[Bug 1469245] Re: Following install GRUB menu does not appear on startup

Tony Pursell ajp at princeswalk.fsnet.co.uk
Sun Jun 28 13:07:48 UTC 2015 

Hi Phillip

Thanks for all your help.  Unfortunately, what you suggested did not
change anything.  It is still booting straight into Windows unless I go
via the F12 boot menu.  So I have done some tests.

Here is the output of efibootmgr -v after running sudo efibootmgr -o
4,8,0

BootCurrent: 0004
Timeout: 6 seconds
BootOrder: 0000,0004,0008,0003,0002,000A,0009,0001
Boot0000* Windows Boot Manager	HD(2,1f4800,82000,c380ecc2-e19f-41f3-94ff-c1bb937d71dc)File(\EFI\Microsoft\Boot\bootmgfw.efi)WINDOWS.........x...B.C.D.O.B.J.E.C.T.=.{.9.d.e.a.8.6.2.c.-.5.c.d.d.-.4.e.7.0.-.a.c.c.1.-.f.3.2.b.3.4.4.d.4.7.9.5.}....................
Boot0001* Windows Boot Manager	Vendor(99e275e7-75a0-4b37-a2e6-c5385e6c00cb,)
Boot0002* UEFI: IPV6 Realtek PCIe GBE Family Controller	ACPI(a0341d0,0)PCI(1c,2)PCI(0,0)MAC(MAC(b8aeed23982c,0)030d3c000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000004000000000000000000000000000000000..BO
Boot0003* UEFI: IPV4 Realtek PCIe GBE Family Controller	ACPI(a0341d0,0)PCI(1c,2)PCI(0,0)MAC(MAC(b8aeed23982c,0)..BO
Boot0004* ubuntu	HD(2,1f4800,82000,c380ecc2-e19f-41f3-94ff-c1bb937d71dc)File(\EFI\ubuntu\shimx64.efi)
Boot0008* ubuntu	HD(2,1f4800,82000,c380ecc2-e19f-41f3-94ff-c1bb937d71dc)File(\EFI\Ubuntu\grubx64.efi)
Boot0009* UEFI: IPV6 Realtek PCIe GBE Family Controller	ACPI(a0341d0,0)PCI(1c,2)PCI(0,0)MAC(MAC(b8aeed23982c,0)030d3c000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000004000000000000000000000000000000000..BO
Boot000A* UEFI: IPV4 Realtek PCIe GBE Family Controller	ACPI(a0341d0,0)PCI(1c,2)PCI(0,0)MAC(MAC(b8aeed23982c,0)..BO

So I ran sudo efibootmgr -o  again.  Here is the output:

tony at Lloyd:~$ sudo efibootmgr -o 4,8,0,3,2
[sudo] password for tony: 
BootCurrent: 0004
Timeout: 6 seconds
BootOrder: 0004,0008,0000,0003,0002
Boot0000* Windows Boot Manager
Boot0001* Windows Boot Manager
Boot0002* UEFI: IPV6 Realtek PCIe GBE Family Controller
Boot0003* UEFI: IPV4 Realtek PCIe GBE Family Controller
Boot0004* ubuntu
Boot0008* ubuntu
Boot0009* UEFI: IPV6 Realtek PCIe GBE Family Controller
Boot000A* UEFI: IPV4 Realtek PCIe GBE Family Controller

Then I ran efibootmgr -v again, and got what we would expect

BootCurrent: 0004
Timeout: 6 seconds
BootOrder: 0004,0008,0000,0003,0002
Boot0000* Windows Boot Manager	HD(2,1f4800,82000,c380ecc2-e19f-41f3-94ff-c1bb937d71dc)File(\EFI\Microsoft\Boot\bootmgfw.efi)WINDOWS.........x...B.C.D.O.B.J.E.C.T.=.{.9.d.e.a.8.6.2.c.-.5.c.d.d.-.4.e.7.0.-.a.c.c.1.-.f.3.2.b.3.4.4.d.4.7.9.5.}....................
Boot0001* Windows Boot Manager	Vendor(99e275e7-75a0-4b37-a2e6-c5385e6c00cb,)
Boot0002* UEFI: IPV6 Realtek PCIe GBE Family Controller	ACPI(a0341d0,0)PCI(1c,2)PCI(0,0)MAC(MAC(b8aeed23982c,0)030d3c000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000004000000000000000000000000000000000..BO
Boot0003* UEFI: IPV4 Realtek PCIe GBE Family Controller	ACPI(a0341d0,0)PCI(1c,2)PCI(0,0)MAC(MAC(b8aeed23982c,0)..BO
Boot0004* ubuntu	HD(2,1f4800,82000,c380ecc2-e19f-41f3-94ff-c1bb937d71dc)File(\EFI\ubuntu\shimx64.efi)
Boot0008* ubuntu	HD(2,1f4800,82000,c380ecc2-e19f-41f3-94ff-c1bb937d71dc)File(\EFI\Ubuntu\grubx64.efi)
Boot0009* UEFI: IPV6 Realtek PCIe GBE Family Controller	ACPI(a0341d0,0)PCI(1c,2)PCI(0,0)MAC(MAC(b8aeed23982c,0)030d3c000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000004000000000000000000000000000000000..BO
Boot000A* UEFI: IPV4 Realtek PCIe GBE Family Controller	ACPI(a0341d0,0)PCI(1c,2)PCI(0,0)MAC(MAC(b8aeed23982c,0)..BO

I then rebooted, and it booted straight into Windows.  I rebooted into
Ubuntu via F12 and ran efibootmgr -v, and got

BootCurrent: 0004
Timeout: 6 seconds
BootOrder: 0000,0004,0008,0003,0002,000A,0009,0001
Boot0000* Windows Boot Manager	HD(2,1f4800,82000,c380ecc2-e19f-41f3-94ff-c1bb937d71dc)File(\EFI\Microsoft\Boot\bootmgfw.efi)WINDOWS.........x...B.C.D.O.B.J.E.C.T.=.{.9.d.e.a.8.6.2.c.-.5.c.d.d.-.4.e.7.0.-.a.c.c.1.-.f.3.2.b.3.4.4.d.4.7.9.5.}....................
Boot0001* Windows Boot Manager	Vendor(99e275e7-75a0-4b37-a2e6-c5385e6c00cb,)
Boot0002* UEFI: IPV6 Realtek PCIe GBE Family Controller	ACPI(a0341d0,0)PCI(1c,2)PCI(0,0)MAC(MAC(b8aeed23982c,0)030d3c000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000004000000000000000000000000000000000..BO
Boot0003* UEFI: IPV4 Realtek PCIe GBE Family Controller	ACPI(a0341d0,0)PCI(1c,2)PCI(0,0)MAC(MAC(b8aeed23982c,0)..BO
Boot0004* ubuntu	HD(2,1f4800,82000,c380ecc2-e19f-41f3-94ff-c1bb937d71dc)File(\EFI\ubuntu\shimx64.efi)
Boot0008* ubuntu	HD(2,1f4800,82000,c380ecc2-e19f-41f3-94ff-c1bb937d71dc)File(\EFI\Ubuntu\grubx64.efi)
Boot0009* UEFI: IPV6 Realtek PCIe GBE Family Controller	ACPI(a0341d0,0)PCI(1c,2)PCI(0,0)MAC(MAC(b8aeed23982c,0)030d3c000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000004000000000000000000000000000000000..BO
Boot000A* UEFI: IPV4 Realtek PCIe GBE Family Controller	ACPI(a0341d0,0)PCI(1c,2)PCI(0,0)MAC(MAC(b8aeed23982c,0)..BO

So you see, there isn't anyone setting windows back to the default
choice.  Some how it is happening automatically.

I will reboot again now and take a snap of the F12 boot menu again and
upload it.

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Title:
  Following install GRUB menu does not appear on startup

Status in ubiquity package in Ubuntu:
  Incomplete

Bug description:
  Ubuntu was installed on a new Lenovo E50-00 desktop PC using a USB
  stick alongside Windows 8.1.  The installer was used to create a data
  partition for Ubuntu.  First install failed with the install hanging
  while 'completely removing xfsprogs'.  The install was rerun using the
  data partition created on the first run and completed successfully.

  What I expected to happen: The GRUB menu appears on start up.

  What does happen:  The GRUB menu does not immediately appear on start
  up.  It is necessary to use F12 on start up to call up the machine's
  boot menu and select 'ubuntu' (see attached screenshot).  The GRUB
  menu then appears from which Ubuntu can be booted.

  The USB stick for the install was booted in EFI mode.  The
  installation is EFI and the version of GRUB in use is grub-efi.

  There is a partition (sda3) named LRS_ESP which contains folders 'EFI'
  and 'onekey'.  The folder 'EFI' contains only a folder 'Microsoft'.

  There is a folder /boot/efi/EFI that contains folders 'Boot',
  'Microsoft' and 'ubuntu'.

  ProblemType: Bug
  DistroRelease: Ubuntu 15.04
  Package: ubiquity (not installed)
  ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.19.0-21.21-generic 3.19.8
  Uname: Linux 3.19.0-21-generic x86_64
  ApportVersion: 2.17.2-0ubuntu1.1
  Architecture: amd64
  CurrentDesktop: Unity
  Date: Fri Jun 26 17:17:45 2015
  InstallationDate: Installed on 2015-06-21 (5 days ago)
  InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 15.04 "Vivid Vervet" - Release amd64 (20150422)
  SourcePackage: ubiquity
  UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)

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