[Bug 1040557] Re: UEFI boot live-usb bricks SAMSUNG 530U3C, np700z5c laptop

2012-12-19 Thread Kristaps Karlsons
Also affects Samsung 300E5X S01, just bricked one. Anyway - this (I guess) isn't Ubuntu problem but Samsung - bricked via Linux Mint live USB. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1040557

[Bug 1040557] Re: UEFI boot live-usb bricks SAMSUNG 530U3C, np700z5c laptop

2012-12-19 Thread Steve Langasek
Samsung has suggested that this issue is being triggered by the samsung- laptop kernel module. This module is known to cause other issues on Samsung systems when booted in EFI mode: https://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=47121 Kernel team: is it possible to disable the samsung-laptop

[Bug 1040557] Re: UEFI boot live-usb bricks SAMSUNG 530U3C, np700z5c laptop

2012-12-19 Thread Joseph Salisbury
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[Bug 1040557] Re: UEFI boot live-usb bricks SAMSUNG 530U3C, np700z5c laptop

2012-12-19 Thread Steve Langasek
No logs needed for this one, and by the nature of the bug, none available. :P ** Changed in: linux (Ubuntu) Status: Incomplete = Confirmed -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1040557

[Bug 1040557] Re: UEFI boot live-usb bricks SAMSUNG 530U3C, np700z5c laptop

2012-12-19 Thread Colin King
I deem it fairly trivial to check for EFI mode and make the driver return -ENODEV during the init so we don't load this driver. Just sanity checking my patches on oneiric through to raring right now. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is

[Bug 1040557] Re: UEFI boot live-usb bricks SAMSUNG 530U3C, np700z5c laptop

2012-12-19 Thread Kenbob
Bricked my Samsung NP900X4c Installed Ubuntu 12.04 from a flash drive with UEFI ENABLED. I never could get it to dual boot with Windows 7 so I completely wiped the SSD including the recovery partition. Ubuntu 12.04 worked well but I was frustrated by the lack of support for function keys, and

[Bug 1040557] Re: UEFI boot live-usb bricks SAMSUNG 530U3C, np700z5c laptop

2012-12-18 Thread sunday
Bricked Laptob today (2012-12-18). *Model: Samsung NP530U3C-A01E *Note: Prior to bricking: Installed Xubuntu 64bit (12.10). No Problems occured during the first three weeks of usage (including kernel update). The only thing I noticed was battery/power status misinformations. (likely the already

[Bug 1040557] Re: UEFI boot live-usb bricks SAMSUNG 530U3C, np700z5c laptop

2012-12-16 Thread Frank Papendorf
I am in a similar situation. Last week I bricked my 700Z3C during the installation of Ubuntu 12.10 64Bit from USB-Stick (unetbbotin). I could change the device without any problems. Now of course I am fear that I will run in the same problem if i try it again. But this time I would install from

[Bug 1040557] Re: UEFI boot live-usb bricks SAMSUNG 530U3C, np700z5c laptop

2012-12-15 Thread tabares
Same here. I'm installed sucessfully Ubuntu 10.04 x86 in the SAMSUNG 530U3C and works fine. But when I tried to install the 64 bits version, I assumed that enabling the UEFI boot from bios will upgrade the performance, but the Laptop hanged up in black screen and never start over again. Turn

[Bug 1040557] Re: UEFI boot live-usb bricks SAMSUNG 530U3C, np700z5c laptop

2012-12-11 Thread Chris Merrett
Just to add to this, I installed without issue last night on an NP530U3C-A04UK in the following manner: * Booted first time into Windows, found that Fastboot was already disabled (new Ultrabook in sealed box) and disabled Intel Smart Response (the SSD caching). * Updated the BIOS immediately to

[Bug 1040557] Re: UEFI boot live-usb bricks SAMSUNG 530U3C, np700z5c laptop

2012-12-11 Thread Frank Papendorf
I also bricked my brand new Samsung 700Z3C-S03 when I was installing Ubuntu 12.10 64 Bit from USB-Stick. The USB-Stick was prepared with unetbootin before. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu.

[Bug 1040557] Re: UEFI boot live-usb bricks SAMSUNG 530U3C, np700z5c laptop

2012-12-11 Thread allocerceau
A little update with my situation, I sent the laptop back to Samsung, they changed the motherboard and it's working again now. I won't try to install Ubuntu though. The whole process too about 2 weeks. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is

[Bug 1040557] Re: UEFI boot live-usb bricks SAMSUNG 530U3C, np700z5c laptop

2012-12-01 Thread Angel Garcia
At my university, we bought several Samsung Series 5 laptops (NP530U3C model). Our students bricked four of them when installing Ubuntu. I sent them back to Samsung that repaired them promptly by warranty service. I don't know exactly what Bios configuration neither what Ubuntu version each

[Bug 1040557] Re: UEFI boot live-usb bricks SAMSUNG 530U3C, np700z5c laptop

2012-11-29 Thread Lucas
Want to Confirm the brick bug. My case was: install Ubuntu 12.10 x64 aside Windows 8 and dualBoot Disabled UEFI - install ubuntu - reboot - windows - set boot options in windows - made error in boot options - Bios - changed UEFI to enabled - reboot - ubuntu error - brick; Also as Off topic i

[Bug 1040557] Re: UEFI boot live-usb bricks SAMSUNG 530U3C, np700z5c laptop

2012-11-27 Thread Jose Padilla
#56: Yes, you're right. I meant to 530U3C model. I suppose It was discontinued only in that online shop, not Samsung. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1040557 Title: UEFI boot live-usb

[Bug 1040557] Re: UEFI boot live-usb bricks SAMSUNG 530U3C, np700z5c laptop

2012-11-27 Thread Tristen
Hey, not good news for some of you, but at least I finally found others, this is pretty much exactly what happened after I upgraded from 12.04. The difference is I have a Toshiba Satellite L505D-S5965. I have been beta testing for about a year and a half but I sat out this cycle. Anyways, I have

Re: [Bug 1040557] Re: UEFI boot live-usb bricks SAMSUNG 530U3C, np700z5c laptop

2012-11-27 Thread Steve Langasek
On Wed, Nov 28, 2012 at 12:30:05AM -, Tristen wrote: Hey, not good news for some of you, but at least I finally found others, this is pretty much exactly what happened after I upgraded from 12.04. The difference is I have a Toshiba Satellite L505D-S5965. This does not at all describe the

[Bug 1040557] Re: UEFI boot live-usb bricks SAMSUNG 530U3C, np700z5c laptop

2012-11-23 Thread Jose Padilla
According to this, http://fsfe.org/freesoftware/legal/flashingdevices.en.html, you should not have any problem with your warranty service. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1040557 Title:

[Bug 1040557] Re: UEFI boot live-usb bricks SAMSUNG 530U3C, np700z5c laptop

2012-11-23 Thread Jose Padilla
Sorry, the aforementioned is assuming that you bought it in Europe. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1040557 Title: UEFI boot live-usb bricks SAMSUNG 530U3C,np700z5c laptop To manage

[Bug 1040557] Re: UEFI boot live-usb bricks SAMSUNG 530U3C, np700z5c laptop

2012-11-23 Thread pancho
Thanks Jose Padilla. It was...Did you have experienced the same problem with your laptop? If yes, how did you solve it? Thanks. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1040557 Title: UEFI

[Bug 1040557] Re: UEFI boot live-usb bricks SAMSUNG 530U3C, np700z5c laptop

2012-11-23 Thread Jose Padilla
I bought my laptop in an online shop. It was bricked only two hours after I had received it. So immediately I sent an e-mail to demand a new one. Because of I was afraid that they could reject my demand, I lied a little (I still didn't know the Directive 1999/44/CE) . I told them that it was

[Bug 1040557] Re: UEFI boot live-usb bricks SAMSUNG 530U3C, np700z5c laptop

2012-11-23 Thread Timo Palomaa
What is the latest firmware that the Samsung updater software (on Windows) provides? On the Samsung support site latest version is 1.0.0.3 from May 9, 2012. I am thinking about getting this model, so am thinking if there is even a slight chance that this bug is ever going to get fixed. #55: they

[Bug 1040557] Re: UEFI boot live-usb bricks SAMSUNG 530U3C, np700z5c laptop

2012-11-22 Thread pancho
Hello to everyone, I have the very similar problem with my new laptop Samsung NP3005C with Win7 pre-installed. I install ubuntu and after that the laptop is bricked. In fact, I decided to install ubuntu using all the hard disk what means that I was not expecting to have a dual boot. Now,

[Bug 1040557] Re: UEFI boot live-usb bricks SAMSUNG 530U3C, np700z5c laptop

2012-11-20 Thread Vladimir Pavlov
Hello. I bought ASUS K55N laptop and have the same problem. Any Linux kernel doesn't start in UEFI mode. GRUB2 strarts normaly, but after when I select kernel I see black screen. If I try start Linux from UEFI Shell I see that system just freezing. -- You received this bug notification because

[Bug 1040557] Re: UEFI boot live-usb bricks SAMSUNG 530U3C, np700z5c laptop

2012-11-02 Thread Pavel Golikov
Just bricked my Samsung 530u3c. UEFI mode was on. I made a bootable flash from Ubuntu 12.10 64bit image using 12.04's usb disc creator, then booted up, UEFI mode was on. (I've seen the black grub screen insteard of syslinux), it booted normaly, everything was ok. Then I tried to disable bluetooth

[Bug 1040557] Re: UEFI boot live-usb bricks SAMSUNG 530U3C, np700z5c laptop

2012-11-02 Thread Pavel Golikov
Bootable flash was with Ubuntu 12.10 64bit image and I made it form 12.04 allready installed. 12.04 32 bit booted nicely with UEFI support mode on. This boot image had syslinux bootloader. I insalled it and used it since i've bought my laptop. -- You received this bug notification because you

[Bug 1040557] Re: UEFI boot live-usb bricks SAMSUNG 530U3C, np700z5c laptop

2012-11-01 Thread Albert Widiatmoko
Jose Ah... i see, thank you for your explanation. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1040557 Title: UEFI boot live-usb bricks SAMSUNG 530U3C,np700z5c laptop To manage notifications

[Bug 1040557] Re: UEFI boot live-usb bricks SAMSUNG 530U3C, np700z5c laptop

2012-10-30 Thread Jose Padilla
#43 Why can't you boot from USB if EFI is disabled?. On my series 9 with EFI disabled I can and I could with my series 5. In the BIOS, disable Quick Start and on the boot priority select USB HD as your first option. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs,

[Bug 1040557] Re: UEFI boot live-usb bricks SAMSUNG 530U3C, np700z5c laptop

2012-10-30 Thread Albert Widiatmoko
Jose I don't know. Because 1st time i want to install Ubuntu 12.04 in my 530U3C, the laptop always boot to windows even if i set the 1st boot priority to USB HD. After that i tried to boot normally and press F10 to show the boot options, the boot options appeared but there is no USB option in it.

[Bug 1040557] Re: UEFI boot live-usb bricks SAMSUNG 530U3C, np700z5c laptop

2012-10-30 Thread Jose Padilla
The behaviour you describe I guess is due to have the Fast BIOS Mode option enabled in your BIOS. When this option is enabled the boot preferences are ignored. Try to change it to disabled and then select USB HD as your first option under boot device priority. Nevertheless, there exists some bugs

[Bug 1040557] Re: UEFI boot live-usb bricks SAMSUNG 530U3C, np700z5c laptop

2012-10-29 Thread Albert Widiatmoko
1) what model of laptop do you have? Samsung 5 series ultra (530U3C) 2) When you say it's bricked twice - that's confusing, do you mean you've permenantly unrecoverably bricked two laptops, or do you mean you somehow recovered them? Yes its bricked unrecoverable, so i bring

[Bug 1040557] Re: UEFI boot live-usb bricks SAMSUNG 530U3C, np700z5c laptop

2012-10-28 Thread allocerceau
OK, so I just found out this bug while bricking my samsung laptop. I had trouble de install a windows 7 pro version over the home premium one, so I decided to try and install ubuntu. I have (had ?) a series 3 samsung laptop, and tried to install 12.10 version of ubuntu. The installation went

[Bug 1040557] Re: UEFI boot live-usb bricks SAMSUNG 530U3C, np700z5c laptop

2012-10-28 Thread Dave Gilbert
pkhbdb/allocerceau: Can you state the exact version of the samsung laptop you had/have. When you did the installation, how did you install - did you use a CD or USB stick? Did you at any point select 'EFI' during the boot process? If you used a USB stick how exactly did you right the thumb drive?

[Bug 1040557] Re: UEFI boot live-usb bricks SAMSUNG 530U3C, np700z5c laptop

2012-10-28 Thread allocerceau
Hello Dave, I have a NP300E5C laptop (this one http://www.amazon.fr/gp/product/B008AHF8VG/ref=oh_details_o01_s00_i01 ) I used a usb stick. I did not select EFI anywhere (in fact I don't know what it is). The thumb drive was first in the boot order in the BIOS. That's about it. I don't know what

[Bug 1040557] Re: UEFI boot live-usb bricks SAMSUNG 530U3C, np700z5c laptop

2012-10-28 Thread allocerceau
A quick update, I connected the laptop hard drive on my computer, and there is a 94Mo EFI partition. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1040557 Title: UEFI boot live-usb bricks SAMSUNG

[Bug 1040557] Re: UEFI boot live-usb bricks SAMSUNG 530U3C, np700z5c laptop

2012-10-27 Thread Albert Widiatmoko
My Samsung lappy brick twice, but it is different in my case. The BIOS always broken aftere doing update from update manager. 1. Install Ubuntu 2. Boot normaly(no grub) 3. Update(Update Manager) 4. Reboot 5. Grub appeared from nowhere 6. Select ubuntu 7. Boot forever 8. Power off 9. Black Screen

[Bug 1040557] Re: UEFI boot live-usb bricks SAMSUNG 530U3C, np700z5c laptop

2012-10-27 Thread Dave Gilbert
Albert: Can you add some detail please; 1) what model of laptop do you have? 2) When you say it's bricked twice - that's confusing, do you mean you've permenantly unrecoverably bricked two laptops, or do you mean you somehow recovered them? 3) What version of Ubuntu did you install

[Bug 1040557] Re: UEFI boot live-usb bricks SAMSUNG 530U3C, np700z5c laptop

2012-10-22 Thread Steve Langasek
crayzeewulf, I'm sorry to hear that you've run into this bug. I hope you are able to get the machine recovered through the vendor. It would help us to track this bug down and spare other users this pain if you could provide more information about how you were installing and what you experienced.

[Bug 1040557] Re: UEFI boot live-usb bricks SAMSUNG 530U3C, np700z5c laptop

2012-10-22 Thread crayzeewulf
Steve: I did not expect this to happen in my wildest imagination and, hence, did not pay too much attention to the exact steps I followed. But I will try to answer your questions the best I can: Can you confirm that you had specifically configured your BIOS to boot in UEFI mode? Yes. I tried

[Bug 1040557] Re: UEFI boot live-usb bricks SAMSUNG 530U3C, np700z5c laptop

2012-10-21 Thread crayzeewulf
I confirm that this happens even with Ubuntu 12.10. Bricked on today. :( -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1040557 Title: UEFI boot live-usb bricks SAMSUNG 530U3C,np700z5c laptop To

[Bug 1040557] Re: UEFI boot live-usb bricks SAMSUNG 530U3C, np700z5c laptop

2012-10-18 Thread Steve Langasek
** Changed in: ubuntu-release-notes/quantal Status: Fix Committed = Fix Released -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1040557 Title: UEFI boot live-usb bricks SAMSUNG

[Bug 1040557] Re: UEFI boot live-usb bricks SAMSUNG 530U3C, np700z5c laptop

2012-10-17 Thread Steve Langasek
** Changed in: ubuntu-release-notes/quantal Status: Triaged = Fix Committed -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1040557 Title: UEFI boot live-usb bricks SAMSUNG 530U3C,np700z5c

[Bug 1040557] Re: UEFI boot live-usb bricks SAMSUNG 530U3C, np700z5c laptop

2012-10-14 Thread Kate Stewart
** Changed in: ubuntu-release-notes Status: Triaged = Invalid ** Changed in: ubuntu-release-notes Importance: High = Undecided -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1040557 Title:

[Bug 1040557] Re: UEFI boot live-usb bricks SAMSUNG 530U3C, np700z5c laptop

2012-10-13 Thread Steve Langasek
why have you assigned this bug to shim? ** Changed in: shim (Ubuntu Quantal) Status: Confirmed = Incomplete -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1040557 Title: UEFI boot live-usb

[Bug 1040557] Re: UEFI boot live-usb bricks SAMSUNG 530U3C, np700z5c laptop

2012-10-13 Thread Kate Stewart
From discussions with Michael earlier: shim task was opened to make sure bug was on release team radar, and hopes that either shim or grub may be able to participate in detection/mitigation. Issue some sort of WARNING: don't do this, Ubuntu can't run on this firmware if specific firmware

[Bug 1040557] Re: UEFI boot live-usb bricks SAMSUNG 530U3C, np700z5c laptop

2012-10-13 Thread Steve Langasek
The conclusion from the kernel team is already that it's not possible to work around this bug; and shim is *definitely* not the place for such a workaround to live because each revision of shim involves a round-trip to Microsoft. If anything's going to block the boot, it needs to be the kernel

[Bug 1040557] Re: UEFI boot live-usb bricks SAMSUNG 530U3C, np700z5c laptop

2012-10-12 Thread Michael Casadevall
** Also affects: shim (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided Status: New ** Also affects: shim (Ubuntu Quantal) Importance: Undecided Status: New ** Changed in: shim (Ubuntu Quantal) Status: New = Confirmed ** Changed in: shim (Ubuntu Quantal) Importance: Undecided =

[Bug 1040557] Re: UEFI boot live-usb bricks SAMSUNG 530U3C, np700z5c laptop

2012-09-25 Thread antonio
** Also affects: ubuntu Importance: Undecided Status: New ** No longer affects: ubuntu -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1040557 Title: UEFI boot live-usb bricks SAMSUNG

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