[Bug 906045] Re: installer crashed grub-efi

[Vincent Caron]

I confirm the bug on the very same hardware.

However I think this bug should be triaged against the latest kernel,
since :

1/ it's actually crashing in the kernel while trying to write an EFI var
(to setup the GRUB  boot entry I think); I only traced it to grub-
install calling 'efibootmgr -c ...'. I can reproduce this bug by simply
calling 'efibootmgr -c' from the console (immediatly crashes). Reading
EFI var seems to be okay, I could poke around with efibootmgr.

2/ I also tried with the daily Precise build to no avail, same bug.

The link in the topmost comment has a full kernel trace, that should
help.

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Title:
  installer crashed  grub-efi

Status in “ubiquity” package in Ubuntu:
  New

Bug description:
  doing   a fresh install of Ubuntu 11.04 or 11.10 onto a UEFI system
  (ASUS eee PC 1215b), the installer crash during the grub installation,
  on 11.04 and error message is displayed showing the grub-efi failed to
  install. On 11.10 when the installer fails it drops to cli show kernel
  failure messages relating to the efibootmgr, something similiar to
  http://askubuntu.com/questions/70025/how-do-i-install-on-an-uefi-asus-
  1215b-netbook

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