I believe Chris installed the old version from 14.04 using a live cd and chroot. I'm assuming you can pin that package on 14.04 then upgrade. Either way this is a game breaking bug On 30 Nov 2014 23:00, "Mojmir Vinkler" <mojmir.vink...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Same problem on Lenovo ThinkPad E540. > > Chris, could you please explain in more detail how did you downgraded > efibootmgr? I wasn't able to find that version 0.5.4-7ubuntu1. > > -- > You received this bug notification because you are subscribed to the bug > report. > https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1387654 > > Title: > installing or upgrading to Ubuntu 14.10 kills Boot Manager on ThinkPad > W540 > > Status in ubuntu-release-upgrader package in Ubuntu: > Confirmed > > Bug description: > When you install or upgrade to Ubuntu 14.10 on a Lenovo ThinkPad W540 > after a reboot the machine prints: > > > Boot Manager recover from critical error. Some essential variables are > absent or corrupted and Boot Manager has restored them from default > configuration. Press Esc to continue or F1 to enter Setup. > > Then restores to default configuration (eg only Windows boots) > > ProblemType: Bug > DistroRelease: Ubuntu 14.10 > Package: ubuntu-release-upgrader-core 1:14.10.9 > ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.16.0-23.31-generic 3.16.4 > Uname: Linux 3.16.0-23-generic x86_64 > NonfreeKernelModules: wl > ApportVersion: 2.14.7-0ubuntu8 > Architecture: amd64 > CrashDB: ubuntu > CurrentDesktop: Unity > Date: Thu Oct 30 13:10:43 2014 > EcryptfsInUse: Yes > InstallationDate: Installed on 2014-10-27 (3 days ago) > InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 14.04.1 LTS "Trusty Tahr" - Release amd64 > (20140722.2) > PackageArchitecture: all > SourcePackage: ubuntu-release-upgrader > Symptom: release-upgrade > UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to utopic on 2014-10-28 (2 days ago) > VarLogDistupgradeTermlog: > > To manage notifications about this bug go to: > > https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/ubuntu-release-upgrader/+bug/1387654/+subscriptions > -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1387654 Title: installing or upgrading to Ubuntu 14.10 kills Boot Manager on ThinkPad W540 To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/ubuntu-release-upgrader/+bug/1387654/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
