Your message dated Thu, 8 Oct 2026 13:51:40 +0100
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and subject line Re: Bug#1150289: shim-signed: 1.51+pmx1+16.1-2+pmx1 fails to
install due to no "SetupMode"
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regarding shim-signed: 1.51+pmx1+16.1-2+pmx1 fails to install due to no
"SetupMode"
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--- Begin Message ---
Package: shim-signed
Version: 1.48+pmx1+16.1-1+pmx1
Severity: important
X-Debbugs-Cc: [email protected]
Dear Maintainer,
* What led up to the situation?
I was updating my system when this package update failed to install. It only
failed on one of my systems.
* What exactly did you do (or not do) that was effective (or
ineffective)?
I just did a standard upgrade, which was ineffective.
* What was the outcome of this action?
I received the following error:
> Preparing to unpack .../shim-signed_1.51+pmx1+16.1-2+pmx1_amd64.deb ...
> shim-signed: checking if we can safely install
> /usr/lib/shim/shimx64.efi.signed
> Unexpected outcome from mokutil:
> """
> Failed to read "SetupMode" variable: No such file or directory
> """
> Please report this as a bug agsinst shim-signed, including the above
> information.
> dpkg: error processing archive
> /var/cache/apt/archives/shim-signed_1.51+pmx1+16.1-2+pmx1_amd64.deb
> (--unpack):
> new shim-signed:amd64 package pre-installation script subprocess returned
> error exit status 1
> Errors were encountered while processing:
> /var/cache/apt/archives/shim-signed_1.51+pmx1+16.1-2+pmx1_amd64.deb
> E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1)
I would also note there is a typo in the word "against" instead being "agsinst".
* What outcome did you expect instead?
I expected all updates to install properly.
-- System Information:
Debian Release: 13.7
APT prefers stable-updates
APT policy: (500, 'stable-updates'), (500, 'stable-security'), (500, 'stable')
Architecture: amd64 (x86_64)
Kernel: Linux 7.0.2-6-pve (SMP w/40 CPU threads; PREEMPT)
Kernel taint flags: TAINT_PROPRIETARY_MODULE, TAINT_OOT_MODULE
Locale: LANG=en_US.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=en_US.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8), LANGUAGE not set
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /usr/bin/dash
Init: systemd (via /run/systemd/system)
LSM: AppArmor: enabled
Versions of packages shim-signed depends on:
ii grub-efi-amd64-bin 2.12-9+pmx2
ii grub2-common 2.12-9+pmx2
iu shim-helpers-amd64-signed 1+16.1+2+pmx1
iu shim-signed-common 1.51+pmx1+16.1-2+pmx1
shim-signed recommends no packages.
shim-signed suggests no packages.
-- debconf information excluded
--- End Message ---
--- Begin Message ---
Hi Amy,
On Wed, Oct 07, 2026 at 09:27:07PM -0700, Amy Parker wrote:
>Package: shim-signed
>Version: 1.48+pmx1+16.1-1+pmx1
That's not a Debian version of the shim-signed package, and we fixed
this issue in version 1.50 in Debian.
That version suggests you might be using a Proxmox system? If so, you
should be talking to them rather than Debian directly here. I've added
a CC to their support team here for you.
Checking, they also have a Proxmox version of 1.51 in
shim-signed_1.51+pmx1+16.1-2+pmx1_amd64.deb which will almost
definitely fix this problem for you.
Anyway, closing this Debian bug - it's not a Debian issue.
>Severity: important
>X-Debbugs-Cc: [email protected]
>
>Dear Maintainer,
>
> * What led up to the situation?
>
>I was updating my system when this package update failed to install. It only
>failed on one of my systems.
>
> * What exactly did you do (or not do) that was effective (or
> ineffective)?
>
>I just did a standard upgrade, which was ineffective.
>
> * What was the outcome of this action?
>
>I received the following error:
>
>> Preparing to unpack .../shim-signed_1.51+pmx1+16.1-2+pmx1_amd64.deb ...
>> shim-signed: checking if we can safely install
>> /usr/lib/shim/shimx64.efi.signed
>> Unexpected outcome from mokutil:
>> """
>> Failed to read "SetupMode" variable: No such file or directory
>> """
>> Please report this as a bug agsinst shim-signed, including the above
>> information.
>> dpkg: error processing archive
>> /var/cache/apt/archives/shim-signed_1.51+pmx1+16.1-2+pmx1_amd64.deb
>> (--unpack):
>> new shim-signed:amd64 package pre-installation script subprocess returned
>> error exit status 1
>> Errors were encountered while processing:
>> /var/cache/apt/archives/shim-signed_1.51+pmx1+16.1-2+pmx1_amd64.deb
>> E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1)
>
>I would also note there is a typo in the word "against" instead being
>"agsinst".
>
> * What outcome did you expect instead?
>
>I expected all updates to install properly.
>
>
>-- System Information:
>Debian Release: 13.7
> APT prefers stable-updates
> APT policy: (500, 'stable-updates'), (500, 'stable-security'), (500,
> 'stable')
>Architecture: amd64 (x86_64)
>
>Kernel: Linux 7.0.2-6-pve (SMP w/40 CPU threads; PREEMPT)
>Kernel taint flags: TAINT_PROPRIETARY_MODULE, TAINT_OOT_MODULE
>Locale: LANG=en_US.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=en_US.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8), LANGUAGE not
>set
>Shell: /bin/sh linked to /usr/bin/dash
>Init: systemd (via /run/systemd/system)
>LSM: AppArmor: enabled
>
>Versions of packages shim-signed depends on:
>ii grub-efi-amd64-bin 2.12-9+pmx2
>ii grub2-common 2.12-9+pmx2
>iu shim-helpers-amd64-signed 1+16.1+2+pmx1
>iu shim-signed-common 1.51+pmx1+16.1-2+pmx1
>
>shim-signed recommends no packages.
>
>shim-signed suggests no packages.
>
>-- debconf information excluded
>
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