[Bug 1242417] Re: UEFI install broken when GRUB_DISTRIBUTOR!=Ubuntu (e.g. Kubuntu/UbuntuStudio)

Fri Oct 25 15:22:16 UTC 2013

I also installed Kubuntu 13.10 on a machine where previous installs
would not boot.  I chrooted into the new install from the live system,
enabled -proposed, updated and ran grub-update.  Kubuntu now
successfully boots.  There is no Windows entry in the boot menu, Windows
is the other OS on this machine, but I'm skeptical of this machine
anyway (a sony Vaio) as the firmware had some known bugs last time I
looked at it.

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Title:
  UEFI install broken when GRUB_DISTRIBUTOR!=Ubuntu (e.g.
  Kubuntu/UbuntuStudio)

Status in “grub2” package in Ubuntu:
  Fix Released
Status in “grub2-signed” package in Ubuntu:
  Fix Released
Status in “kubuntu-settings” package in Ubuntu:
  Confirmed
Status in “ubuntustudio-default-settings” package in Ubuntu:
  In Progress
Status in “grub2” source package in Saucy:
  Fix Committed
Status in “grub2-signed” source package in Saucy:
  Fix Committed
Status in “kubuntu-settings” source package in Saucy:
  Fix Committed
Status in “ubuntustudio-default-settings” source package in Saucy:
  Confirmed
Status in “grub2” source package in Trusty:
  Fix Released
Status in “grub2-signed” source package in Trusty:
  Fix Released
Status in “kubuntu-settings” source package in Trusty:
  Confirmed
Status in “ubuntustudio-default-settings” source package in Trusty:
  In Progress

Bug description:
  [Impact]
  After a installation of Kubuntu rebooting will leave the user with a unusable system since the relevant EFI files are not found. The uploaded package will fix this issue for all Kubuntu users and allow them to be able to boot their system.

  [Test Case]
  --General: Verfiy UEFI bootmanager Entries--
  If one has access to a UEFI shell that should be used to confirm UEFI bootmanager entries. When in need for a shell binary one can use [1] and place it as /boot/efi/shellx64.efi. Please note that unsigned shells will not work while SecureBoot is active.

  To print the image table use:
  bcfg boot dump

  Output should contain an entry with
     Desc    - kubuntu
  and DevPath should contain \EFI\ubuntu (not \EFI\kubuntu)

  If a shellx64.efi cannot be used use the command line tool efibootmgr instead:
  * sudo efibootmgr -v

  One of the entires should again be called kubuntu and contain \EFI\ubuntu in the File defintion. For example:
  Boot0002* kubuntu       HD(1,800,96000,e3e31484-1b57-40b2-a4b0-942debc6bea9)File(\EFI\ubuntu\grubx64.efi)

  --Upgrade Test Case--
  * Deactivate SecureBoot in BIOS
  * Boot
  * Verfiy UEFI bootmanager Entries (see above; should be broken and point to \EFI\kubuntu)
  * Make sure there is no EFI/ubuntu present on your EFI partition (mv /boot/efi/EFI/ubuntu /boot/efi/EFI/ubuntu-bak)
  * sudo apt-get update
  * sudo apt-get install grub2-common grub-efi-amd64 grub-eif-amd64-signed
  * Verfiy UEFI bootmanager Entries (see above)
  * Verify that /boot/efi/EFI/ubuntu exists (again)
  * Reboot and boot into the 'kubuntu' entry.
  * Shutdown
  * Activate SecureBoot in BIOS
  * Boot

  --Installation Test Case--
  * Deactivate SecureBoot in BIOS
  * Boot 13.10 ISO
  * When doing a completely clean install:
  * Delete all paritions using gparted or partitionmanager
  * When NOT doing a completely clean install:
  ** Find your EFI partition (will be a rather small FAT partition); usually /dev/sda1 or sda2
  ** sudo mount /dev/$DEVICE /mnt
  ** Make sure there is no EFI/ubuntu present (mv /mnt/EFI/ubuntu /mnt/EFI/ubuntu-bak)
  ** sudo umount /mnt
  * Ensure there are no 'kubuntu' UEFI boot manager entires
  ** sudo efibootmgr -v  |grep kubuntu
  ** If there is one, delete it first
  ** sudo efibootmgr -b $NUMBER_PRECEDING_THE_NAME_IN_THE_DUMP -B
  ** Confirm .... sudo efibootmgr -v  |grep kubuntu
  * Ensure there is an active internet connection
  * Install
  * Verfiy UEFI bootmanager Entries (see above)
  * Reboot and boot into the 'kubuntu' entry.
  * Shutdown
  * Activate SecureBoot in BIOS
  * Boot

  [Regression Potential]
  TBD

  [1]
  http://sourceforge.net/apps/mediawiki/tianocore/index.php?title=UEFI_Shell

  -------------- original report

  Kubuntu 13.10 is broken for UEFI installs. You will just get the grub2
  cli after reinstall..

  Its a really stupid bug - with a really easy fix - you just need to
  copy the kubuntu folder in the efi directory to ubuntu.

  i.e

  sudo cp -rv /boot/efi/EFI/kubuntu /boot/efi/EFI/ubuntu

  Will 'fix' it.

  It looks like its effecting various people

  i.e - randomly found this.

  http://www.kubuntuforums.net/showthread.php?63589-13-10-64Bit-Beta1
  -UEFI-GRUB-Not-Working-After-Install

  To fix this surely the 13.10 .iso will have to be rebuilt?

  This is a Kubuntu speficic bug - Ubuntu 13.10 is fine.

  ------------------------
  1) The release of Ubuntu you are using, via 'lsb_release -rd' or System -> About Ubuntu

  13.10 - kubuntu

  2) The version of the package you are using, via 'apt-cache policy
  pkgname' or by checking in Software Center

  $ dpkg -l |grep grub

  ii  grub-common                           2.00-19ubuntu2                      amd64        GRand Unified Bootloader (common files)
  ii  grub-efi-amd64                        2.00-19ubuntu2                      amd64        GRand Unified Bootloader, version 2 (EFI-AMD64 version)
  ii  grub-efi-amd64-bin                    2.00-19ubuntu2                      amd64        GRand Unified Bootloader, version 2 (EFI-AMD64 binaries)
  ii  grub-efi-amd64-signed                 1.22+2.00-19ubuntu2                 amd64        GRand Unified Bootloader, version 2 (EFI-AMD64 version, signed)
  ii  grub2-common                          2.00-19ubuntu2                      amd64        GRand Unified Bootloader (common files for version 2)

  3) What you expected to happen

  The install to work

  4) What happened instead

  Install not able to boot - just grub2 cli - had to manually copy the
  efi directory to 'ubuntu' to 'fix' it

  ProblemType: Bug
  DistroRelease: Ubuntu 13.10
  Package: grub-efi-amd64 2.00-19ubuntu2
  ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.11.0-12.19-generic 3.11.3
  Uname: Linux 3.11.0-12-generic x86_64
  ApportVersion: 2.12.5-0ubuntu2
  Architecture: amd64
  Date: Sun Oct 20 20:00:54 2013
  InstallationDate: Installed on 2013-10-20 (0 days ago)
  InstallationMedia: Kubuntu 13.10 "Saucy Salamander" - Release amd64 (20131016.1)
  MarkForUpload: True
  ProcEnviron:
   LANGUAGE=en_GB:en
   TERM=xterm
   PATH=(custom, no user)
   LANG=en_GB.UTF-8
   SHELL=/bin/bash
  SourcePackage: grub2
  UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)

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