Numerous reports exist across the web describing this exact problem. The theme seems to be kernel 3.8.x
https://bugs.archlinux.org/task/34641 https://bugs.archlinux.org/task/34700 https://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php?pid=1251880 http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-bugs/2013-04/msg01558.html I filed a bug yesterday against the efibootmgr package (on Quantal) but then, upon further research, found that it appears to be a kernel problem instead. https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/efibootmgr/+bug/1169820 Do we know if the 3.9 rc kernels have fixed this problem? -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1168659 Title: efibootmgr can't set EFI parameters via /sys/firmware/efi/vars To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux/+bug/1168659/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list [email protected] https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
