[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

[thk]

Ok finally I was able to bring ubuntu efi boot manager first,  from windows 10 with bcdedit command.
Search in menu for powershell right click -> run as administrator and run:

bcdedit /set '{bootmgr}' path \EFI\BOOT\bootx64.efi

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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:
  New

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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