[Bug 1826656] Re: dont know

[Tom Reynolds]

UbiquitySyslog.txt reports (timestamps/hostname removed):

efi: EFI v2.31 by American Megatrends
efi:  ACPI=0xd9ae0000  ACPI 2.0=0xd9ae0000  SMBIOS=0xf04c0  MPS=0xfd430 
secureboot: Secure boot could not be determined (mode 0)
SMBIOS 2.7 present.
DMI: Gigabyte Technology Co., Ltd. To be filled by O.E.M./Z77X-D3H, BIOS F16 10/24/2012
...
grub-installer: info: Installing grub on '/dev/sda'
grub-installer: info: grub-install does not support --no-floppy
grub-installer: info: Running chroot /target grub-install  --force "/dev/sda"
grub-installer: Installing for x86_64-efi platform.
grub-installer: Could not prepare Boot variable: Function not implemented
grub-installer: grub-install: error: efibootmgr failed to register the boot entry: Input/output error.
grub-installer: error: Running 'grub-install  --force "/dev/sda"' failed.

efibootmgr fails to write EFI variables. This is similar to
https://bugs.debian.org/923235

This mainboard is either HW rev 1.0 or 1.1  - which use identical firmware:
https://www.gigabyte.com/Motherboard/GA-Z77X-D3H-rev-10#support-dl-bios
https://www.gigabyte.com/Motherboard/GA-Z77X-D3H-rev-11#support-dl-bios
FW changelog states on the next newer version: "Support Secure boot option".

** Bug watch added: Debian Bug tracker #923235
   https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=923235

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Title:
  dont know

Status in grub-installer package in Ubuntu:
  New

Bug description:
  dont know

  ProblemType: Bug
  DistroRelease: Ubuntu 19.04
  Package: ubiquity 19.04.9
  ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 5.0.0-13.14-generic 5.0.6
  Uname: Linux 5.0.0-13-generic x86_64
  ApportVersion: 2.20.10-0ubuntu27
  Architecture: amd64
  CasperVersion: 1.405
  Date: Sat Apr 27 12:36:03 2019
  InstallCmdLine: BOOT_IMAGE=/casper/vmlinuz file=/cdrom/preseed/ubuntu.seed boot=casper quiet splash ---
  LiveMediaBuild: Ubuntu 19.04 "Disco Dingo" - Release amd64 (20190416)
  SourcePackage: grub-installer
  UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)

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