This bug is awaiting verification that the kernel in -proposed solves the problem. Please test the kernel and update this bug with the results. If the problem is solved, change the tag 'verification-quantal- needed' to 'verification-quantal-done'.
If verification is not done by one week from today, this fix will be dropped from the source code, and this bug will be closed. See https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Testing/EnableProposed for documentation how to enable and use -proposed. Thank you! ** Tags added: verification-needed-quantal -- 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/1217745 Title: Fail to add UEFI boot entry on some Lenovo notebooks Status in HWE Next Project: Confirmed Status in “linux” package in Ubuntu: Fix Released Status in “linux” source package in Quantal: Fix Committed Status in “linux” source package in Raring: Fix Released Bug description: Tried UEFI Shell command: Shell> bcfg boot add 3 fs0:\EFI\boot\bootxx64.efi "test" F11's Boot Menu cannot show the test entry. Run "sudo fwts uefivarinfo -" will give this error: Test 1 of 1: UEFI variable info query. UEFI NVRAM storage: Maximum storage: 73708 bytes Remaining storage: 59812 bytes Maximum variable size: 40920 bytes Variable is larger than maximum variable length. Return status: EFI_BUFFER_TOO_SMALL. The buffer is not large enough to hold the requested data. The required buffer size is returned in the appropriate parameter when this error occurs. To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/hwe-next/+bug/1217745/+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
