[Bug 1091477] Re: grub-efi cannot install on locked ESP (read-only error)

2020-11-29 Thread Felix Offor
*** This bug is a duplicate of bug 1090829 *** https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1090829 I solved this by disabling secure boot. I have an HP Spectre 360. You have to disable secure boot and clear all secure boot keys in the BIOS SETUP UTILITY. -- You received this bug notification because

[Bug 1091477] Re: grub-efi cannot install on locked ESP (read-only error)

2013-10-31 Thread YannUbuntu
** Changed in: grub2 (Ubuntu) Status: Expired = Confirmed -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1091477 Title: grub-efi cannot install on locked ESP (read-only error) To manage

[Bug 1091477] Re: grub-efi cannot install on locked ESP (read-only error)

2013-10-31 Thread YannUbuntu
@Eric: thanks for your feedback. I attach your Boot-Info in text file just in case the pastebin expires. Your Read-Only error is: cp: cannot create regular file '/boot/efi/EFI/ubuntu/grubx64.efi': Read-only file system (eg line 1979) @Phillip: his dosfsck is from line 1262 his dmesg is from

[Bug 1091477] Re: grub-efi cannot install on locked ESP (read-only error)

2013-10-31 Thread Phillip Susi
*** This bug is a duplicate of bug 1090829 *** https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1090829 It is read only because it is corrupted, the question is why? ** This bug has been marked a duplicate of bug 1090829 grub-efi fails to install with Input/output error -- You received this bug

[Bug 1091477] Re: grub-efi cannot install on locked ESP (read-only error)

2013-10-30 Thread Eric
Same bug here on Asus N550JV. Tried to use Boot-repair. Had the same 'Locked-ESP detected' message. My post on Ubuntu forum: http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=2184383 More info: http://paste.ubuntu.com/6332633/ Pressing ESC at start, I can see ubuntu (which was automatically added to that

[Bug 1091477] Re: grub-efi cannot install on locked ESP (read-only error)

2013-08-27 Thread Filian
I solved my case today, thanks to your comments too. On my HP Sleekbook 15, the EFI partition was read only because there were errors on it. Therefore it was impossible to make any change to it. I found out the files under the EFI/ubuntu directory were totally garbled, the names themselves were

[Bug 1091477] Re: grub-efi cannot install on locked ESP (read-only error)

2013-03-26 Thread Launchpad Bug Tracker
[Expired for grub2 (Ubuntu) because there has been no activity for 60 days.] ** Changed in: grub2 (Ubuntu) Status: Incomplete = Expired -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1091477

[Bug 1091477] Re: grub-efi cannot install on locked ESP (read-only error)

2013-01-25 Thread YannUbuntu
Phillip, here is what you asked: http://paste.ubuntu.com/1562554/ Line 1088 shows the bug. Then lines and 1112 show a fsck on the ESP with no error. Then line 1113 shows the bug is still here. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is

[Bug 1091477] Re: grub-efi cannot install on locked ESP (read-only error)

2013-01-25 Thread Phillip Susi
dosfsck was not run there. The -M switch to fsck tells it to skip mounted filesystems. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1091477 Title: grub-efi cannot install on locked ESP (read-only

[Bug 1091477] Re: grub-efi cannot install on locked ESP (read-only error)

2013-01-22 Thread TimMadden
Hi, I seem to have this one. I am willing to try to what you ask in comment #8, but I want to be sure that I have the procedure down. When I tried to install Ubuntu, it took a couple tries and I did not record notes about what happened when. I do recall that I may have seen an I/O error at one

[Bug 1091477] Re: grub-efi cannot install on locked ESP (read-only error)

2013-01-20 Thread YannUbuntu
ok, i'll try to provide that. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1091477 Title: grub-efi cannot install on locked ESP (read-only error) To manage notifications about this bug go to:

[Bug 1091477] Re: grub-efi cannot install on locked ESP (read-only error)

2013-01-19 Thread YannUbuntu
Another case: http://askubuntu.com/questions/244261/how-do-i-get-my-hp- laptop-to-boot-into-grub-from-my-new-efi-file (See from line 902 of http://paste.ubuntu.com/1418009/ ) -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu.

[Bug 1091477] Re: grub-efi cannot install on locked ESP (read-only error)

2013-01-19 Thread Phillip Susi
More anecdotes or me toos aren't helpful. What we need is for someone to fsck the fs to a known good state and then try again. If you can do that, and then installing causes the error to come back, that would point to a bug in the kernel that someone could try to reproduce and track down,

[Bug 1091477] Re: grub-efi cannot install on locked ESP (read-only error)

2012-12-19 Thread YannUbuntu
fyi, I updated Boot-Repair so that it will show dmesg and syslog next time a user meets one of these 2 bugs. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1091477 Title: grub-efi cannot install on

[Bug 1091477] Re: grub-efi cannot install on locked ESP (read-only error)

2012-12-18 Thread Phillip Susi
How is this any different? ** Changed in: grub2 (Ubuntu) Status: New = Incomplete -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1091477 Title: grub-efi cannot install on locked ESP

[Bug 1091477] Re: grub-efi cannot install on locked ESP (read-only error)

2012-12-18 Thread YannUbuntu
Here grub-install returns a read-only error. # grub-install --efi-directory=/boot/efi --target=x86_64-efi cp: cannot create regular file `/boot/efi/EFI/ubuntu/shimx64.efi': Read-only file system cp: cannot create regular file `/boot/efi/EFI/ubuntu/grubx64.efi': Read-only file system cp: cannot

[Bug 1091477] Re: grub-efi cannot install on locked ESP (read-only error)

2012-12-18 Thread Phillip Susi
An IO error will lead to the fs being mounted read-only. Check /var/log/syslog for errors. ** Changed in: grub2 (Ubuntu) Status: Confirmed = Incomplete -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu.

[Bug 1091477] Re: grub-efi cannot install on locked ESP (read-only error)

2012-12-18 Thread YannUbuntu
Please read http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?p=12409846#post12409846 : the partition is not entirely read-only. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1091477 Title: grub-efi cannot

[Bug 1091477] Re: grub-efi cannot install on locked ESP (read-only error)

2012-12-18 Thread Phillip Susi
Barring some rootkit like setup that is actually running Ubuntu under virtualization, it is not possible to write protect part of the disk like this, so I'm looking for some kernel log messages that might shed some more light on the situation. -- You received this bug notification because you