Public bug reported: Hardware: Asus Zenbook Prime UX21A
Runing quantal, I can set boot parameters using efibootmgr as expected. Running raring, any attempt to write EFI vars fails. dmesg says: [ 248.382221] efivars: set_variable() failed: status=8000000000000009 strace of efibootmgr says: write(3, "B\0o\0o\0t\0O\0r\0d\0e\0r\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0"..., 2084) = -1 EIO (Input/output error) Bug 1167567 may be related but not quite the same (I see EIO, not ENOSPC) ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 13.04 Package: linux-image-3.8.0-17-generic 3.8.0-17.27 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.8.0-17.27-generic 3.8.6 Uname: Linux 3.8.0-17-generic x86_64 ApportVersion: 2.9.2-0ubuntu5 Architecture: amd64 AudioDevicesInUse: USER PID ACCESS COMMAND /dev/snd/controlC0: maxb 2349 F.... pulseaudio CRDA: country GB: (2402 - 2482 @ 40), (N/A, 20) (5170 - 5250 @ 40), (N/A, 20) (5250 - 5330 @ 40), (N/A, 20), DFS (5490 - 5710 @ 40), (N/A, 27), DFS Date: Wed Apr 10 23:59:45 2013 EcryptfsInUse: Yes HibernationDevice: RESUME=UUID=3bb6077a-27f3-44cd-b71d-fc553dea7f84 MachineType: ASUSTeK COMPUTER INC. UX21A MarkForUpload: True ProcFB: 0 inteldrmfb ProcKernelCmdLine: BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-3.8.0-17-generic root=UUID=8d70d748-42b7-47f3-86d2-080fa18ca3ae ro quiet splash RelatedPackageVersions: linux-restricted-modules-3.8.0-17-generic N/A linux-backports-modules-3.8.0-17-generic N/A linux-firmware 1.104 SourcePackage: linux UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to raring on 2013-03-16 (24 days ago) dmi.bios.date: 09/06/2012 dmi.bios.vendor: American Megatrends Inc. dmi.bios.version: UX21A.215 dmi.board.asset.tag: ATN12345678901234567 dmi.board.name: UX21A dmi.board.vendor: ASUSTeK COMPUTER INC. dmi.board.version: 1.0 dmi.chassis.asset.tag: No Asset Tag dmi.chassis.type: 10 dmi.chassis.vendor: ASUSTeK COMPUTER INC. dmi.chassis.version: 1.0 dmi.modalias: dmi:bvnAmericanMegatrendsInc.:bvrUX21A.215:bd09/06/2012:svnASUSTeKCOMPUTERINC.:pnUX21A:pvr1.0:rvnASUSTeKCOMPUTERINC.:rnUX21A:rvr1.0:cvnASUSTeKCOMPUTERINC.:ct10:cvr1.0: dmi.product.name: UX21A dmi.product.version: 1.0 dmi.sys.vendor: ASUSTeK COMPUTER INC. ** Affects: linux (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided Status: New ** Tags: amd64 apport-bug raring -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1167622 Title: Cannot change EFI variables using efibootmgr (raring regression) To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux/+bug/1167622/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs