[Bug 1667990] [NEW] XUbuntu installer crashed due to uefi error

[Thomas Pryds]

Public bug reported:

Was installing XUbuntu. I chose to install additional drivers. The
installer informed me that secure boot would have to be deactivated for
these to be installed, but the installer would help me do that if I just
created a password that I would be asked about later.

Then after clicking ok, another window told me that the installer had
started in UEFI mode, and I might not be able to boot any existing OSes
after the install, which I didn't mind because I was installing on a
harddrive with no pre-existing partitions, and therefore no existing
OSes, so I chose to continue installing in UEFI mode.

This seemed like a reasonable choice to me, not exactly knowing that
secure boot and UEFI are, let alone telling the two apart. Actually,
even being presented with these rather cryptic messages didn't seem like
a very user friendly experience to me.

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 16.04
Package: ubiquity 2.21.63.2 [modified: lib/partman/automatically_partition/question]
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 4.4.0-31.50-generic 4.4.13
Uname: Linux 4.4.0-31-generic x86_64
ApportVersion: 2.20.1-0ubuntu2.1
Architecture: amd64
CasperVersion: 1.376
Date: Sun Feb 26 01:16:37 2017
InstallCmdLine: BOOT_IMAGE=/casper/vmlinuz.efi file=/cdrom/preseed/xubuntu.seed boot=casper only-ubiquity quiet splash ---
LiveMediaBuild: Xubuntu 16.04.1 LTS "Xenial Xerus" - Release amd64 (20160719)
ProcEnviron:
 PATH=(custom, no user)
 XDG_RUNTIME_DIR=<set>
 LANG=en_US.UTF-8
SourcePackage: grub-installer
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)

** Affects: grub-installer (Ubuntu)
     Importance: Undecided
         Status: New


** Tags: amd64 apport-bug ubiquity-2.21.63.2 xenial xubuntu

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Title:
  XUbuntu installer crashed due to uefi error

Status in grub-installer package in Ubuntu:
  New

Bug description:
  Was installing XUbuntu. I chose to install additional drivers. The
  installer informed me that secure boot would have to be deactivated
  for these to be installed, but the installer would help me do that if
  I just created a password that I would be asked about later.

  Then after clicking ok, another window told me that the installer had
  started in UEFI mode, and I might not be able to boot any existing
  OSes after the install, which I didn't mind because I was installing
  on a harddrive with no pre-existing partitions, and therefore no
  existing OSes, so I chose to continue installing in UEFI mode.

  This seemed like a reasonable choice to me, not exactly knowing that
  secure boot and UEFI are, let alone telling the two apart. Actually,
  even being presented with these rather cryptic messages didn't seem
  like a very user friendly experience to me.

  ProblemType: Bug
  DistroRelease: Ubuntu 16.04
  Package: ubiquity 2.21.63.2 [modified: lib/partman/automatically_partition/question]
  ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 4.4.0-31.50-generic 4.4.13
  Uname: Linux 4.4.0-31-generic x86_64
  ApportVersion: 2.20.1-0ubuntu2.1
  Architecture: amd64
  CasperVersion: 1.376
  Date: Sun Feb 26 01:16:37 2017
  InstallCmdLine: BOOT_IMAGE=/casper/vmlinuz.efi file=/cdrom/preseed/xubuntu.seed boot=casper only-ubiquity quiet splash ---
  LiveMediaBuild: Xubuntu 16.04.1 LTS "Xenial Xerus" - Release amd64 (20160719)
  ProcEnviron:
   PATH=(custom, no user)
   XDG_RUNTIME_DIR=<set>
   LANG=en_US.UTF-8
  SourcePackage: grub-installer
  UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)

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