[Bug 1671794] Re: On acer aspire es1-533-p9fw , kubuntu 16.10 , win 10 efibootmgr crashes and pc freezes when you try to change the boot order

[Mario Limonciello]

Based on the behavior your describe this is an issue with the firmware
and the inability to change NVRAM in the OS.  There isn't much that can
be done about this other than it being fixed in the firmware.  You'll
need to contact your manufacturer to get that fixed.

I'm going to mark this issue as "Invalid" as a result.

** Changed in: efibootmgr (Ubuntu)
       Status: New => Invalid

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Title:
  On acer aspire es1-533-p9fw ,kubuntu 16.10 , win 10 efibootmgr crashes
  and pc freezes  when you try to change the boot order

Status in efibootmgr package in Ubuntu:
  Invalid

Bug description:
  I installed many times first ubuntu then win 10 or vice versa.
  Ubuntu 16.10 installation hangs when it tries to install grub.
  I made the installation following last post in this topic http://askubuntu.com/questions/862946/unable-to-install-ubuntu-on-acer-aspire-es1-533 .
  The problem is that you cannot put linux uefi boot manager to take over before windows boot manager.
  I can boot linux by pressing F12 which brings up the laptop boot menu , where i am presented by the dialog to choose windows boot manager or linux.
  If I don't press F12 computer boots windows 10.
  I can see the boot order of EFi with
  sudo efibootmgr
  and I can see that windows boot manager is before linux.

  sudo efibootmgr

  BootCurrent: 0000
  Timeout: 0 seconds
  BootOrder: 0003,0000,2001,2002,2003
  Boot0000* Linux
  Boot0001* Unknown Device:
  Boot0003* Windows Boot Manager
  Boot2001* EFI USB Device
  Boot2002* EFI DVD/CDROM
  Boot2003* EFI Network

  Now,  when I try to change the order and put Linux boot loader to be first
  with the command
  sudo efibootmgr -o 0000,0003,2001,2002,2003
  pc freezes same as it froze during installation when it tried to install grub.
  I have also tested with latest efibootmgr on ubuntu 17.04 alpha
  with same results.

  The funny thing is that this laptop came with linpus pre installed
  that never booted. I contacted Acer Greece support and they told me to
  install only Windows 10.I thought I ve seen many things in computers
  and IT . I would never  imagine that a laptop with original OS Linux
  would have such big problems with linux.


  ProblemType: Bug
  DistroRelease: Ubuntu 16.10
  Package: efibootmgr 0.12-4
  ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 4.8.0-41.44-generic 4.8.17
  Uname: Linux 4.8.0-41-generic x86_64
  ApportVersion: 2.20.3-0ubuntu8.2
  Architecture: amd64
  CurrentDesktop: KDE
  Date: Fri Mar 10 13:33:48 2017
  Dependencies:
   gcc-6-base 6.2.0-5ubuntu12
   libc6 2.24-3ubuntu2
   libefivar0 0.23-2
   libgcc1 1:6.2.0-5ubuntu12
  InstallationDate: Installed on 2017-03-09 (0 days ago)
  InstallationMedia: Kubuntu 16.10 "Yakkety Yak" - Release amd64 (20161012.1)
  SourcePackage: efibootmgr
  UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)

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