system and selected to NOT format and have done this multiple times successfully.

[pratibhapotla]

Hi Yancek and everyone else who tried to help. I will definitely make note of each step next time anything like this happens.

I tried to save the data on the system but manual partitioning options during re-install looked too complicated so went ahead and erased the data and re-installed the OS. Everything looks great as of now. I did UNSELECT the NVIDIA third-party software installation. Hoping that it does not crash later.

Marking this as Solved.

Kindly,
Pratibha