Bug#891434: grub-efi: System fails to boot after "No space left on device" on EFI variable storage

2019-02-10 Thread Niels Thykier
On Fri, 14 Dec 2018 10:22:49 +0100 Ralf Jung wrote: > Hi, > > > Fixing this does seem like it would be a good idea for general > > robustness against dodgy firmware (this is not the first iteration of > > problems along these lines). It would take some development work, but > > hopefully not

Bug#891434: grub-efi: System fails to boot after "No space left on device" on EFI variable storage

2018-12-14 Thread Ralf Jung
Hi, > Fixing this does seem like it would be a good idea for general > robustness against dodgy firmware (this is not the first iteration of > problems along these lines). It would take some development work, but > hopefully not too much. > > Things that GRUB can't do, as far as I can tell: >

Bug#891434: grub-efi: System fails to boot after "No space left on device" on EFI variable storage

2018-10-28 Thread Colin Watson
On Sun, Feb 25, 2018 at 04:13:13PM +0100, Ralf Jung wrote: > earlier today I did a system update, which completed successfully (as in, dpkg > didn't stop due to an error). I then rebooted my machine. This left Linux > unable to boot; only the Windows entry was left in the boot menu. After some

Bug#891434: grub-efi: System fails to boot after "No space left on device" on EFI variable storage

2018-08-10 Thread Ralf Jung
Just had this again, this time even after I repaired Debian, Windows disappeared completely from the start menu. I do not yet know how to get it back. What does it take to get attention t a bug that completely breaks the system? Kind regards, Ralf

Bug#891434: grub-efi: System fails to boot after "No space left on device" on EFI variable storage

2018-04-14 Thread Marius Mikucionis
Package: grub-efi-amd64 Version: 2.02+dfsg1-4 Followup-For: Bug #891434 I just ran into this same issue and it is specific to grub: refind-install also has similar issues, so this is specific to the state of the computer. I found this answer helpful:

Bug#891434: grub-efi: System fails to boot after "No space left on device" on EFI variable storage

2018-02-26 Thread Luca BRUNO
Hi, I experienced the same today after a grub update to '2.02+dfsg1-1' on testing. Looking back at logs, grub-install reported an error but the upgrade process as a whole didn't fail, so I missed it at first: ``` Could not prepare Boot variable: No space left on device grub-install: error:

Bug#891434: grub-efi: System fails to boot after "No space left on device" on EFI variable storage

2018-02-25 Thread Ralf Jung
Package: grub-efi Version: 2.02+dfsg1-1 Severity: critical Justification: breaks the whole system Dear Maintainer, earlier today I did a system update, which completed successfully (as in, dpkg didn't stop due to an error). I then rebooted my machine. This left Linux unable to boot; only the