Bug#756179: grub-efi-amd64: Boot failure after upgrade to 2.02~beta2-11

Antonio Sartori anton.sartori at gmail.com
Sun Jul 27 07:40:46 UTC 2014


Package: grub-efi-amd64
Version: 2.02~beta2-11
Severity: critical
Justification: breaks the whole system

Dear Maintainer,

On Lenovo Thinkpad X240 laptop, after upgrading grub to 2.02~beta2-11 (upgrade completed without errors), on reboot I get the following error message from the BIOS:
"Some essential variables are absent or corrupted and Boot Manager has restored them from default configuration"
Then grub starts into its minimal shell and gives a command line. After rebooting, the bios error does not appear anymore but grub starts again into its minimal shell. Booting with an usb stick into the system and doing grub-install makes the BIOS error appear again.

Downgrading grub to 2.00-22 and reinstalling grub removes the issue.



-- Package-specific info:

*********************** BEGIN /proc/mounts
/dev/disk/by-uuid/5e07d851-95a4-4505-949e-7021fea40924 / ext4 rw,relatime,errors=remount-ro,data=ordered 0 0
/dev/sda1 /boot/efi vfat rw,noatime,fmask=0022,dmask=0022,codepage=437,iocharset=utf8,shortname=mixed,errors=remount-ro,discard 0 0
/dev/sda8 /home ext4 rw,relatime,data=ordered 0 0
/dev/sda5 /boot2 ext4 rw,relatime,stripe=4,data=ordered 0 0
*********************** END /proc/mounts

*********************** BEGIN /boot/grub/grub.cfg
#
# DO NOT EDIT THIS FILE
#
# It is automatically generated by grub-mkconfig using templates
# from /etc/grub.d and settings from /etc/default/grub
#

### BEGIN /etc/grub.d/00_header ###
if [ -s $prefix/grubenv ]; then
  set have_grubenv=true
  load_env
fi
set default="0"

if [ x"${feature_menuentry_id}" = xy ]; then
  menuentry_id_option="--id"
else
  menuentry_id_option=""
fi

export menuentry_id_option

if [ "${prev_saved_entry}" ]; then
  set saved_entry="${prev_saved_entry}"
  save_env saved_entry
  set prev_saved_entry=
  save_env prev_saved_entry
  set boot_once=true
fi

function savedefault {
  if [ -z "${boot_once}" ]; then
    saved_entry="${chosen}"
    save_env saved_entry
  fi
}
function load_video {
  if [ x$feature_all_video_module = xy ]; then
    insmod all_video
  else
    insmod efi_gop
    insmod efi_uga
    insmod ieee1275_fb
    insmod vbe
    insmod vga
    insmod video_bochs
    insmod video_cirrus
  fi
}

if [ x$feature_default_font_path = xy ] ; then
   font=unicode
else
insmod part_gpt
insmod ext2
set root='hd0,gpt6'
if [ x$feature_platform_search_hint = xy ]; then
  search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set=root --hint-bios=hd0,gpt6 --hint-efi=hd0,gpt6 --hint-baremetal=ahci0,gpt6  5e07d851-95a4-4505-949e-7021fea40924
else
  search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set=root 5e07d851-95a4-4505-949e-7021fea40924
fi
    font="/usr/share/grub/unicode.pf2"
fi

if loadfont $font ; then
  set gfxmode=auto
  load_video
  insmod gfxterm
  set locale_dir=$prefix/locale
  set lang=it_IT
  insmod gettext
fi
terminal_output gfxterm
if [ "${recordfail}" = 1 ] ; then
  set timeout=-1
else
  set timeout=5
fi
### END /etc/grub.d/00_header ###

### BEGIN /etc/grub.d/05_debian_theme ###
insmod part_gpt
insmod ext2
set root='hd0,gpt6'
if [ x$feature_platform_search_hint = xy ]; then
  search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set=root --hint-bios=hd0,gpt6 --hint-efi=hd0,gpt6 --hint-baremetal=ahci0,gpt6  5e07d851-95a4-4505-949e-7021fea40924
else
  search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set=root 5e07d851-95a4-4505-949e-7021fea40924
fi
insmod png
if background_image /usr/share/images/desktop-base/joy-grub.png; then
  set color_normal=white/black
  set color_highlight=black/white
else
  set menu_color_normal=cyan/blue
  set menu_color_highlight=white/blue
fi
### END /etc/grub.d/05_debian_theme ###

### BEGIN /etc/grub.d/10_linux ###
function gfxmode {
	set gfxpayload="${1}"
}
set linux_gfx_mode=
export linux_gfx_mode
menuentry 'Debian GNU/Linux' --class debian --class gnu-linux --class gnu --class os $menuentry_id_option 'gnulinux-simple-5e07d851-95a4-4505-949e-7021fea40924' {
	load_video
	insmod gzio
	insmod part_gpt
	insmod ext2
	set root='hd0,gpt6'
	if [ x$feature_platform_search_hint = xy ]; then
	  search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set=root --hint-bios=hd0,gpt6 --hint-efi=hd0,gpt6 --hint-baremetal=ahci0,gpt6  5e07d851-95a4-4505-949e-7021fea40924
	else
	  search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set=root 5e07d851-95a4-4505-949e-7021fea40924
	fi
	echo	'Caricamento Linux 3.14-2-amd64...'
	linux	/boot/vmlinuz-3.14-2-amd64 root=UUID=5e07d851-95a4-4505-949e-7021fea40924 ro  i915.i915_enable_rc6=1 i915.i915_enable_fbc=1 i915.lvds_downclock=1 i915.semaphores=1 nohpet nmi_watchdog=0 init=/bin/systemd
	echo	'Caricamento ramdisk iniziale...'
	initrd	/boot/initrd.img-3.14-2-amd64
}
submenu 'Opzioni avanzate per Debian GNU/Linux' $menuentry_id_option 'gnulinux-advanced-5e07d851-95a4-4505-949e-7021fea40924' {
	menuentry 'Debian GNU/Linux, con Linux 3.14-2-amd64' --class debian --class gnu-linux --class gnu --class os $menuentry_id_option 'gnulinux-3.14-2-amd64-advanced-5e07d851-95a4-4505-949e-7021fea40924' {
		load_video
		insmod gzio
		insmod part_gpt
		insmod ext2
		set root='hd0,gpt6'
		if [ x$feature_platform_search_hint = xy ]; then
		  search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set=root --hint-bios=hd0,gpt6 --hint-efi=hd0,gpt6 --hint-baremetal=ahci0,gpt6  5e07d851-95a4-4505-949e-7021fea40924
		else
		  search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set=root 5e07d851-95a4-4505-949e-7021fea40924
		fi
		echo	'Caricamento Linux 3.14-2-amd64...'
		linux	/boot/vmlinuz-3.14-2-amd64 root=UUID=5e07d851-95a4-4505-949e-7021fea40924 ro  i915.i915_enable_rc6=1 i915.i915_enable_fbc=1 i915.lvds_downclock=1 i915.semaphores=1 nohpet nmi_watchdog=0 init=/bin/systemd
		echo	'Caricamento ramdisk iniziale...'
		initrd	/boot/initrd.img-3.14-2-amd64
	}
	menuentry 'Debian GNU/Linux, with Linux 3.14-2-amd64 (recovery mode)' --class debian --class gnu-linux --class gnu --class os $menuentry_id_option 'gnulinux-3.14-2-amd64-recovery-5e07d851-95a4-4505-949e-7021fea40924' {
		load_video
		insmod gzio
		insmod part_gpt
		insmod ext2
		set root='hd0,gpt6'
		if [ x$feature_platform_search_hint = xy ]; then
		  search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set=root --hint-bios=hd0,gpt6 --hint-efi=hd0,gpt6 --hint-baremetal=ahci0,gpt6  5e07d851-95a4-4505-949e-7021fea40924
		else
		  search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set=root 5e07d851-95a4-4505-949e-7021fea40924
		fi
		echo	'Caricamento Linux 3.14-2-amd64...'
		linux	/boot/vmlinuz-3.14-2-amd64 root=UUID=5e07d851-95a4-4505-949e-7021fea40924 ro single 
		echo	'Caricamento ramdisk iniziale...'
		initrd	/boot/initrd.img-3.14-2-amd64
	}
	menuentry 'Debian GNU/Linux, con Linux 3.14-1-amd64' --class debian --class gnu-linux --class gnu --class os $menuentry_id_option 'gnulinux-3.14-1-amd64-advanced-5e07d851-95a4-4505-949e-7021fea40924' {
		load_video
		insmod gzio
		insmod part_gpt
		insmod ext2
		set root='hd0,gpt6'
		if [ x$feature_platform_search_hint = xy ]; then
		  search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set=root --hint-bios=hd0,gpt6 --hint-efi=hd0,gpt6 --hint-baremetal=ahci0,gpt6  5e07d851-95a4-4505-949e-7021fea40924
		else
		  search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set=root 5e07d851-95a4-4505-949e-7021fea40924
		fi
		echo	'Caricamento Linux 3.14-1-amd64...'
		linux	/boot/vmlinuz-3.14-1-amd64 root=UUID=5e07d851-95a4-4505-949e-7021fea40924 ro  i915.i915_enable_rc6=1 i915.i915_enable_fbc=1 i915.lvds_downclock=1 i915.semaphores=1 nohpet nmi_watchdog=0 init=/bin/systemd
		echo	'Caricamento ramdisk iniziale...'
		initrd	/boot/initrd.img-3.14-1-amd64
	}
	menuentry 'Debian GNU/Linux, with Linux 3.14-1-amd64 (recovery mode)' --class debian --class gnu-linux --class gnu --class os $menuentry_id_option 'gnulinux-3.14-1-amd64-recovery-5e07d851-95a4-4505-949e-7021fea40924' {
		load_video
		insmod gzio
		insmod part_gpt
		insmod ext2
		set root='hd0,gpt6'
		if [ x$feature_platform_search_hint = xy ]; then
		  search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set=root --hint-bios=hd0,gpt6 --hint-efi=hd0,gpt6 --hint-baremetal=ahci0,gpt6  5e07d851-95a4-4505-949e-7021fea40924
		else
		  search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set=root 5e07d851-95a4-4505-949e-7021fea40924
		fi
		echo	'Caricamento Linux 3.14-1-amd64...'
		linux	/boot/vmlinuz-3.14-1-amd64 root=UUID=5e07d851-95a4-4505-949e-7021fea40924 ro single 
		echo	'Caricamento ramdisk iniziale...'
		initrd	/boot/initrd.img-3.14-1-amd64
	}
	menuentry 'Debian GNU/Linux, con Linux 3.13-1-amd64' --class debian --class gnu-linux --class gnu --class os $menuentry_id_option 'gnulinux-3.13-1-amd64-advanced-5e07d851-95a4-4505-949e-7021fea40924' {
		load_video
		insmod gzio
		insmod part_gpt
		insmod ext2
		set root='hd0,gpt6'
		if [ x$feature_platform_search_hint = xy ]; then
		  search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set=root --hint-bios=hd0,gpt6 --hint-efi=hd0,gpt6 --hint-baremetal=ahci0,gpt6  5e07d851-95a4-4505-949e-7021fea40924
		else
		  search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set=root 5e07d851-95a4-4505-949e-7021fea40924
		fi
		echo	'Caricamento Linux 3.13-1-amd64...'
		linux	/boot/vmlinuz-3.13-1-amd64 root=UUID=5e07d851-95a4-4505-949e-7021fea40924 ro  i915.i915_enable_rc6=1 i915.i915_enable_fbc=1 i915.lvds_downclock=1 i915.semaphores=1 nohpet nmi_watchdog=0 init=/bin/systemd
		echo	'Caricamento ramdisk iniziale...'
		initrd	/boot/initrd.img-3.13-1-amd64
	}
	menuentry 'Debian GNU/Linux, with Linux 3.13-1-amd64 (recovery mode)' --class debian --class gnu-linux --class gnu --class os $menuentry_id_option 'gnulinux-3.13-1-amd64-recovery-5e07d851-95a4-4505-949e-7021fea40924' {
		load_video
		insmod gzio
		insmod part_gpt
		insmod ext2
		set root='hd0,gpt6'
		if [ x$feature_platform_search_hint = xy ]; then
		  search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set=root --hint-bios=hd0,gpt6 --hint-efi=hd0,gpt6 --hint-baremetal=ahci0,gpt6  5e07d851-95a4-4505-949e-7021fea40924
		else
		  search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set=root 5e07d851-95a4-4505-949e-7021fea40924
		fi
		echo	'Caricamento Linux 3.13-1-amd64...'
		linux	/boot/vmlinuz-3.13-1-amd64 root=UUID=5e07d851-95a4-4505-949e-7021fea40924 ro single 
		echo	'Caricamento ramdisk iniziale...'
		initrd	/boot/initrd.img-3.13-1-amd64
	}
}

### END /etc/grub.d/10_linux ###

### BEGIN /etc/grub.d/20_linux_xen ###

### END /etc/grub.d/20_linux_xen ###

### BEGIN /etc/grub.d/20_memtest86+ ###
menuentry "Memory test (memtest86+)" {
	insmod part_gpt
	insmod ext2
	set root='hd0,gpt6'
	if [ x$feature_platform_search_hint = xy ]; then
	  search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set=root --hint-bios=hd0,gpt6 --hint-efi=hd0,gpt6 --hint-baremetal=ahci0,gpt6  5e07d851-95a4-4505-949e-7021fea40924
	else
	  search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set=root 5e07d851-95a4-4505-949e-7021fea40924
	fi
	linux16	/boot/memtest86+.bin
}
menuentry "Memory test (memtest86+, serial console 115200)" {
	insmod part_gpt
	insmod ext2
	set root='hd0,gpt6'
	if [ x$feature_platform_search_hint = xy ]; then
	  search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set=root --hint-bios=hd0,gpt6 --hint-efi=hd0,gpt6 --hint-baremetal=ahci0,gpt6  5e07d851-95a4-4505-949e-7021fea40924
	else
	  search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set=root 5e07d851-95a4-4505-949e-7021fea40924
	fi
	linux16	/boot/memtest86+.bin console=ttyS0,115200n8
}
menuentry "Memory test (memtest86+, experimental multiboot)" {
	insmod part_gpt
	insmod ext2
	set root='hd0,gpt6'
	if [ x$feature_platform_search_hint = xy ]; then
	  search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set=root --hint-bios=hd0,gpt6 --hint-efi=hd0,gpt6 --hint-baremetal=ahci0,gpt6  5e07d851-95a4-4505-949e-7021fea40924
	else
	  search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set=root 5e07d851-95a4-4505-949e-7021fea40924
	fi
	multiboot	/boot/memtest86+_multiboot.bin
}
menuentry "Memory test (memtest86+, serial console 115200, experimental multiboot)" {
	insmod part_gpt
	insmod ext2
	set root='hd0,gpt6'
	if [ x$feature_platform_search_hint = xy ]; then
	  search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set=root --hint-bios=hd0,gpt6 --hint-efi=hd0,gpt6 --hint-baremetal=ahci0,gpt6  5e07d851-95a4-4505-949e-7021fea40924
	else
	  search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set=root 5e07d851-95a4-4505-949e-7021fea40924
	fi
	multiboot	/boot/memtest86+_multiboot.bin console=ttyS0,115200n8
}
### END /etc/grub.d/20_memtest86+ ###

### BEGIN /etc/grub.d/30_os-prober ###
### END /etc/grub.d/30_os-prober ###

### BEGIN /etc/grub.d/30_uefi-firmware ###
menuentry 'System setup' $menuentry_id_option 'uefi-firmware' {
	fwsetup
}
### END /etc/grub.d/30_uefi-firmware ###

### BEGIN /etc/grub.d/40_custom ###
# This file provides an easy way to add custom menu entries.  Simply type the
# menu entries you want to add after this comment.  Be careful not to change
# the 'exec tail' line above.
### END /etc/grub.d/40_custom ###

### BEGIN /etc/grub.d/41_custom ###
if [ -f  ${config_directory}/custom.cfg ]; then
  source ${config_directory}/custom.cfg
elif [ -z "${config_directory}" -a -f  $prefix/custom.cfg ]; then
  source $prefix/custom.cfg;
fi
### END /etc/grub.d/41_custom ###
*********************** END /boot/grub/grub.cfg

*********************** BEGIN /proc/mdstat
cat: /proc/mdstat: No such file or directory
*********************** END /proc/mdstat

*********************** BEGIN /dev/disk/by-id
total 0
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root  9 Jul 27 09:13 ata-ST1000LM014-1EJ164_W3814R56 -> ../../sda
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 10 Jul 27 09:13 ata-ST1000LM014-1EJ164_W3814R56-part1 -> ../../sda1
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 10 Jul 27 09:13 ata-ST1000LM014-1EJ164_W3814R56-part2 -> ../../sda2
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 10 Jul 27 09:13 ata-ST1000LM014-1EJ164_W3814R56-part5 -> ../../sda5
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 10 Jul 27 09:13 ata-ST1000LM014-1EJ164_W3814R56-part6 -> ../../sda6
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 10 Jul 27 09:13 ata-ST1000LM014-1EJ164_W3814R56-part7 -> ../../sda7
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 10 Jul 27 09:13 ata-ST1000LM014-1EJ164_W3814R56-part8 -> ../../sda8
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root  9 Jul 27 09:13 usb-CBM_Flash_Disk_20075702F3810E00-0:0 -> ../../sdb
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 10 Jul 27 09:13 usb-CBM_Flash_Disk_20075702F3810E00-0:0-part1 -> ../../sdb1
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 10 Jul 27 09:13 usb-CBM_Flash_Disk_20075702F3810E00-0:0-part2 -> ../../sdb2
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root  9 Jul 27 09:13 wwn-0x5000c50072abace9 -> ../../sda
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 10 Jul 27 09:13 wwn-0x5000c50072abace9-part1 -> ../../sda1
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 10 Jul 27 09:13 wwn-0x5000c50072abace9-part2 -> ../../sda2
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 10 Jul 27 09:13 wwn-0x5000c50072abace9-part5 -> ../../sda5
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 10 Jul 27 09:13 wwn-0x5000c50072abace9-part6 -> ../../sda6
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 10 Jul 27 09:13 wwn-0x5000c50072abace9-part7 -> ../../sda7
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 10 Jul 27 09:13 wwn-0x5000c50072abace9-part8 -> ../../sda8
*********************** END /dev/disk/by-id

*********************** BEGIN /dev/disk/by-uuid
total 0
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 10 Jul 27 09:13 4d83214f-7fdd-4d04-a338-469398ef6550 -> ../../sda7
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 10 Jul 27 09:13 5e07d851-95a4-4505-949e-7021fea40924 -> ../../sda6
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 10 Jul 27 09:13 7D18-9187 -> ../../sda1
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 10 Jul 27 09:13 7bc1eaca-4c44-47b0-92f7-f71693ad863e -> ../../sda8
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 10 Jul 27 09:13 95fde72f-38a0-4b4f-b68d-fd4ffc672734 -> ../../sda5
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 10 Jul 27 09:13 DDF8-839E -> ../../sdb2
*********************** END /dev/disk/by-uuid

-- System Information:
Debian Release: jessie/sid
  APT prefers unstable
  APT policy: (990, 'unstable'), (500, 'testing'), (1, 'experimental')
Architecture: amd64 (x86_64)
Foreign Architectures: i386

Kernel: Linux 3.14-2-amd64 (SMP w/4 CPU cores)
Locale: LANG=it_IT.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=it_IT.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8)
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/dash

Versions of packages grub-efi-amd64 depends on:
ii  debconf [debconf-2.0]  1.5.53
ii  grub-common            2.00-22
ii  grub-efi-amd64-bin     2.00-22
ii  grub2-common           2.00-22
ii  ucf                    3.0030

grub-efi-amd64 recommends no packages.

grub-efi-amd64 suggests no packages.

-- debconf information excluded



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