Re: Good news - Re: [Bug 1006304] BootLoaderError: failed to set new efi boot target

2014-01-09 Thread Robert Moskowitz
On 01/08/2014 02:42 PM, Adam Williamson wrote: On Wed, 2014-01-08 at 11:38 -0800, Adam Williamson wrote: On Wed, 2014-01-08 at 14:29 -0500, Robert Moskowitz wrote: On 01/08/2014 02:14 PM, Adam Williamson wrote: On Tue, 2014-01-07 at 15:06 -0500, Robert Moskowitz wrote: On 01/07/2014 01:03

Re: Good news - Re: [Bug 1006304] BootLoaderError: failed to set new efi boot target

2014-01-09 Thread Chris Murphy
On Jan 9, 2014, at 6:11 AM, Robert Moskowitz r...@htt-consult.com wrote: On 01/08/2014 02:42 PM, Adam Williamson wrote: On Wed, 2014-01-08 at 11:38 -0800, Adam Williamson wrote: On Wed, 2014-01-08 at 14:29 -0500, Robert Moskowitz wrote: On 01/08/2014 02:14 PM, Adam Williamson wrote: On

Re: Good news - Re: [Bug 1006304] BootLoaderError: failed to set new efi boot target

2014-01-09 Thread Adam Williamson
On Thu, 2014-01-09 at 08:11 -0500, Robert Moskowitz wrote: The other place you can change the parameters is in /etc/default/grub . Finally took the time to make the change and NO /etc/default/grub If it doesn't exist, you can create it and settings in it will be respected.

Re: swap partition problems - Re: [Bug 1006304] BootLoaderError: failed to set new efi boot target

2014-01-08 Thread Richard Ryniker
And no manpage for blkid. There is a man page for blkid. It is part of: util-linux-2.24-2.fc20.x86_64 If the man page is missing, perhaps other missing pieces contribute to the problem. For example, swapon is also in util-linux. -- test mailing list test@lists.fedoraproject.org To

Re: swap partition problems - Re: [Bug 1006304] BootLoaderError: failed to set new efi boot target

2014-01-08 Thread Robert Moskowitz
On 01/08/2014 09:15 AM, Richard Ryniker wrote: And no manpage for blkid. There is a man page for blkid. It is part of: util-linux-2.24-2.fc20.x86_64 If the man page is missing, perhaps other missing pieces contribute to the problem. For example, swapon is also in util-linux. ARGH!!! I

Re: [Bug 1006304] BootLoaderError: failed to set new efi boot target

2014-01-08 Thread Adam Williamson
On Mon, 2014-01-06 at 16:40 -0500, Robert Moskowitz wrote: The process to create a user in the 'firstboot' environment did not allow for tagging the user to be an adminstrator. How do I do that? Fedora's initial-setup, which you get anywhere other than GNOME, has a checkbox. GNOME's has no

Re: Good news - Re: [Bug 1006304] BootLoaderError: failed to set new efi boot target

2014-01-08 Thread Adam Williamson
On Tue, 2014-01-07 at 15:06 -0500, Robert Moskowitz wrote: On 01/07/2014 01:03 PM, Chris Murphy wrote: On Jan 7, 2014, at 8:13 AM, Robert Moskowitz r...@htt-consult.com wrote: Booting is a bit strange. It starts with the Penguin on top and a large font, and then switches off the Penguin

Re: [Bug 1006304] BootLoaderError: failed to set new efi boot target

2014-01-08 Thread Robert Moskowitz
On 01/08/2014 02:12 PM, Adam Williamson wrote: On Mon, 2014-01-06 at 16:40 -0500, Robert Moskowitz wrote: The process to create a user in the 'firstboot' environment did not allow for tagging the user to be an adminstrator. How do I do that? Fedora's initial-setup, which you get anywhere

Re: Good news - Re: [Bug 1006304] BootLoaderError: failed to set new efi boot target

2014-01-08 Thread Robert Moskowitz
On 01/08/2014 02:14 PM, Adam Williamson wrote: On Tue, 2014-01-07 at 15:06 -0500, Robert Moskowitz wrote: On 01/07/2014 01:03 PM, Chris Murphy wrote: On Jan 7, 2014, at 8:13 AM, Robert Moskowitz r...@htt-consult.com wrote: Booting is a bit strange. It starts with the Penguin on top and a

Re: Good news - Re: [Bug 1006304] BootLoaderError: failed to set new efi boot target

2014-01-08 Thread Adam Williamson
On Wed, 2014-01-08 at 14:29 -0500, Robert Moskowitz wrote: On 01/08/2014 02:14 PM, Adam Williamson wrote: On Tue, 2014-01-07 at 15:06 -0500, Robert Moskowitz wrote: On 01/07/2014 01:03 PM, Chris Murphy wrote: On Jan 7, 2014, at 8:13 AM, Robert Moskowitz r...@htt-consult.com wrote: Booting

Re: Good news - Re: [Bug 1006304] BootLoaderError: failed to set new efi boot target

2014-01-08 Thread Adam Williamson
On Wed, 2014-01-08 at 11:38 -0800, Adam Williamson wrote: On Wed, 2014-01-08 at 14:29 -0500, Robert Moskowitz wrote: On 01/08/2014 02:14 PM, Adam Williamson wrote: On Tue, 2014-01-07 at 15:06 -0500, Robert Moskowitz wrote: On 01/07/2014 01:03 PM, Chris Murphy wrote: On Jan 7, 2014, at

Good news - Re: [Bug 1006304] BootLoaderError: failed to set new efi boot target

2014-01-07 Thread Robert Moskowitz
On 01/06/2014 06:22 PM, Chris Murphy wrote: On Jan 6, 2014, at 4:08 PM, Robert Moskowitz r...@htt-consult.com wrote: On 01/06/2014 05:57 PM, Chris Murphy wrote: On Jan 6, 2014, at 2:40 PM, Robert Moskowitz r...@htt-consult.com wrote: On reboot, it took some time with all sorts of messages.

efibootmgr should run later - Re: [Bug 1006304] BootLoaderError: failed to set new efi boot target

2014-01-07 Thread Chris Murphy
On Jan 7, 2014, at 11:03 AM, Chris Murphy li...@colorremedies.com wrote: So we need another bug filed to see if anaconda team can do efibootmgr pretty much dead last, because if it fails as the last thing done, there's still a good chance the system is bootable. At least, it's a better

Re: efibootmgr should run later - Re: [Bug 1006304] BootLoaderError: failed to set new efi boot target

2014-01-07 Thread Robert Moskowitz
On 01/07/2014 01:18 PM, Chris Murphy wrote: On Jan 7, 2014, at 11:03 AM, Chris Murphy li...@colorremedies.com wrote: So we need another bug filed to see if anaconda team can do efibootmgr pretty much dead last, because if it fails as the last thing done, there's still a good chance the

swap partition problems - Re: [Bug 1006304] BootLoaderError: failed to set new efi boot target

2014-01-07 Thread Robert Moskowitz
On 01/06/2014 06:22 PM, Chris Murphy wrote: On Jan 6, 2014, at 4:08 PM, Robert Moskowitz r...@htt-consult.com wrote: On 01/06/2014 05:57 PM, Chris Murphy wrote: On Jan 6, 2014, at 2:40 PM, Robert Moskowitz r...@htt-consult.com wrote: On reboot, it took some time with all sorts of messages.

Re: Good news - Re: [Bug 1006304] BootLoaderError: failed to set new efi boot target

2014-01-07 Thread Robert Moskowitz
On 01/07/2014 01:03 PM, Chris Murphy wrote: On Jan 7, 2014, at 8:13 AM, Robert Moskowitz r...@htt-consult.com wrote: Booting is a bit strange. It starts with the Penguin on top and a large font, and then switches off the Penguin and a smaller font. I never get the Fedora logo that I have

Re: swap partition problems - Re: [Bug 1006304] BootLoaderError: failed to set new efi boot target

2014-01-07 Thread Michal Jaegermann
On Tue, Jan 07, 2014 at 02:49:13PM -0500, Robert Moskowitz wrote: Jan 07 12:07:13 lx120e.htt-consult.com lvm[12503]: /dev/fedora_19/swap: read failed after 0 of 4096 at 4096: Input/output error Jan 07 12:07:38 lx120e.htt-consult.com swapon[328]: swapon: /dev/sda4: swapon failed: Device or

Re: swap partition problems - Re: [Bug 1006304] BootLoaderError: failed to set new efi boot target

2014-01-07 Thread Robert Moskowitz
On 01/07/2014 05:49 PM, Michal Jaegermann wrote: On Tue, Jan 07, 2014 at 02:49:13PM -0500, Robert Moskowitz wrote: Jan 07 12:07:13 lx120e.htt-consult.com lvm[12503]: /dev/fedora_19/swap: read failed after 0 of 4096 at 4096: Input/output error Jan 07 12:07:38 lx120e.htt-consult.com swapon[328]:

Re: swap partition problems - Re: [Bug 1006304] BootLoaderError: failed to set new efi boot target

2014-01-07 Thread Sérgio Basto
On Ter, 2014-01-07 at 18:08 -0500, Robert Moskowitz wrote: On 01/07/2014 05:49 PM, Michal Jaegermann wrote: On Tue, Jan 07, 2014 at 02:49:13PM -0500, Robert Moskowitz wrote: Jan 07 12:07:13 lx120e.htt-consult.com lvm[12503]: /dev/fedora_19/swap: read failed after 0 of 4096 at 4096:

Re: swap partition problems - Re: [Bug 1006304] BootLoaderError: failed to set new efi boot target

2014-01-07 Thread Michal Jaegermann
On Tue, Jan 07, 2014 at 06:08:58PM -0500, Robert Moskowitz wrote: On 01/07/2014 05:49 PM, Michal Jaegermann wrote: Are you sure that swap is not already in use? What 'swapon -s' has to say? ]# swapon -s FilenameTypeSizeUsedPriority /dev/sda4

Re: swap partition problems - Re: [Bug 1006304] BootLoaderError: failed to set new efi boot target

2014-01-07 Thread Robert Moskowitz
On 01/07/2014 07:26 PM, Michal Jaegermann wrote: On Tue, Jan 07, 2014 at 06:08:58PM -0500, Robert Moskowitz wrote: On 01/07/2014 05:49 PM, Michal Jaegermann wrote: Are you sure that swap is not already in use? What 'swapon -s' has to say? ]# swapon -s FilenameType

Re: [Bug 1006304] BootLoaderError: failed to set new efi boot target

2014-01-06 Thread Robert Moskowitz
On 01/05/2014 04:04 PM, Chris Murphy wrote: On Jan 5, 2014, at 1:33 PM, Robert Moskowitz r...@htt-consult.com wrote: Just did a test and it failed. :( I updated the firmware. Rebooted twice. Did NOT go into Bios setup. Booted the f20 x86_64 netinstal CD and it failed at the same point.

Re: [Bug 1006304] BootLoaderError: failed to set new efi boot target

2014-01-06 Thread Chris Murphy
On Jan 6, 2014, at 8:40 AM, Robert Moskowitz r...@htt-consult.com wrote: On 01/05/2014 04:04 PM, Chris Murphy wrote: On Jan 5, 2014, at 1:33 PM, Robert Moskowitz r...@htt-consult.com wrote: Just did a test and it failed. :( I updated the firmware. Rebooted twice. Did NOT go into Bios

Re: [Bug 1006304] BootLoaderError: failed to set new efi boot target

2014-01-06 Thread Robert Moskowitz
On 01/06/2014 02:27 PM, Chris Murphy wrote: On Jan 6, 2014, at 8:40 AM, Robert Moskowitz r...@htt-consult.com wrote: On 01/05/2014 04:04 PM, Chris Murphy wrote: On Jan 5, 2014, at 1:33 PM, Robert Moskowitz r...@htt-consult.com wrote: Just did a test and it failed. :( I updated the

Re: [Bug 1006304] BootLoaderError: failed to set new efi boot target

2014-01-06 Thread Robert Moskowitz
On 01/06/2014 02:27 PM, Chris Murphy wrote: On Jan 6, 2014, at 8:40 AM, Robert Moskowitz r...@htt-consult.com wrote: On 01/05/2014 04:04 PM, Chris Murphy wrote: On Jan 5, 2014, at 1:33 PM, Robert Moskowitz r...@htt-consult.com wrote: Just did a test and it failed. :( I updated the

Re: [Bug 1006304] BootLoaderError: failed to set new efi boot target

2014-01-06 Thread Chris Murphy
On Jan 6, 2014, at 2:40 PM, Robert Moskowitz r...@htt-consult.com wrote: On reboot, it took some time with all sorts of messages. Failed on my swap (though once running 'free' shows the swap space). selinux having to do its thing and taking some time. OK at this point you're running

Re: [Bug 1006304] BootLoaderError: failed to set new efi boot target

2014-01-06 Thread Robert Moskowitz
On 01/06/2014 05:57 PM, Chris Murphy wrote: On Jan 6, 2014, at 2:40 PM, Robert Moskowitz r...@htt-consult.com wrote: On reboot, it took some time with all sorts of messages. Failed on my swap (though once running 'free' shows the swap space). selinux having to do its thing and taking some

Re: [Bug 1006304] BootLoaderError: failed to set new efi boot target

2014-01-06 Thread Chris Murphy
On Jan 6, 2014, at 4:08 PM, Robert Moskowitz r...@htt-consult.com wrote: On 01/06/2014 05:57 PM, Chris Murphy wrote: On Jan 6, 2014, at 2:40 PM, Robert Moskowitz r...@htt-consult.com wrote: On reboot, it took some time with all sorts of messages. Failed on my swap (though once running

Re: [Bug 1006304] BootLoaderError: failed to set new efi boot target

2014-01-05 Thread Robert Moskowitz
On 01/03/2014 02:27 PM, Adam Williamson wrote: On Fri, 2014-01-03 at 14:23 -0500, Robert Moskowitz wrote: (disclaimer: never trust the monkey, I know a bit more about UEFI than the average monkey but not everything.) So why is the install failing? We don't know yet, but Chris is on the

Re: [Bug 1006304] BootLoaderError: failed to set new efi boot target

2014-01-05 Thread Chris Murphy
On Jan 5, 2014, at 1:33 PM, Robert Moskowitz r...@htt-consult.com wrote: Just did a test and it failed. :( I updated the firmware. Rebooted twice. Did NOT go into Bios setup. Booted the f20 x86_64 netinstal CD and it failed at the same point. I copied all the logs and will upload

Re: [Bug 1006304] BootLoaderError: failed to set new efi boot target

2014-01-05 Thread Robert Moskowitz
On 01/05/2014 04:04 PM, Chris Murphy wrote: On Jan 5, 2014, at 1:33 PM, Robert Moskowitz r...@htt-consult.com wrote: Just did a test and it failed. :( I updated the firmware. Rebooted twice. Did NOT go into Bios setup. Booted the f20 x86_64 netinstal CD and it failed at the same point.

Re: [Bug 1006304] BootLoaderError: failed to set new efi boot target

2014-01-04 Thread Robert Moskowitz
On 01/03/2014 08:01 PM, Chris Murphy wrote: On Jan 3, 2014, at 12:23 PM, Robert Moskowitz r...@htt-consult.com wrote: So why is the install failing? The install fails because the efibootmgr command to write to NVRAM via the kernel fails. And the reason why the kernel is failing to write to

Re: [Bug 1006304] BootLoaderError: failed to set new efi boot target

2014-01-04 Thread Chris Murphy
On Jan 4, 2014, at 6:24 PM, Robert Moskowitz r...@htt-consult.com wrote: Just tried to come out of suspend mode from over the sabbath, and the system was hung. No response. So I powered off and rebooted. Nothing. Panic time; did I brick it? I unpluged the VGA and USB kydb/mouse

Re: [Bug 1006304] BootLoaderError: failed to set new efi boot target

2014-01-04 Thread Robert Moskowitz
On 01/04/2014 08:32 PM, Chris Murphy wrote: On Jan 4, 2014, at 6:24 PM, Robert Moskowitz r...@htt-consult.com wrote: Just tried to come out of suspend mode from over the sabbath, and the system was hung. No response. So I powered off and rebooted. Nothing. Panic time; did I brick it? I

Re: [Bug 1006304] BootLoaderError: failed to set new efi boot target

2014-01-04 Thread Robert Moskowitz
On 01/04/2014 08:32 PM, Chris Murphy wrote: On Jan 4, 2014, at 6:24 PM, Robert Moskowitz r...@htt-consult.com wrote: Just tried to come out of suspend mode from over the sabbath, and the system was hung. No response. So I powered off and rebooted. Nothing. Panic time; did I brick it? I

Re: [Bug 1006304] BootLoaderError: failed to set new efi boot target

2014-01-04 Thread Adam Williamson
On Sat, 2014-01-04 at 18:32 -0700, Chris Murphy wrote: On Jan 4, 2014, at 6:24 PM, Robert Moskowitz r...@htt-consult.com wrote: Just tried to come out of suspend mode from over the sabbath, and the system was hung. No response. So I powered off and rebooted. Nothing. Panic time;

Re: [Bug 1006304] BootLoaderError: failed to set new efi boot target

2014-01-04 Thread Robert Moskowitz
On 01/05/2014 01:01 AM, Adam Williamson wrote: On Sat, 2014-01-04 at 18:32 -0700, Chris Murphy wrote: On Jan 4, 2014, at 6:24 PM, Robert Moskowitz r...@htt-consult.com wrote: Just tried to come out of suspend mode from over the sabbath, and the system was hung. No response. So I powered

Re: [Bug 1006304] BootLoaderError: failed to set new efi boot target

2014-01-03 Thread Adam Williamson
On Tue, 2013-12-31 at 20:23 -0500, Robert Moskowitz wrote: On 12/31/2013 08:00 PM, Chris Murphy wrote: On Dec 31, 2013, at 5:34 PM, Chris Murphy li...@colorremedies.com wrote: Since you only have Fedora to boot, the simplest fix might be to delete all of the NVRAM entries, and hope that in

Re: [Bug 1006304] BootLoaderError: failed to set new efi boot target

2014-01-03 Thread Robert Moskowitz
On 01/03/2014 02:07 PM, Adam Williamson wrote: On Tue, 2013-12-31 at 20:23 -0500, Robert Moskowitz wrote: On 12/31/2013 08:00 PM, Chris Murphy wrote: On Dec 31, 2013, at 5:34 PM, Chris Murphy li...@colorremedies.com wrote: Since you only have Fedora to boot, the simplest fix might be to

Re: [Bug 1006304] BootLoaderError: failed to set new efi boot target

2014-01-03 Thread Adam Williamson
On Fri, 2014-01-03 at 14:23 -0500, Robert Moskowitz wrote: (disclaimer: never trust the monkey, I know a bit more about UEFI than the average monkey but not everything.) So why is the install failing? We don't know yet, but Chris is on the right track looking into it. When we had the big

Re: [Bug 1006304] BootLoaderError: failed to set new efi boot target

2014-01-03 Thread Robert Moskowitz
On 01/03/2014 02:27 PM, Adam Williamson wrote: On Fri, 2014-01-03 at 14:23 -0500, Robert Moskowitz wrote: (disclaimer: never trust the monkey, I know a bit more about UEFI than the average monkey but not everything.) So why is the install failing? We don't know yet, but Chris is on the

Re: [Bug 1006304] BootLoaderError: failed to set new efi boot target

2014-01-03 Thread Chris Murphy
On Jan 3, 2014, at 12:23 PM, Robert Moskowitz r...@htt-consult.com wrote: So why is the install failing? The install fails because the efibootmgr command to write to NVRAM via the kernel fails. And the reason why the kernel is failing to write to NVRAM is uncertain because there's nothing

Now Bug 1047993 - Re: [Bug 1006304] BootLoaderError: failed to set new efi boot target

2014-01-02 Thread Robert Moskowitz
I did the testing as you suggested and opened up a kernel bug report. On 01/01/2014 04:26 PM, Chris Murphy wrote: On Jan 1, 2014, at 1:07 PM, Chris Murphy li...@colorremedies.com wrote: efibootmgr -c -w -L Fedora -d /dev/sda -p 1 -l \\EFI\\fedora\\shim.efi And see if you get an error; and

Re: [Bug 1006304] BootLoaderError: failed to set new efi boot target

2014-01-02 Thread poma
On 01.01.2014 20:11, Robert Moskowitz wrote: Oh, Here is my system info: Lenovo x120e UEIF Bios ver8FET32WW (1.16) (date 2011-11-03) Embedde Ctlr Ver8FHT21WW (1.09) Mach Type0611AH9 http://download.lenovo.com/ibmdl/pub/pc/pccbbs/mobiles/8fuj10uc.txt … CHANGES IN

Re: [Bug 1006304] BootLoaderError: failed to set new efi boot target

2014-01-01 Thread Robert Moskowitz
Some testing today from f20 live x86_64 DVD On 12/31/2013 08:00 PM, Chris Murphy wrote: On Dec 31, 2013, at 5:34 PM, Chris Murphy li...@colorremedies.com wrote: Since you only have Fedora to boot, the simplest fix might be to delete all of the NVRAM entries, and hope that in a reboot or two,

Re: [Bug 1006304] BootLoaderError: failed to set new efi boot target

2014-01-01 Thread Chris Murphy
On Jan 1, 2014, at 12:11 PM, Robert Moskowitz r...@htt-consult.com wrote: I got the same with efibootmgr -v: BootCurrent: 0005 Timeout: 0 seconds BootOrder: 0005,0006,0007,0008,0009 Boot Setup Boot0001 Boot Menu Boot0002 Diagnostic Splash Screen Boot0003 Rescue and Recovery

Re: [Bug 1006304] BootLoaderError: failed to set new efi boot target

2014-01-01 Thread Chris Murphy
On Jan 1, 2014, at 1:07 PM, Chris Murphy li...@colorremedies.com wrote: efibootmgr -c -w -L Fedora -d /dev/sda -p 1 -l \\EFI\\fedora\\shim.efi And see if you get an error; and you can also reissue efibootmgr -v to see if that entry is now in NVRAM to confirm. No errors and no change to

Re: [Bug 1006304] BootLoaderError: failed to set new efi boot target

2013-12-31 Thread Chris Murphy
On Dec 31, 2013, at 4:39 PM, Robert Moskowitz r...@htt-consult.com wrote: On 12/31/2013 05:00 PM, bugzi...@redhat.com wrote: https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1006304 In additional info, include computer model and firmware revision. And then attach your program.log, anaconda-tb,

Re: [Bug 1006304] BootLoaderError: failed to set new efi boot target

2013-12-31 Thread Robert Moskowitz
On 12/31/2013 07:18 PM, Chris Murphy wrote: On Dec 31, 2013, at 4:39 PM, Robert Moskowitz r...@htt-consult.com wrote: On 12/31/2013 05:00 PM, bugzi...@redhat.com wrote: https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1006304 In additional info, include computer model and firmware revision. And

Re: [Bug 1006304] BootLoaderError: failed to set new efi boot target

2013-12-31 Thread Chris Murphy
On Dec 31, 2013, at 5:27 PM, Robert Moskowitz r...@htt-consult.com wrote: On 12/31/2013 07:18 PM, Chris Murphy wrote: On Dec 31, 2013, at 4:39 PM, Robert Moskowitz r...@htt-consult.com wrote: On 12/31/2013 05:00 PM, bugzi...@redhat.com wrote:

Re: [Bug 1006304] BootLoaderError: failed to set new efi boot target

2013-12-31 Thread Chris Murphy
On Dec 31, 2013, at 5:34 PM, Chris Murphy li...@colorremedies.com wrote: Since you only have Fedora to boot, the simplest fix might be to delete all of the NVRAM entries, and hope that in a reboot or two, it does sufficient garbage collection that you can then try another installation.

Re: [Bug 1006304] BootLoaderError: failed to set new efi boot target

2013-12-31 Thread Robert Moskowitz
On 12/31/2013 07:34 PM, Chris Murphy wrote: On Dec 31, 2013, at 5:27 PM, Robert Moskowitz r...@htt-consult.com wrote: On 12/31/2013 07:18 PM, Chris Murphy wrote: On Dec 31, 2013, at 4:39 PM, Robert Moskowitz r...@htt-consult.com wrote: On 12/31/2013 05:00 PM, bugzi...@redhat.com wrote:

Re: [Bug 1006304] BootLoaderError: failed to set new efi boot target

2013-12-31 Thread Robert Moskowitz
On 12/31/2013 08:00 PM, Chris Murphy wrote: On Dec 31, 2013, at 5:34 PM, Chris Murphy li...@colorremedies.com wrote: Since you only have Fedora to boot, the simplest fix might be to delete all of the NVRAM entries, and hope that in a reboot or two, it does sufficient garbage collection that