[Bug 1437797] Re: I can't boot ubuntu after installing it dual-boot from kubuntu 14.10 CD prallel to windows 8.1, UEFI secure boot, on an Acer Aspire E15.

[Steve Langasek]

On Tue, Mar 31, 2015 at 09:11:26PM -0000, Peter wrote:
> $ sudo efibootmgr -v
> BootCurrent: 0001
> Timeout: 2 seconds
> BootOrder: 0004,2002,0000,2001
> Boot0000* Windows Boot Manager  HD(2,12c800,96000,46e7c798-af89-47a1-89ae-ebc2141a24b5)File(\EFI\Microsoft\Boot\bootmgfw.efi)RC
> Boot0001* Unknown Device:       HD(2,12c800,96000,46e7c798-af89-47a1-89ae-ebc2141a24b5)File(\EFI\ubuntu\shimx64.efi)RC
> Boot0002* ATAPI CDROM: MATSHITA DVD-RAM UJ8HC   ACPI(a0341d0,0)PCI(1f,2)SATA(1,0,0)CD-ROM(1,83f27,11c0)RC
> Boot0003* Unknown Device:       HD(2,12c800,96000,46e7c798-af89-47a1-89ae-ebc2141a24b5)File(\EFI\ubuntu\shimx64.efi)RC
> Boot0004* ubuntu        HD(2,12c800,96000,46e7c798-af89-47a1-89ae-ebc2141a24b5)File(\EFI\ubuntu\shimx64.efi)
> Boot0005* Unknown Device:       HD(2,12c800,96000,46e7c798-af89-47a1-89ae-ebc2141a24b5)File(\EFI\ubuntu\shimx64.efi)RC
> Boot2001* EFI USB Device        RC
> Boot2002* EFI DVD/CDROM RC
> Boot2003* EFI Network   RC

This shows a few interesting things:

- The disk path for both Boot0000 (the Windows boot entry) and Boot0004 (the
  Ubuntu boot entry) match, which indicates that the Ubuntu boot entry is
  correctly set up to use the same ESP that Windows was using.  Please
  confirm that /boot/efi/EFI/Microsoft/Boot/bootmgfw.efi and
  /boot/efi/EFI/ubuntu/shimx64.efi are both present on your system.
- The currently-booted option, Boot0001, is also pointing at the Ubuntu
  bootloader on the hard disk.  Can you describe exactly how you booted this
  system to Ubuntu?
- All of the boot entries in your list show "junk" characters, "RC", at the
  end of the device definition - *except* for Boot0004, which is the
  (non-functional) boot option created by the Ubuntu installer using
  efibootmgr.

I don't have a straightforward way to include this 'RC' for testing, and I
don't know what this is supposed to mean.  But since you have two other
ubuntu entries that do have the 'RC' appended already, we could try making
one of those the default and see what happens.

Could you try running:

  sudo efibootmgr --bootorder 0001,0004,2002,0000,2001

and rebooting, and see if this takes you to the grub menu on boot?

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Title:
  I can't boot ubuntu after installing it dual-boot from kubuntu 14.10
  CD prallel to windows 8.1, UEFI secure boot, on an Acer Aspire E15.

Status in shim package in Ubuntu:
  Incomplete

Bug description:
  However I can boot into the newly installed Kubuntu 14.10 folling the
  followinf procedure:

  -> starting with installation cd
  -> swiching into boot grub boot promp
  -> typing exit.

  --> then i can select booting from the hard-disk.

  Booting without live CD directly boots Windows, pressing F12
  gives me a lelection where i can only select Windows.

  Any help?

  Best regards,
  Peter

  ProblemType: Bug
  DistroRelease: Ubuntu 14.10
  Package: shim 0.7-0ubuntu4
  ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.16.0-23.31-generic 3.16.4
  Uname: Linux 3.16.0-23-generic x86_64
  ApportVersion: 2.14.7-0ubuntu8
  Architecture: amd64
  CurrentDesktop: KDE
  Date: Sun Mar 29 10:52:05 2015
  Dependencies:
   
  InstallationDate: Installed on 2015-03-29 (0 days ago)
  InstallationMedia: Kubuntu 14.10 "Utopic Unicorn" - Release amd64 (20141022.1)
  SourcePackage: shim
  UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)

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