Per your request. Following same testing procedure as in my posts #32 and #40.
====================== BEFORE: root@t520:~# efibootmgr -v BootCurrent: 0019 Timeout: 0 seconds BootOrder: 0019,0006,000C,0007,000A,0008,000D,000E,000F,000B,0009,0011,0012,0010,0013 Boot0000 Setup Boot0001 Boot Menu Boot0002 Diagnostic Splash Screen Boot0003 Startup Interrupt Menu Boot0004 ME Configuration Menu Boot0005 Rescue and Recovery Boot0006* USB CD 030a2400d23878bc820f604d8316c068ee79d25b86701296aa5a7848b66cd49dd3ba6a55 Boot0007* USB FDD 030a2400d23878bc820f604d8316c068ee79d25b6ff015a28830b543a8b8641009461e49 Boot0008* ATAPI CD0 030a2500d23878bc820f604d8316c068ee79d25baea2090adfde214e8b3a5e471856a35401 Boot0009 ATA HDD2 030a2500d23878bc820f604d8316c068ee79d25b91af625956449f41a7b91f4f892ab0f602 Boot000A* ATA HDD0 030a2500d23878bc820f604d8316c068ee79d25b91af625956449f41a7b91f4f892ab0f600 Boot000B ATA HDD1 030a2500d23878bc820f604d8316c068ee79d25b91af625956449f41a7b91f4f892ab0f601 Boot000C* USB HDD 030a2400d23878bc820f604d8316c068ee79d25b33e821aaaf33bc4789bd419f88c50803 Boot000D* PCI LAN 030a2400d23878bc820f604d8316c068ee79d25b78a84aaf2b2afc4ea79cf5cc8f3d3803 Boot000E ATAPI CD1 030a2500d23878bc820f604d8316c068ee79d25baea2090adfde214e8b3a5e471856a35403 Boot000F ATAPI CD2 030a2500d23878bc820f604d8316c068ee79d25baea2090adfde214e8b3a5e471856a35404 Boot0010 Other CD 030a2500d23878bc820f604d8316c068ee79d25baea2090adfde214e8b3a5e471856a35406 Boot0011 ATA HDD3 030a2500d23878bc820f604d8316c068ee79d25b91af625956449f41a7b91f4f892ab0f603 Boot0012 ATA HDD4 030a2500d23878bc820f604d8316c068ee79d25b91af625956449f41a7b91f4f892ab0f604 Boot0013 Other HDD 030a2500d23878bc820f604d8316c068ee79d25b91af625956449f41a7b91f4f892ab0f606 Boot0014* IDER BOOT CDROM ACPI(a0341d0,0)PCI(16,2)ATAPI(0,1,0) Boot0015* IDER BOOT Floppy ACPI(a0341d0,0)PCI(16,2)ATAPI(0,0,0) Boot0016* ATA HDD 030a2400d23878bc820f604d8316c068ee79d25b91af625956449f41a7b91f4f892ab0f6 Boot0017* ATAPI CD: 030a2400d23878bc820f604d8316c068ee79d25baea2090adfde214e8b3a5e471856a354 Boot0018* PCI LAN 030a2400d23878bc820f604d8316c068ee79d25b78a84aaf2b2afc4ea79cf5cc8f3d3803 Boot0019* rEFInd Boot Manager HD(1,28,100000,35a3de7a-7015-4855-b882-1c8e9432b8fe)File(\EFI\refind\refind_x64.efi) ====================== BOOTED KERNEL: root@t520:~# uname -a Linux t520 3.8.0-28-generic #41-Ubuntu SMP Fri Jul 26 16:26:01 UTC 2013 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux root@t520:~# apt-cache policy linux-image-3.8.0-28-generic linux-image-3.8.0-28-generic: Installed: 3.8.0-28.41 Candidate: 3.8.0-28.41 Version table: *** 3.8.0-28.41 0 500 http://mirror.anl.gov/ubuntu/ raring-proposed/main amd64 Packages 100 /var/lib/dpkg/status ====================== ADD NVRAM ENTRY AND PRINT: root@t520:~# efibootmgr -c -d /dev/sda -p 1 -l '\EFI\refind\Zrefind_x64.efi' -L 'Z rEFInd Boot Manager' BootCurrent: 0019 Timeout: 0 seconds BootOrder: 001A,0019,0006,000C,0007,000A,0008,000D,000E,000F,000B,0009,0011,0012,0010,0013 Boot0000 Setup Boot0001 Boot Menu Boot0002 Diagnostic Splash Screen Boot0003 Startup Interrupt Menu Boot0004 ME Configuration Menu Boot0005 Rescue and Recovery Boot0006* USB CD Boot0007* USB FDD Boot0008* ATAPI CD0 Boot0009 ATA HDD2 Boot000A* ATA HDD0 Boot000B ATA HDD1 Boot000C* USB HDD Boot000D* PCI LAN Boot000E ATAPI CD1 Boot000F ATAPI CD2 Boot0010 Other CD Boot0011 ATA HDD3 Boot0012 ATA HDD4 Boot0013 Other HDD Boot0014* IDER BOOT CDROM Boot0015* IDER BOOT Floppy Boot0016* ATA HDD Boot0017* ATAPI CD: Boot0018* PCI LAN Boot0019* rEFInd Boot Manager Boot001A* Z rEFInd Boot Manager ====================== Looks good here! This is wonderful. Thanks much. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Kernel Packages, which is subscribed to linux in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1173423 Title: Kernel fails to update EFI vars, rendering system unbootable [P8P67 PRO REV 3.1, BIOS 1904 08/15/2011] Status in The Linux Kernel: Confirmed Status in “linux” package in Ubuntu: Fix Released Status in “linux” source package in Raring: Fix Committed Status in “linux” source package in Saucy: Fix Released Bug description: After an upgrade, my system failed to boot. Fortunately I was able to run the EFI shell and manually launch grub. From there I discovered that the EFI boot catalog contained no entry for GRUB. It appears there has been a regression in kernels later than 3.8.0-7 that causes it to fail to update the EFI variables. After running grub-install, it reports no errors, yet fails to show the efi boot catalog as it does when it works. Manually running efivars shows the ubuntu entry has been removed. Checking dmesg shows: [ 25.965586] efivars: set_variable() failed: status=8000000000000009 [ 25.981816] efivars: set_variable() failed: status=8000000000000009 This happens on kernels 3.8.0-{15,19,23} but works correctly in -{6,7}. --- ApportVersion: 2.9.2-0ubuntu8 Architecture: amd64 AudioDevicesInUse: USER PID ACCESS COMMAND /dev/snd/controlC1: psusi 2310 F.... pulseaudio /dev/snd/controlC0: psusi 2310 F.... pulseaudio CRDA: Error: command ['iw', 'reg', 'get'] failed with exit code 1: nl80211 not found. DistroRelease: Ubuntu 13.04 IwConfig: eth1 no wireless extensions. lo no wireless extensions. MachineType: System manufacturer System Product Name MarkForUpload: True Package: linux (not installed) ProcFB: 0 radeondrmfb ProcKernelCmdLine: BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-3.8.0-15-generic root=/dev/sda2 ro crashkernel=384M-2G:64M,2G-:128M quiet splash acpi_enforce_resources=lax vt.handoff=7 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.8.0-15.25-generic 3.8.4 RelatedPackageVersions: linux-restricted-modules-3.8.0-15-generic N/A linux-backports-modules-3.8.0-15-generic N/A linux-firmware 1.106 RfKill: 0: hci0: Bluetooth Soft blocked: no Hard blocked: no Tags: raring Uname: Linux 3.8.0-15-generic x86_64 UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to raring on 2013-02-13 (73 days ago) UserGroups: adm admin cdrom dialout lpadmin plugdev sambashare WifiSyslog: dmi.bios.date: 08/15/2011 dmi.bios.vendor: American Megatrends Inc. dmi.bios.version: 1904 dmi.board.asset.tag: To be filled by O.E.M. dmi.board.name: P8P67 PRO REV 3.1 dmi.board.vendor: ASUSTeK Computer INC. dmi.board.version: Rev 1.xx dmi.chassis.asset.tag: Asset-1234567890 dmi.chassis.type: 3 dmi.chassis.vendor: Chassis Manufacture dmi.chassis.version: Chassis Version dmi.modalias: dmi:bvnAmericanMegatrendsInc.:bvr1904:bd08/15/2011:svnSystemmanufacturer:pnSystemProductName:pvrSystemVersion:rvnASUSTeKComputerINC.:rnP8P67PROREV3.1:rvrRev1.xx:cvnChassisManufacture:ct3:cvrChassisVersion: dmi.product.name: System Product Name dmi.product.version: System Version dmi.sys.vendor: System manufacturer To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/linux/+bug/1173423/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~kernel-packages Post to : kernel-packages@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~kernel-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp