Bug#992335: shim-helpers-amd64-signed: grub install: error: failed to register the EFI boot entry, no space left on device

[Steve McIntyre]

On Fri, Aug 20, 2021 at 03:40:48PM +0200, Wim Bertels wrote:
>Steve McIntyre schreef op vr 20-08-2021 om 14:29 [+0100]:
>> 
>> Nod. The problem is that your system is failing to create/update an
>> EFI boot variable in its NVRAM. The most common issue that causes
>> this
>> is system log reports in /sys/fs/pstore/ . Could you check and see if
>> there are any files there please?
>
>Yes, there are many files, all from 'nov 7 2019' which could be the
>installation date.
>
># ls /sys/fs/pstore/ -altr
>totaal 0
>-r--r--r-- 1 root root 1799 nov  7  2019 dmesg-efi-157315250037001
>-r--r--r-- 1 root root 1799 nov  7  2019 dmesg-efi-157315250036001
>-r--r--r-- 1 root root 1800 nov  7  2019 dmesg-efi-157315250035002
>-r--r--r-- 1 root root 1799 nov  7  2019 dmesg-efi-157315250035001
>-r--r--r-- 1 root root 1800 nov  7  2019 dmesg-efi-157315250034002
>
>An example of the content, most of them about nouveau:

OK, that's junk that you can simply delete. If you do that, things
should clear up for you. Depending on the firmware of your computer
(and its handling of EFI variables), you *might* need to reboot for
the space to free up completely. In that case, I'd recomment that you
have an installer USB (or similar) handy just in case things don't
boot.

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