[Bug 1464831] Re: Ubuntu should default to an EFI compatible install

2015-06-13 Thread Michael Titke
Regarding the EFI variables (default boot entry chime volume) I found the following situation: - the kernel from live / installation dvd / iso does really contain the screwed up efi module configuration: there doesn't seem to be any way to access the firmware from within the live system - the

[Bug 1464831] Re: Ubuntu should default to an EFI compatible install

2015-06-13 Thread Christopher M. Penalver
Michael Titke, thank you for reporting this and helping make Ubuntu better. Just to clarify, are you able to take your MacBook4,1 when it had OSX on it, download a Ubuntu live environment, and install without any manual modifications (for example as outlined in

[Bug 1464831] Re: Ubuntu should default to an EFI compatible install

2015-06-13 Thread Christopher M. Penalver
Michael Titke: - It's referred as a MacBook4,2... Not according to your bug description. Despite this, just to clarify, when I say install successfully I mean it installs, one reboots at the end of the install, and one gets a working OS that you could log into successfully without any manual

Re: [Bug 1464831] Re: Ubuntu should default to an EFI compatible install

2015-06-13 Thread Michael Titke
On 13/06/2015 18:50, Christopher M. Penalver wrote: Michael Titke, thank you for reporting this and helping make Ubuntu better. Just to clarify, are you able to take your MacBook4,1 when it had OSX on it, download a Ubuntu live environment, and install without any manual modifications (for

Re: [Bug 1464831] Re: Ubuntu should default to an EFI compatible install

2015-06-13 Thread Michael Titke
On 13/06/2015 22:06, Christopher M. Penalver wrote: Michael Titke: - It's referred as a MacBook4,2... Not according to your bug description. True. It really says 4,1 Despite this, just to clarify, when I say install successfully I mean it installs, one reboots at the end of the install,