[Bug 877813] [NEW] 11.10 HP Pavilion P7-1110 selects grub-efi when it should not

[Craig Setera]

Public bug reported:

Full conversation in Ubuntu Forums at
http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=1857605 .

Fresh install of 11.10 to an HP Pavilion P7-1110 failed to boot.  It
turns out that although the firmware supports UEFI, it was not in effect
and grub-efi didn't work correctly and had to be replaced with grub-pc.

My initial install attempt with 11.04 behaved the same, so I think it
did the same thing.

I am willing to provide whatever captures of information from the system
that would help.  I did not include the installer output since I was
well beyond install.

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 11.10
Package: ubiquity (not installed)
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.0.0-12.20-generic 3.0.4
Uname: Linux 3.0.0-12-generic x86_64
ApportVersion: 1.23-0ubuntu3
Architecture: amd64
Date: Tue Oct 18 18:50:04 2011
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 11.10 "Oneiric Ocelot" - Release amd64 (20111012)
SourcePackage: ubiquity
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)

** Affects: ubiquity (Ubuntu)
     Importance: Undecided
         Status: New


** Tags: amd64 apport-bug oneiric ubiquity-2.8.7

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Title:
  11.10 HP Pavilion P7-1110 selects grub-efi when it should not

Status in “ubiquity” package in Ubuntu:
  New

Bug description:
  Full conversation in Ubuntu Forums at
  http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=1857605 .

  Fresh install of 11.10 to an HP Pavilion P7-1110 failed to boot.  It
  turns out that although the firmware supports UEFI, it was not in
  effect and grub-efi didn't work correctly and had to be replaced with
  grub-pc.

  My initial install attempt with 11.04 behaved the same, so I think it
  did the same thing.

  I am willing to provide whatever captures of information from the
  system that would help.  I did not include the installer output since
  I was well beyond install.

  ProblemType: Bug
  DistroRelease: Ubuntu 11.10
  Package: ubiquity (not installed)
  ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.0.0-12.20-generic 3.0.4
  Uname: Linux 3.0.0-12-generic x86_64
  ApportVersion: 1.23-0ubuntu3
  Architecture: amd64
  Date: Tue Oct 18 18:50:04 2011
  InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 11.10 "Oneiric Ocelot" - Release amd64 (20111012)
  SourcePackage: ubiquity
  UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)

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