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Kubuntu 22.04 on MacBook Pro 2011 - updated firmware in Discovery, now it won't boot
I run a dual boot Kubuntu 24.04 on a MacBook Pro 2011. I use rEFInd 0.12.0.
Everything was running fine. Then Discovery popped up with new updates. I just installed them as normal. I noticed it was ...
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How to fix Secure Boot error "Image failed to verify with *ACCESS DENIED*" [duplicate]
When attempting to boot a live OS via USB or CD, I get the secure boot error: "Image failed to verify with ACCESS DENIED".
There is no SSD/HDD installed. Secure Boot is enabled and while I ...
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HP Pavilion Ubuntu installation BIOS problem
I'm trying to install Ubuntu LTS on my new HP Pavilion laptop and getting these errors:
Detailed explanation:
I'm trying to install Ubuntu on my newly purchased HP Pavilion which came out of the box ...
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How to make space in /boot/efi/
Ubuntu informs me there's a firmware upgrade for my Dell Optiplex 7070 system, but when I try to install it, I get an error saying there's not enough space:
/boot/efi does not have sufficient space, ...
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ubuntu boot fail: ACPI Region does not cover the entire command/response buffer
So... unfortunately I can't boot on my ubuntu. This error suddenly came to me today while booting.
[ 0.409100] tpm_crb MSFT0101:00: [Firmware Bug]: ACPI region does not cover the entire command/...
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Firmware error on both my laptops since last month(Ubuntu 20.04)
I'm getting this firmware error on both my laptops since past one month or so. Note that I haven't made any new updates since past 2 months.
I don't understand what it means. I'm 99% sure that there ...
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Boot errors Ubuntu 20.04
For a couple of weeks now when booting I get multiple errors. Ubuntu still launches and I don't see any problems, but of course I am worried. I used boot-repair, which seems to have reduced the ...
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Ubuntu firmware bug on boot
Error Log
[ 0.079511] DMAR: [Firmware Bug]: No firmware reserved region can cover this RMRR [0x000000007a000000-0x000000007c7fffff], contact BIOS vendor for fixes
[ 0.107935] Spectre V2 : ...
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Firmware Bug on Boot Up Ubuntu 22.04
I am seeing the following bug every time I boot up my system. The system will successfully boot, so it seems to recover from it - but I am chasing down other odd system behaviors and wonder if this ...
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[Firmware Bug]: No firmware reserved region can cover this RMRR
Unfortunately, after a full battery discharge, my laptop (Asus Zenbook running with Kubuntu) had a major problem. At startup, the two following messages appear:
[Firmware Bug] No firmware reserved ...
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I can't change the Secure Boot mode to enabled "Failed to delete Secure Boot state"?
I have Ubuntu 21.10. Secure Boot is showen as enabled, in the BIOS of the Computer, but as I used the sudo mokutil --sb-state to check the status it says "SecureBoot disabled".
Then I used ...
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DMAR Firmware bug on dead screen HP laptop
I am using an 99% dead screen old HP laptop running on ubuntu 20.04 with an external monitor. Today morning when I tried to boot my system, it shows an error-
"DMAR: [Firmware Bug]: No firmware ...
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GRUB Menu not visible after firmware update on Windows10
A few days back, Windows prompted a firmware update, and after the update, my laptop directly boots into Windows10, and GRUB Menu has gone.
To fix this, I changed the boot order in BIOS to Ubuntu ...
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Asrock Firmware Update slowed down Ubuntu boot
I updated my ASRock X570 Phantom Gaming4 Board to the latest Firmware as it is described on their homepage.
After that my Ubuntu 20.04.1 LTS takes a lot more time to boot:
➜ ~ systemd-analyze time ...
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Dell firmware update requires boot partition expansion
In 2016 I bought a Dell XPS 13 9350, which came with Ubuntu 14.04 out of the box. By now it has been upgraded to 20.04. Firmware updates are available from the Software Centre by default.
Lately, ...
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Ubuntu boots to black screen with cursor after upgrade (from 18.04 to 20.04)
it says firmware load failed then boots to a black screen, if you do Ctrl alt F4 it opens a non gui terminal.
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Kernel package processing and update-initramfs issues after upgrade from 19.04 to 20.04
I just upgraded my Ubuntu from 19.04 to 19.10 a few days ago and ever since then I have faced an issue with booting.
When I boot up, GRUB boots into the new kernel image (of 19.10) and I see the ...
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How do I get past the boot error: failed to fetch board data for bus=pci,vendor=168c,...?
I have an Ubuntu 16.04 64 bit installed (via dual boot) on a Dell Inspiron 15 3000.
Every time I try to boot into Ubuntu, this error comes up, and I'm driven into emergency mode.
The error
This ...
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Thinkpad A285 stop working after 18.04 latest update applied
This happened twice so it is reproducible.
I bought a thinkpad A285 (tp) AMD Ryzen on 3/dec/2019. Shrunk windows 10 pro partition and installed 18.04 desktop LTS from USB. So dual boot with windows. ...
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linux startup usb 2-8 : dvb_usb_v2 : did not find the firmware file
After upgrading Linux Mint to version 19 Tara, my Ubuntu Mate version, located on another disk, starts up with an error
usb 2-8 : dvb_usb_v2 : did not find the firmware file ...
The same error ...
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Was my bios updated? Scary two minutes with black screen, system beeps and total unresponsiveness
I'm on Ubuntu 18.04 with my Lenovo Thinkpad T460s. After an update a couple of weeks ago I did a reboot and I saw something which included the word "EFI" in the top left corner of my screen. Then ...
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Black screen + "Please wait while we install a system update"
A few moments ago I wanted to shut down my laptop and got the standard question whether I would like to install updates in the process. I checked the box and was very surprised to see my ThinkPad ...
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Ubuntu gets stuck in loading screen
Whenever I try to boot Ubuntu I get a firmare bug that says the ACPI region does not cover the entire command / response buffer. Thats followed by soft system lockup for 22 seconds on cpu 2 followed ...
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Update firmware bug ubuntu LIVE
Upon booting from a CD or USB with an Ubuntu iso to reinstall everything, an error appears
[Firmware Bug]: TSC_DEADLINE disabled due to Errata; please update microcode to version: 0x52 (or later)
I ...
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Dual boot Dell XPS 13 fails to boot into Ubuntu after firmware update
A year ago, I bought a Dell XPS with Windows 10 installed in the factory. When it arrived, I added new partitions to the internal hard disk — boot, home and swap — and installed Ubuntu 16.04 LTS to ...
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"Possible missing firmware" message while fixing Plymouth splash screen
So, after installing Ubuntu, I was having problems with the Plymouth splash screen- it was not showing up during booting, nor when I shut my PC down. Sometimes it did show, but very rarely and only ...
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Unable to format/partition secondary SSD in ThinkPad X240
My ThinkPad came with a 500GB HDD and a 24GB SSD (intended for speedup of the preinstalled Windows 8). For the record, the SSD in question is a Toshiba THNSNX024GMNT. I've had Ubuntu installed on the ...
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Startup finished in 39s (firmware) + 6s (loader) + 1min 1s (kernel) + 15s (userspace) on SSD
Can't believe myself but it's true. It became like this at one moment, may be after some apt-get upgrade, I did'n have time to resolve it before.
Laptop Asus N550JV with SSD and 16GB RAM installed, ...
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Problem flashing Ubuntu Touch Firmware on Aquaris M10 (frieza)
I have the new bq Aquaris M10 tablet. The device was recognized by my Linux machine using adb devices. I tried making my filesystem writable using phablet-config writable-image.
Well, this turned ...
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