[Bug 774089] Re: Booting fails 3 times, works every fourth time after new install of Natty Narwhal amd64 on Macbook Pro

2019-05-18 Thread Steve Langasek
** Changed in: grub-installer (Ubuntu) Assignee: Matthew Schmitt (fordracing86) => (unassigned) -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/774089 Title: Booting fails 3 times, works every fo

[Bug 774089] Re: Booting fails 3 times, works every fourth time after new install of Natty Narwhal amd64 on Macbook Pro

2019-05-17 Thread Matthew Schmitt
** Changed in: grub-installer (Ubuntu) Assignee: (unassigned) => Matthew Schmitt (fordracing86) -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/774089 Title: Booting fails 3 times, works every fo

[Bug 774089] Re: Booting fails 3 times, works every fourth time after new install of Natty Narwhal amd64 on Macbook Pro

2015-07-14 Thread Ziggs Party
How to install the firmware from a MacBook Pro "Core 2 Duo" 2.26 13" onto a MacBook "Core 2 Duo" 2.26 13" (Uni/Late 09) [Action should correct SATA speed issues and maybe RAM issues]: 1) Do a clean install of Yosemite (this should be optional, but it never hurts to start clean) 2) Download http:/

[Bug 774089] Re: Booting fails 3 times, works every fourth time after new install of Natty Narwhal amd64 on Macbook Pro

2012-04-28 Thread Mikael Strom
I'm happy to see that is fixed! Due to this bug, i never tried the EFI boot, but realize that i should give it a shot now. I'm currently running OS X, Oneiric/32 and Precise/32 on my MBP5,1 and wonder; what is the easiest (and safest) way to setup EFI boot? Thanks in advance, Mike -- You receiv

[Bug 774089] Re: Booting fails 3 times, works every fourth time after new install of Natty Narwhal amd64 on Macbook Pro

2012-04-27 Thread Krzysztof Litka
This is fixed. ** Changed in: grub2 (Ubuntu) Status: Confirmed => Fix Released ** Changed in: grub-installer (Ubuntu) Status: Triaged => Fix Released ** Changed in: libdebian-installer (Ubuntu) Status: Triaged => Fix Released ** Changed in: parted (Ubuntu) Status: Tr

[Bug 774089] Re: Booting fails 3 times, works every fourth time after new install of Natty Narwhal amd64 on Macbook Pro

2012-04-26 Thread Pete Graner
** Changed in: ubuntu-release-notes Status: New => Invalid -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/774089 Title: Booting fails 3 times, works every fourth time after new install of Na

[Bug 774089] Re: Booting fails 3 times, works every fourth time after new install of Natty Narwhal amd64 on Macbook Pro

2011-10-14 Thread biot023
As I explained above (in the admittedly long thread), I had the same issue with my MBP, but was able (instructions above) to establish what version of the firmware I needed (it was the previous model's, in my case) & flash that to fix the problem. -- You received this bug notification because you

[Bug 774089] Re: Booting fails 3 times, works every fourth time after new install of Natty Narwhal amd64 on Macbook Pro

2011-10-13 Thread Thommy
Unfortunately, this problem still exists in 11.10. I have a Macbook Air 2,1 (MBA21.0075.B05) that now requires 5 attempts to boot after installing 11.10. To make matters worse, I can't perform the fix (flashing the EFI firmware) because Apple doesn't have the EFI firmware for my Macbook Air on the

[Bug 774089] Re: Booting fails 3 times, works every fourth time after new install of Natty Narwhal amd64 on Macbook Pro

2011-10-10 Thread Alex Murray
Colin - why do you say its installing in EFI mode by accident? I would have assumed that if you boot the livecd in EFI mode then it will install in efi mode - and conversely if you boot in bios mode it will install bios mode - this is the expected behaviour isn't it? -- You received this bug noti

[Bug 774089] Re: Booting fails 3 times, works every fourth time after new install of Natty Narwhal amd64 on Macbook Pro

2011-10-08 Thread Colin Watson
Krzysztof, Alex: Hmm, OK. I'd actually forgotten to upload my fixes, and remembered about them in a panic this morning; but I guess I'll just leave it alone if it's working. I do want to keep this bug open to revisit the various bits of integration code, though, since to some extent it's only ins

[Bug 774089] Re: Booting fails 3 times, works every fourth time after new install of Natty Narwhal amd64 on Macbook Pro

2011-09-30 Thread Martin Mac
I have one answer and one question. I have a MB 6,1 and I installed Ubuntu 11.04 two times. rEfit, during boot, shows two icons for the ubuntu cd: "efi install" and "linux icon". The first one is the origin of the problem we are discussing, the second one installs ubuntu in a BIOS emulation mod

[Bug 774089] Re: Booting fails 3 times, works every fourth time after new install of Natty Narwhal amd64 on Macbook Pro

2011-09-23 Thread Krzysztof Litka
Alex, +1 to that :) -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/774089 Title: Booting fails 3 times, works every fourth time after new install of Natty Narwhal amd64 on Macbook Pro To manage no

[Bug 774089] Re: Booting fails 3 times, works every fourth time after new install of Natty Narwhal amd64 on Macbook Pro

2011-09-22 Thread Alex Murray
@Colin - I'd be pretty sad if you disabled EFI booting for Mac's as soon as it is finally actually working now on my MacBook Pro 5,1 with Oneiric - mjg's recent work has made this all work properly - please reconsider, or aleast provide a way to manually EFI boot still since it is pretty poor form

[Bug 774089] Re: Booting fails 3 times, works every fourth time after new install of Natty Narwhal amd64 on Macbook Pro

2011-09-20 Thread Krzysztof Litka
Fixed in kernel 3.0. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/774089 Title: Booting fails 3 times, works every fourth time after new install of Natty Narwhal amd64 on Macbook Pro To manage n

[Bug 774089] Re: Booting fails 3 times, works every fourth time after new install of Natty Narwhal amd64 on Macbook Pro

2011-09-20 Thread Krzysztof Litka
Colin Watson, I was affecated by this bug in natty 11.04 breaked my Mac. But 11.10 is fixed, now it installs GREAT in EFI mode, so it is no need to bios emulation as all features that worked in bios emulation works in efi mode, including binary nvidia driver. And EFI mode gives better performance

[Bug 774089] Re: Booting fails 3 times, works every fourth time after new install of Natty Narwhal amd64 on Macbook Pro

2011-09-19 Thread Colin Watson
** Changed in: libdebian-installer (Ubuntu) Status: New => Triaged ** Changed in: libdebian-installer (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided => Critical ** Changed in: parted (Ubuntu) Status: New => Triaged ** Changed in: parted (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided => Critical ** Changed

[Bug 774089] Re: Booting fails 3 times, works every fourth time after new install of Natty Narwhal amd64 on Macbook Pro

2011-09-19 Thread Colin Watson
Krzysztof, I disagree. This appears to be model-dependent - it may work like that for you, but I'd be a lot more comfortable shipping Ubuntu in such a way that it installs in BIOS mode on Macs, at least until a lot more work has been done. Furthermore, there have been no changes that I'm aware of

[Bug 774089] Re: Booting fails 3 times, works every fourth time after new install of Natty Narwhal amd64 on Macbook Pro

2011-09-19 Thread Colin Watson
** Also affects: libdebian-installer (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided Status: New ** Also affects: parted (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided Status: New -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launch

[Bug 774089] Re: Booting fails 3 times, works every fourth time after new install of Natty Narwhal amd64 on Macbook Pro

2011-09-08 Thread Krzysztof Litka
"also: the problem in the kernel has been fixed, but the bug in the installer is still there afaik." Well, it isn't a bug...it's a feature :) Ubuntu works faster without bios emulation. Grub installs fine. Resume from sleep is faster...Ubuntu can run on EFI 1.x without problems :) I think it can

[Bug 774089] Re: Booting fails 3 times, works every fourth time after new install of Natty Narwhal amd64 on Macbook Pro

2011-09-06 Thread Dario Bertini
@krysztof: there's no 64+mac release for natty here: http://releases.ubuntu.com/natty/ (I know there are for oneric, but I'm not sure if we're talking about the same thing) I dug up a lot of details about this bug, given its seriousness, and it seems to be threefold: -a bug in the installer, th

[Bug 774089] Re: Booting fails 3 times, works every fourth time after new install of Natty Narwhal amd64 on Macbook Pro

2011-08-30 Thread Krzysztof Litka
Ubuntu 11.04 64bit+mac should not break MacBooks - they does not have EFI in it(32-bit version too), it will install in BIOS Emulation mode ;) 2) it is problem with setting GRUB to be default bootloader on EFI 1.x btw. If anyone could try Ubuntu 11.10 daily ISO's that would be great, I want other

[Bug 774089] Re: Booting fails 3 times, works every fourth time after new install of Natty Narwhal amd64 on Macbook Pro

2011-08-30 Thread Mikael Strom
Short questions; 1) Does this only happen with the 64 bit version of 11.04? 2) Does it happen only with GRUB 2 / EFI? Or is it also a problem with regular GRUB 2? I'm asking, as i need to install 11.04 / 64bit on my MBP 5,1, but this thread has given me second thoughts - i have no warranty. I r

[Bug 774089] Re: Booting fails 3 times, works every fourth time after new install of Natty Narwhal amd64 on Macbook Pro

2011-08-19 Thread Krzysztof Litka
Hi Eric, You can bless firmware manually ;) -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/774089 Title: Booting fails 3 times, works every fourth time after new install of Natty Narwhal amd64 on

[Bug 774089] Re: Booting fails 3 times, works every fourth time after new install of Natty Narwhal amd64 on Macbook Pro

2011-08-18 Thread Eric G
Hello all, I'd like to get in on the conversation. I have a macbook 2,1 (mid 2007) triple booting snow leopard, XP and natty and I've been dealing with the same problem for months now. I'm stunned to find out it might be related to the linux installation, I just assumed it's hardware and I was goi

[Bug 774089] Re: Booting fails 3 times, works every fourth time after new install of Natty Narwhal amd64 on Macbook Pro

2011-08-13 Thread Krzysztof Litka
Hi :) Good news! Looks like 11.10(Alpha) is not bricking Macbooks now. I installed this on my macbook few times, after reboot, EFI grub2 appeared :) If someone can confirm this too, installing 11.10 alpha on Mac, this bug can be marked as fixed :) -- You received this bug notification because y

[Bug 774089] Re: Booting fails 3 times, works every fourth time after new install of Natty Narwhal amd64 on Macbook Pro

2011-08-10 Thread Matteo M.
Not sure I, aspect an eventual update from Apple. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/774089 Title: Booting fails 3 times, works every fourth time after new install of Natty Narwhal amd6

[Bug 774089] Re: Booting fails 3 times, works every fourth time after new install of Natty Narwhal amd64 on Macbook Pro

2011-08-10 Thread David Hasselhoff
yes, it is a backup of the original mb 6,1 firmware stored on hdd in the directory i mentioned above. the fact that this file has last changed on 5.18.2009 underlines that this is not a broken file/EFI firmware. You can find the same file on the snow leopard installation disc. And as i said i

[Bug 774089] Re: Booting fails 3 times, works every fourth time after new install of Natty Narwhal amd64 on Macbook Pro

2011-08-10 Thread Matteo M.
Thou to tested the firmware, are you sure that the right one? -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/774089 Title: Booting fails 3 times, works every fourth time after new install of Natty

[Bug 774089] Re: Booting fails 3 times, works every fourth time after new install of Natty Narwhal amd64 on Macbook Pro

2011-08-10 Thread David Hasselhoff
The original EFI firmware is located in /usr/standalone/i386 as a backup. The attached mb 6,1 file is the latest firmware. ** Attachment added: "Firmware.scap" https://bugs.launchpad.net/efibootmgr/+bug/774089/+attachment/2265905/+files/Firmware.scap -- You received this bug notification be

[Bug 774089] Re: Booting fails 3 times, works every fourth time after new install of Natty Narwhal amd64 on Macbook Pro

2011-08-10 Thread Matteo M.
David, Maybe it's even possible to first install the mbp efi update and after that flash it again using your old mb 6,1 firmware. Did you tried it out? I do not have the old firmware -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. ht

[Bug 774089] Re: Booting fails 3 times, works every fourth time after new install of Natty Narwhal amd64 on Macbook Pro

2011-08-10 Thread David Hasselhoff
Hi Matteo, thanks you very much for describing your solution. Maybe it's even possible to first install the mbp efi update and after that flash it again using your old mb 6,1 firmware. Did you tried it out? Bye, Community is great! -- You received this bug notification because you are a member

[Bug 774089] Re: Booting fails 3 times, works every fourth time after new install of Natty Narwhal amd64 on Macbook Pro

2011-08-10 Thread Matteo M.
Correct Hi all, David, I own Macbook 6,1 and how I fixed the issue. Download Firmware Update 1.7 http://support.apple.com/downloads/MacBook_Pro_EFI_Firmware_Update_1_7_ MacBookPro5,5 the same hardware MacBook6,1, to extract MBP55_00AC_03B_LOCKED.scap. mv MBP55_00AC_03B_LOCKED.scap MB61_00C8_B0

[Bug 774089] Re: Booting fails 3 times, works every fourth time after new install of Natty Narwhal amd64 on Macbook Pro

2011-08-10 Thread Matteo M.
Hi all, David I own Macbook 6,1 and how I fixed the issue. Download Firmware Update 1.7 http://support.apple.com/downloads/MacBook_Pro_EFI_Firmware_Update_1_7_ MacBookPro5,5 the same hardware MacBook6,1, to extract MBP55_00AC_03B_LOCKED.scap. mv MBP55_00AC_03B_LOCKED.scap MB61_00C8_B00_LOCKED.

Re: [Bug 774089] Re: Booting fails 3 times, works every fourth time after new install of Natty Narwhal amd64 on Macbook Pro

2011-08-09 Thread biot023
My MBP's a 5,4 -- there wasn't any update for that, either, but earlier in this thread I described how I found out what firmware I needed (it was 5,3) and how I installed that & fixed the issue. On 9 August 2011 19:43, Krzysztof Litka <774...@bugs.launchpad.net> wrote: > I recorded video how to e

[Bug 774089] Re: Booting fails 3 times, works every fourth time after new install of Natty Narwhal amd64 on Macbook Pro

2011-08-09 Thread Krzysztof Litka
I recorded video how to extract .scap from package, maybe somebody will find this useful :) (you may need the unarchiver) - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fhle_nxgYDM&feature=youtube_gdata_player -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to

[Bug 774089] Re: Booting fails 3 times, works every fourth time after new install of Natty Narwhal amd64 on Macbook Pro

2011-08-09 Thread David Hasselhoff
thanks for your upload, but i meant mb 6,1 not mbp. And in fact apple does not provide an official efi update for this macbook, that's the problem. Therefore i tried installing the current firmware file, which can be located on hdd and installation dvd, but it didn't work. It seems that there is

[Bug 774089] Re: Booting fails 3 times, works every fourth time after new install of Natty Narwhal amd64 on Macbook Pro

2011-08-09 Thread Krzysztof Litka
Hi :) I own Macbook 5,1. By installator I mean .app file that installs firmware(you can download it at apple.com) http://pubmem.wordpress.com/2011/04/09/flash-efi-firmware-update-manually-on-a-macbook-51/ You mean macbook PRO 6,1? If yes, I extracted firmware file for you, and you can follow this

[Bug 774089] Re: Booting fails 3 times, works every fourth time after new install of Natty Narwhal amd64 on Macbook Pro

2011-08-09 Thread David Hasselhoff
Hey Krzysztof, thank you for your quick response. Do you own the macbook 6,1? And what do you mean by installator? The firmware file on your hard drive? Because I tried the same thing, but obviously nothing happened. I would really appreciate it if you'd go more into details, because i am reall

[Bug 774089] Re: Booting fails 3 times, works every fourth time after new install of Natty Narwhal amd64 on Macbook Pro

2011-08-09 Thread Krzysztof Litka
Hi David. I am using Lion. I extracted firmware file from installator, blessed it, and it works now :) btw. looks like ubuntu 11.10 alpha installated correctly and not breaked EFI o_O -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. htt

[Bug 774089] Re: Booting fails 3 times, works every fourth time after new install of Natty Narwhal amd64 on Macbook Pro

2011-08-09 Thread David Hasselhoff
I wonder if there is any new cognition concerning OS X Lion. Has anyone tried to solve the efi problem using the new OS version? Maybe it is possible to flash efi with the help of recovery tools provided by lion?! What is the exact state of progress? Unfortunately apple does not provide an efi

[Bug 774089] Re: Booting fails 3 times, works every fourth time after new install of Natty Narwhal amd64 on Macbook Pro

2011-07-24 Thread Krzysztof Litka
Oh, installer logs are clear :( krzysztof@krzysztof-MacBook:/var/log$ ls -la installer/ total 8 drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 2011-07-16 21:03 . drwxr-xr-x 14 root root 4096 2011-07-24 20:23 .. -rw--- 1 root root0 2011-07-16 19:59 casper.log -rw--- 1 root root0 2011-07-16

[Bug 774089] Re: Booting fails 3 times, works every fourth time after new install of Natty Narwhal amd64 on Macbook Pro

2011-07-24 Thread Krzysztof Litka
Affects me, MacBook 5,1. Blessing worked after ~100 times ;) (Using OSX Lion) Then cleaning PRAM and everything is working. (Cmd+Alt+P+R at startup) It looks like grub2 image created was broken - bug maybe? I used Grub2 super cd to boot my Ubuntu installation, and from there I made new grub2 efi i

Re: [Bug 774089] Re: Booting fails 3 times, works every fourth time after new install of Natty Narwhal amd64 on Macbook Pro

2011-07-23 Thread biot023
It's here: http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1237 As per this article: http://pubmem.wordpress.com/2011/04/09/flash-efi-firmware-update-manually-on-a-macbook-51/ That article totally saved my ass -- good luck! :) On 23 July 2011 16:12, Patryk Nadrowski <774...@bugs.launchpad.net> wrote: > I also have

[Bug 774089] Re: Booting fails 3 times, works every fourth time after new install of Natty Narwhal amd64 on Macbook Pro

2011-07-23 Thread Patryk Nadrowski
I also have this bug on my MB6,1... Maybe You know someone with copy of Firmware for 6,1? -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/774089 Title: Booting fails 3 times, works every fourth time a

[Bug 774089] Re: Booting fails 3 times, works every fourth time after new install of Natty Narwhal amd64 on Macbook Pro

2011-07-22 Thread Daniel Smedegaard Buus
So... It's been a month since anyone posted on this bug. Any reason the status hasn't changed? Having ordered an Air, I'm quite interested in knowing if this bug has been solved or not? So far, 11.04 has been the worst 'buntu release yet - works improperly or not at all on all of the systems I've

[Bug 774089] Re: Booting fails 3 times, works every fourth time after new install of Natty Narwhal amd64 on Macbook Pro

2011-06-23 Thread Firas Kraïem
Same issue on my 5,5. Flashing as per #20 worked beautifully. Thanks a tin, Gabriel, you saved me a nice bunch of money because mine isn't on warranty anymore. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/

[Bug 774089] Re: Booting fails 3 times, works every fourth time after new install of Natty Narwhal amd64 on Macbook Pro

2011-06-19 Thread Lukas Thum
Same thing here. I installed ubuntu 11.04 before without problems, but when i reinstalled it because i messed up some configs in ubuntu the bug appeared. For me, the efi backup is stored in /dev/disk0s1, can i use an update app from another cd? and is it, that this is really a backup, or is it j

[Bug 774089] Re: Booting fails 3 times, works every fourth time after new install of Natty Narwhal amd64 on Macbook Pro

2011-06-18 Thread Emanuele
A copy of the original firmware is _NOT ALWAYS_ stored on the hidden EFI partition. My old macbook created this file only after an EFI upgrade. However thia mac was the same I was referring in comment 82. Now is dead. It's a pity that this bug is still unassigned, since this should be considered

[Bug 774089] Re: Booting fails 3 times, works every fourth time after new install of Natty Narwhal amd64 on Macbook Pro

2011-06-18 Thread Christophe Bastin
A copy of the original firmware is stored on the hidden EFI Partition. This partition is created when you reinstall Mac OS X. To mount this partition: $ sudo mkdir /efi This will create the mount point for the EFI system partition $ sudo mount -t msdos /dev/disk0s1 /efi You could find it under /ef

[Bug 774089] Re: Booting fails 3 times, works every fourth time after new install of Natty Narwhal amd64 on Macbook Pro

2011-06-18 Thread Christophe Bastin
Same problem with Macbook 6.1. Unfortunately it seems there is no firmware update available for this model... -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/774089 Title: Booting fails 3 times, works

[Bug 774089] Re: Booting fails 3 times, works every fourth time after new install of Natty Narwhal amd64 on Macbook Pro

2011-06-12 Thread jurry
Just wanted to let you know that the solution from this website worked for me, but in a different way. I own a MacBook Pro 5.5. http://pubmem.wordpress.com/2011/04/09/flash-efi-firmware-update- manually-on-a-macbook-51/ This it what made it work for me: Downloaded the the EFI update (1.7) from t

[Bug 774089] Re: Booting fails 3 times, works every fourth time after new install of Natty Narwhal amd64 on Macbook Pro

2011-05-23 Thread Paul Koerbitz
+1 for release notes. I think this is a very severe bug. Had I not been able to recover from it relatively quickly then I might have given up on Ubuntu. I really do love Ubuntu but this bug was quite a shock. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is

[Bug 774089] Re: Booting fails 3 times, works every fourth time after new install of Natty Narwhal amd64 on Macbook Pro

2011-05-23 Thread Juan C Nuno
I agree with the above posters. This is a _very_ serious bug that kills MacBooks. This needs to be listed in the release notes. Mine is still dead. It will not boot. I've installed OS X on an external USB drive but bless doesn't seem to work from there. sudo bless -mount / -firmware MBP53_00AC_03

[Bug 774089] Re: Booting fails 3 times, works every fourth time after new install of Natty Narwhal amd64 on Macbook Pro

2011-05-23 Thread Roberto Cássio Jr .
Why this bug, although confirmed, is not marked as critical? -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/774089 Title: Booting fails 3 times, works every fourth time after new install of Natty N

[Bug 774089] Re: Booting fails 3 times, works every fourth time after new install of Natty Narwhal amd64 on Macbook Pro

2011-05-23 Thread biot023
Rcrook9190 -- my MacBook Pro is a 5,4, which there weren't any firmware updates for, either. But I went to "About This Mac" under the Apple icon and saw that the last firmware update was for the 5,3, so downloaded that & re-flashed with that, and it was fine after that. And yes, this is a very s

[Bug 774089] Re: Booting fails 3 times, works every fourth time after new install of Natty Narwhal amd64 on Macbook Pro

2011-05-22 Thread Rcrook9190
I can confirm My Macbook 6,1 has also suffered from this bug.. I have to power cycle it 5 times before it will boot. But on a plus side.. it does boot. I do have an issue in that Apple do not have any updates for the efi on my model on its web site. So my choices are, live with it or replace the l

[Bug 774089] Re: Booting fails 3 times, works every fourth time after new install of Natty Narwhal amd64 on Macbook Pro

2011-05-22 Thread Emanuele
Too bad my mac's warranty expired long ago :( I'll have to buy a new laptop. However I'll never buy another mac again. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/774089 Title: Booting fails 3 tim

[Bug 774089] Re: Booting fails 3 times, works every fourth time after new install of Natty Narwhal amd64 on Macbook Pro

2011-05-21 Thread tinotom
With a macbook 5,1 unibody 13' (late 2008), after installing natty I was not able to boot any longer. I tried all the tricks google suggests for this bug for days and days, but none was successfull. Only applecare and a logic board replacement brought it to life. Really, really bad and disappoint

[Bug 774089] Re: Booting fails 3 times, works every fourth time after new install of Natty Narwhal amd64 on Macbook Pro

2011-05-12 Thread Aleix Domènech Turrado
Hi there guys! I'm following the above posted guide about blessing the EFI manually, but I'm having a problem with the bless command. Here's the error I get in the terminal when I enter the bless command: No appropriate ESP for / Failed to determine auxiliary partition mountpoint for / Error whi

[Bug 774089] Re: Booting fails 3 times, works every fourth time after new install of Natty Narwhal amd64 on Macbook Pro

2011-05-10 Thread biot023
FWIW, I've given up. I fixed this issue, but had so many others that I've concluded that this will not work. I couldn't boot from the Mac Natty .iso, the normal 64 bit iso would keep going black on boot, my magic mouse got chewed ... All sorts of errors. Basically, I don't think Macbook Pros and

[Bug 774089] Re: Booting fails 3 times, works every fourth time after new install of Natty Narwhal amd64 on Macbook Pro

2011-05-10 Thread Emanuele
Good. Just tried on another macbook5,2 and now it seems to be completely dead. I cannot bless the firmware because the mac completely refuses to start. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/774

[Bug 774089] Re: Booting fails 3 times, works every fourth time after new install of Natty Narwhal amd64 on Macbook Pro

2011-05-08 Thread biot023
Just to let you know, I blessed the firmware update for the 5,3 (as that's what "About This Mac" told me I had installed), and my MBP 5,4 works again. About to re-partition and try to install Ubuntu again -- sucker for punishment, or what? ;) Wish me luck! -- You received this bug notification

[Bug 774089] Re: Booting fails 3 times, works every fourth time after new install of Natty Narwhal amd64 on Macbook Pro

2011-05-08 Thread Emanuele
Just forgot to say, but i strongly suggest to use rEFIt instead of blessing grubx64.efi, because rEFIt allows to boot to OSX with a simple restart. Booting OSX from grub is possible but tricky. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to U

[Bug 774089] Re: Booting fails 3 times, works every fourth time after new install of Natty Narwhal amd64 on Macbook Pro

2011-05-08 Thread Emanuele
Ok, I just checked with other distributions and it seems that the efibootmgr bug is upstream. If there is a way to prevent efibootmgr execution, please tell me. For exemple ubiquity should be patched in some way. By the way, it should be reported in the release notes that, in order to boot ubunt

[Bug 774089] Re: Booting fails 3 times, works every fourth time after new install of Natty Narwhal amd64 on Macbook Pro

2011-05-08 Thread Emanuele
** Also affects: efibootmgr Importance: Undecided Status: New -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/774089 Title: Booting fails 3 times, works every fourth time after new install o

[Bug 774089] Re: Booting fails 3 times, works every fourth time after new install of Natty Narwhal amd64 on Macbook Pro

2011-05-07 Thread Emanuele
What is the purpose of efibootmgr? It seems useless because AFAIK you cannot edit boot entries without using "bless" from OSX or an OSX install disk. That is the reason for using rEFIt on macs. Maybe preventing efibootmgr from executing (chmod -x /bin/efibootmgr) will fix this bug. I'll make so

[Bug 774089] Re: Booting fails 3 times, works every fourth time after new install of Natty Narwhal amd64 on Macbook Pro

2011-05-07 Thread jakommo
Yes, reinstalling natty and then re-re-install the firmware will work. Your Mac data should be intact after that. At least this was the case on my machine. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs

[Bug 774089] Re: Booting fails 3 times, works every fourth time after new install of Natty Narwhal amd64 on Macbook Pro

2011-05-06 Thread Shaun Hayward
I've now ended up completely restoring my MBP 5,5 (in efforts to get it up and running again before I was able to find the re-install firmware advice)... My question to those involved is this: If I try re-installing Natty, will simply re-re-installing the firmware file bring everything to life, lea

[Bug 774089] Re: Booting fails 3 times, works every fourth time after new install of Natty Narwhal amd64 on Macbook Pro

2011-05-06 Thread Emanuele
root@ubuntu:/# efibootmgr BootCurrent: 0080 BootOrder: 0080 Boot0080* Mac OS X Boot* root@ubuntu:/# efibootmgr -c BootCurrent: 0080 BootOrder: 0080 Boot0080* Mac OS X Boot* Boot* Linux root@ubuntu:/# efibootmgr BootCurrent: 0080 BootOrder: 0080 After running efibootmgr -c, some line

Re: [Bug 774089] Re: Booting fails 3 times, works every fourth time after new install of Natty Narwhal amd64 on Macbook Pro

2011-05-06 Thread Colin Watson
You need to install it. What does it say after you do? (I saw your subsequent comment, but I do want to know the output of 'sudo efibootmgr' on a system in the configuration I described anyway.) -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed t

[Bug 774089] Re: Booting fails 3 times, works every fourth time after new install of Natty Narwhal amd64 on Macbook Pro

2011-05-05 Thread jakommo
Wow, thanks to every one helping to solve this problem. You saved me 400€ for not replacing my mainboard as the guy in the apple store suggest ;-) I have a macbook pro (mid2009 or 5,5) and was affected by this too. Comment #30 worked for me. -- You received this bug notification because you are

[Bug 774089] Re: Booting fails 3 times, works every fourth time after new install of Natty Narwhal amd64 on Macbook Pro

2011-05-03 Thread Emanuele
It seems that the bug is related to the efibootmgr package rather than grub. Running efibootmgr -c reproduces this bug. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/774089 Title: Booting fails 3 ti

[Bug 774089] Re: Booting fails 3 times, works every fourth time after new install of Natty Narwhal amd64 on Macbook Pro

2011-05-03 Thread Emanuele
sudo: efibootmgr: command not found Do i need to install it or should it be already on the livecd? -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/774089 Title: Booting fails 3 times, works every fou

[Bug 774089] Re: Booting fails 3 times, works every fourth time after new install of Natty Narwhal amd64 on Macbook Pro

2011-05-03 Thread Colin Watson
May 1 22:35:41 ubuntu ubiquity: Setting up grub-efi-amd64 (1.99~rc1-13ubuntu3) ... May 1 22:35:42 ubuntu ubiquity: May 1 22:35:42 ubuntu ubiquity: Creating config file /etc/default/grub with new version May 1 22:35:45 ubuntu ubiquity: BootCurrent: 0080 May 1 22:35:45 ubuntu ubiquity: BootOr

[Bug 774089] Re: Booting fails 3 times, works every fourth time after new install of Natty Narwhal amd64 on Macbook Pro

2011-05-03 Thread Who
Is there any safe way to install Ubuntu on these Macs now? Has anyone found a way to do the install that doesn't result in the firmware being re-installed (I know that once it has been done once it happens automatically the next time, but I'm not altogether sure that's a good thing either!) Surely

[Bug 774089] Re: Booting fails 3 times, works every fourth time after new install of Natty Narwhal amd64 on Macbook Pro

2011-05-03 Thread biot023
Ah -- if you go to 'About This Mac', you can see the firmware that was last installed, and it was indeed the one for the 5,3 -- so I reckon I'll be good to go with that. I might leave it for the weekend, though -- I can still boot, even if it's a PITA, and I have to work. I'll report how I get o

[Bug 774089] Re: Booting fails 3 times, works every fourth time after new install of Natty Narwhal amd64 on Macbook Pro

2011-05-03 Thread Emanuele
It seems that after reflashing the EFI, the firmware stores a copy of itself on the EFI partition. This should explain why you didn't need to repeat the whole procedure again. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bug

[Bug 774089] Re: Booting fails 3 times, works every fourth time after new install of Natty Narwhal amd64 on Macbook Pro

2011-05-03 Thread Roger Goldfigner
You may be able to install an old firmware version, if there was one for the 5,4. I inadvertently installed an old firmware (1.3) on my 5,1 and it worked just fine. I initally wrote Grub to the disk root, so I thought that might be the problem. But after updating the firmware I reinstalled Grub t

[Bug 774089] Re: Booting fails 3 times, works every fourth time after new install of Natty Narwhal amd64 on Macbook Pro

2011-05-03 Thread Paul Koerbitz
Doug, I don't know anything about this really, but I would be wary -- maybe check the internet if anyone has tried this or ask Apple, with the information provided here? Maybe they can tell you 'sure, the efi for that model is the same as...' Maybe they can't. But I can imagine that by flashing th

[Bug 774089] Re: Booting fails 3 times, works every fourth time after new install of Natty Narwhal amd64 on Macbook Pro

2011-05-03 Thread biot023
Hi -- would like to try the solution pointed at above, but unfortunately there are no firmware upgrades in the list it links to for my model of MBP -- a 5,4. Does anyone know where I can get one, or if one of the other packages (like for 5,3) would be safe for me? Cheers, Doug. -- You receiv

[Bug 774089] Re: Booting fails 3 times, works every fourth time after new install of Natty Narwhal amd64 on Macbook Pro

2011-05-02 Thread Roger Goldfigner
Have the same problem. will try to reflash and see if it works. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/774089 Title: Booting fails 3 times, works every fourth time after new install of Natt

[Bug 774089] Re: Booting fails 3 times, works every fourth time after new install of Natty Narwhal amd64 on Macbook Pro

2011-05-02 Thread Emanuele
Mmm... I suppose bless doesn't work if osx is installed on a usb drive. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/774089 Title: Booting fails 3 times, works every fourth time after new install o

[Bug 774089] Re: Booting fails 3 times, works every fourth time after new install of Natty Narwhal amd64 on Macbook Pro

2011-05-01 Thread Juan C Nuno
I ended up installing OS X on an external USB drive. Only reflashing the firmware doesn't seem to be working. :( sudo bless -mount / -firmware MBP53_00AC_03B_LOCKED.scap WARNING: Improper use of the sudo command could lead to data loss or the deletion of important system files. Please double-chec

[Bug 774089] Re: Booting fails 3 times, works every fourth time after new install of Natty Narwhal amd64 on Macbook Pro

2011-05-01 Thread Ricardo Portugal
These are my logs in /var/log/installer . My machine is a MacBookPro 5,5. ** Attachment added: "logs.tar.gz" https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+bug/774089/+attachment/2104548/+files/logs.tar.gz -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed

[Bug 774089] Re: Booting fails 3 times, works every fourth time after new install of Natty Narwhal amd64 on Macbook Pro

2011-05-01 Thread Emanuele
You can install osx on a usb flash drive, assuming that it has enough space. That will save you from another ubuntu reinstall. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/774089 Title: Booting fai

[Bug 774089] Re: Booting fails 3 times, works every fourth time after new install of Natty Narwhal amd64 on Macbook Pro

2011-05-01 Thread Juan C Nuno
That wasn't clear to me, thank you. I usually run only Ubuntu on my MacBook. I still have the OS X DVD lying around. I will try installing that, doing that bless thing, and an Ubuntu reinstall. Using the same image I used before. Is there a specific Mac Ubuntu image I should be using instead? --

[Bug 774089] Re: Booting fails 3 times, works every fourth time after new install of Natty Narwhal amd64 on Macbook Pro

2011-05-01 Thread Emanuele
You have to boot into OSX, not into ubuntu. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/774089 Title: Booting fails 3 times, works every fourth time after new install of Natty Narwhal amd64 on M

[Bug 774089] Re: Booting fails 3 times, works every fourth time after new install of Natty Narwhal amd64 on Macbook Pro

2011-05-01 Thread Juan C Nuno
My problem is similar to this one. I tried fresh installing Ubuntu 11.04 over 10.10 on my MacBook Pro 5,4 with the ubuntu-11.04-desktop-amd64.iso image. Only it never boots successfully. On every fourth (or so) time, I get an "invalid arch independent ELF magic" error. It looks like the fix for thi

[Bug 774089] Re: Booting fails 3 times, works every fourth time after new install of Natty Narwhal amd64 on Macbook Pro

2011-05-01 Thread Emanuele
Sorry, I made a mistake while writing. The files are: /var/log/installer/syslog /var/log/installer/partman /var/log/installer/debug -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/774089 Title: Bootin

[Bug 774089] Re: Booting fails 3 times, works every fourth time after new install of Natty Narwhal amd64 on Macbook Pro

2011-05-01 Thread Who
Any /var/log/installer? -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/774089 Title: Booting fails 3 times, works every fourth time after new install of Natty Narwhal amd64 on Macbook Pro -- ubun

[Bug 774089] Re: Booting fails 3 times, works every fourth time after new install of Natty Narwhal amd64 on Macbook Pro

2011-05-01 Thread Emanuele
** Attachment added: "debug" https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+bug/774089/+attachment/2104458/+files/debug -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/774089 Title: Booting fails 3 times, wor

[Bug 774089] Re: Booting fails 3 times, works every fourth time after new install of Natty Narwhal amd64 on Macbook Pro

2011-05-01 Thread Emanuele
** Attachment added: "partman" https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+bug/774089/+attachment/2104457/+files/partman -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/774089 Title: Booting fails 3 times,

[Bug 774089] Re: Booting fails 3 times, works every fourth time after new install of Natty Narwhal amd64 on Macbook Pro

2011-05-01 Thread Emanuele
** Attachment added: "syslog" https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+bug/774089/+attachment/2104456/+files/syslog -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/774089 Title: Booting fails 3 times, w

[Bug 774089] Re: Booting fails 3 times, works every fourth time after new install of Natty Narwhal amd64 on Macbook Pro

2011-05-01 Thread Emanuele
You won't believe it. After reinstalling, my macbook beeped as expected, but then the EFI reflashed by itself :D Probably the firmware file was still stored on my HFS+ partition. However, i copied the entire /var/log so feel free to ask anything. I'm sending /var/log/syslog, /var/log/partman, /va

[Bug 774089] Re: Booting fails 3 times, works every fourth time after new install of Natty Narwhal amd64 on Macbook Pro

2011-05-01 Thread Ricardo Portugal
I can install again on my MBP 5,5. What should be logged? -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/774089 Title: Booting fails 3 times, works every fourth time after new install of Natty Narw

[Bug 774089] Re: Booting fails 3 times, works every fourth time after new install of Natty Narwhal amd64 on Macbook Pro

2011-05-01 Thread Scott Kitterman
I'd say a workaround has been identified. It's not 'fixed'. ** Changed in: ubuntu Status: Fix Released => Confirmed -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/774089 Title: Booting fails

[Bug 774089] Re: Booting fails 3 times, works every fourth time after new install of Natty Narwhal amd64 on Macbook Pro

2011-05-01 Thread Paul Koerbitz
Hello, is "Fix Released" the appropriate status here? As I see it we now know how to recover from a messed up situation -- but we still don't know why this situation was caused nor do we now how to prevent it from happening in the first place. My understanding of 'fix released' would be that we k

[Bug 774089] Re: Booting fails 3 times, works every fourth time after new install of Natty Narwhal amd64 on Macbook Pro

2011-05-01 Thread Emanuele
Reinstalling just now. However someone someone should try on a macbook pro, too. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/774089 Title: Booting fails 3 times, works every fourth time after new

[Bug 774089] Re: Booting fails 3 times, works every fourth time after new install of Natty Narwhal amd64 on Macbook Pro

2011-05-01 Thread Who
It should be in the release notes, I guess - but really it shouldn't happen i the first place! I guess now we know how to fix it - is anyone brave enough to try another install and get some logs, etc? -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscri

[Bug 774089] Re: Booting fails 3 times, works every fourth time after new install of Natty Narwhal amd64 on Macbook Pro

2011-05-01 Thread Emanuele
Shouldn't this issue be reported in the release notes? ** Also affects: ubuntu-release-notes Importance: Undecided Status: New -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/774089 Title:

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