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Lubuntu installer: possibly broken UEFI in 22.04.2

Asked by Hadmut Danisch

Hi,

I have a use case with several Notebooks of the same kind (Medion E3223), and had formerly installed Lubuntu with the 22.04.1 install image without problems several times.

I just tried to reinstall one after replacing the SSD with a fresh one (factory empty), but had updated my USB pen drive to the latest 22.04.2 Lubuntu install image. Procedure running well, installation as usual, but after reboot the system did not find a bootable image and went into UEFI shell instead. No way to boot.

I was trying to reset my UEFI bios, and to import and accept the keys from the partition, which worked, but when trying in Secure Boot Mode I get Error messages about a Security Violation, and when turning Secure Boot off, I do not get the Lubuntu partion offered at all for booting.

Unfortunately, I have deleted the 22.04.1 iso image after downloading the .2, and cannot compare with it, since it is not available for download anymore.

But I still had a Xubuntu 22.04.1, and this could be installed and runs well on the same machine.

So my guess is that the UEFI part of the Lubuntu installer is somewhat broken on the 22.04.2 version, while the 22.04.1 was good.

regards

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This question was originally filed as bug #2016658.

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Erich Eickmeyer (eeickmeyer) said : 		#1

Thank you for taking the time to report this issue and helping to make Ubuntu better. Examining the information you have given us, this does not appear to be a bug report so we are closing it and converting it to a question in the support tracker. We understand the difficulties you are facing, but it is better to raise problems you are having in the support tracker at https://answers.launchpad.net/ubuntu if you are uncertain if they are bugs. If you would prefer live chat support, you can find an IRC support channel for your flavor of Ubuntu here: https://wiki.ubuntu.com/IRC/ChannelList. You can also find help with your problem in the support forum of your local Ubuntu community http://loco.ubuntu.com/ or asking at https://askubuntu.com or https://ubuntuforums.org. For help on reporting bugs, see https://help.ubuntu.com/community/ReportingBugs.

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actionparsnip (andrew-woodhead666) said : 		#2

Are you wanting to dual boot Lubuntu with Windows or will Lubuntu be the only OS on the system?

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Hadmut Danisch (hadmut) said : 		#3

No. No Windows.

As I said: Plain new clean empty fresh virgin SSD, just Lubuntu (with the encryption option).

22.04.1 Lubuntu worked on machines of the same kind.

22.04.1 Xubuntu works on that particular machine.

22.04.2 Lubuntu doesn't work, not found by UEFI.

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actionparsnip (andrew-woodhead666) said : 		#4

If there is no Windows, why use UEFI ?

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Hadmut Danisch (hadmut) said : 		#5

Because that's today's standard and some modern notebooks have UEFI only and no Legacy boot mode.

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actionparsnip (andrew-woodhead666) said : 		#6

Do you have the option of legacy boot?

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Hadmut Danisch (hadmut) said : 		#7

No.

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actionparsnip (andrew-woodhead666) said : 		#8

If it is different between the point releases then I suggest you report a bug

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Hadmut Danisch (hadmut) said : 		#9

I _had_ reported this as a bug, and it was turned into a question for unknown reasons by Ubuntu.

Has Ubuntu gone nuts?

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Manfred Hampl (m-hampl) said : 		#10

Ideas:

1. A copy of the old installer file seems to be still available from https://pinguin.dinus.ac.id/iso/ubuntu/lubuntu/

2. You should run boot-info to check what there is on the hard disk after the failed install.

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