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

[Wim Bertels]

Steve McIntyre schreef op vr 20-08-2021 om 14:50 [+0100]:
> 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.
> 

ok, emptied it(, without rebooting)

/sys/fs/pstore# rm dmesg-efi-1573*

That seemed to do trick, --configure gives no errors, just reporting
this, in case the system doesn't reboot (password for eufi change was
asked)

# dpkg --configure shim-helpers-amd64-signed
Instellen van shim-helpers-amd64-signed (1+15.4+5~deb10u1) ...
Installeren voor x86_64-efi-platform.
Installatie is afgerond. Er werden geen fouten gerapporteerd.
# dpkg --configure shim-signed
Instellen van shim-signed:amd64 (1.36~1+deb10u2+15.4-5~deb10u1) ...
Installeren voor x86_64-efi-platform.
Installatie is afgerond. Er werden geen fouten gerapporteerd.

hth,
Wim