lubuntu noble install to sony vaio (efi, encryption, no internet) fails

[Chris Guiver]

install on sony vaio (lubuntu noble)

offline install, encryption without swap, also selected auto-login (If I recall correctly)

install fails reported; message/popup showing

---
Command <i>apt install -y --no-upgrade -o Acquire::gpgv::Options::=--ignore-time-conflict grub-efi-$(if grep -q 64 /sys/firmware/efi/fw_platform_size; then echo amd64-signed; else echo ia32; fi)</i> finished with exit code 100.
Output:
WARNING: apt does not have a stable CLI interface. Use with caution in scripts.

Reading package lists...
Building dependency tree...
Reading state information...
E: Unable to locate package grub-efi-amd64-signed
---

this however seems familiar (reported earlier by Leok & sudodus issue; as I recall; though their messages mentioned source issue (cdrom related) so maybe unrelated

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 24.04
Package: calamares 3.3.0-alpha4-0ubuntu1
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 6.5.0-9.9-generic 6.5.3
Uname: Linux 6.5.0-9-generic x86_64
.etc.calamares.modules.after_bootloader_context.conf:
 ---
 dontChroot: false
 timeout: 120
 firmwareType:
     "*": "-rm ${ROOT}/home/${USER}/Desktop/lubuntu-calamares.desktop"
.etc.calamares.modules.finished.conf:
 ---
 restartNowMode: user-checked
 restartNowCommand: "systemctl -i reboot"
.etc.calamares.modules.fstab.conf:
 crypttabOptions: luks,keyscript=/bin/cat
 efiMountOptions: umask=0077
.etc.calamares.modules.shellprocess_logs.conf:
 ---
 dontChroot: true
 timeout: 30
 script:
     - calamares-logs-helper ${ROOT}
.etc.calamares.modules.unpackfs.conf:
 ---
 unpack:
     - source: "/cdrom/casper/filesystem.squashfs"
         sourcefs: "squashfs"
         destination: ""
ApportVersion: 2.27.0-0ubuntu6
Architecture: amd64
CasperMD5CheckResult: pass
CasperVersion: 1.486
CurrentDesktop: LXQt
Date: Fri Nov 10 16:59:25 2023
LiveMediaBuild: Lubuntu 24.04 "Noble Numbat" - Daily amd64 (20231109)
RelatedPackageVersions:
 calamares-settings-ubuntu-common 1:23.10.4
 calamares-settings-lubuntu 1:23.10.4
 xfsprogs 6.3.0-1ubuntu1
 btrfs-progs 6.3.2-1
SourcePackage: calamares
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)

[Ubuntu QA Website (ubuntuqa)]

This bug has been reported on the Ubuntu ISO testing tracker.

A list of all reports related to this bug can be found here:
https://iso.qa.ubuntu.com/qatracker/reports/bugs/2043161

[Launchpad Janitor (janitor)]

Status changed to 'Confirmed' because the bug affects multiple users.

[sudodus (nio-wiklund)]

@guiverc,

You may be right, that this is a different issue from what leok reported and I reported at first.

My later comments show the same text in the popup error message, so maybe my later comments at 2042911 should be moved to this bug report.

[sudodus (nio-wiklund)]

Installation alongside Windows in a Lenovo V130 in UEFI mode with secure boot works with the current iso file (dated Nov 10 but tested Nov 11), and the installed system works (at once and after upgrade and reboot) :-)

[Simon Quigley (tsimonq2)]

/pool/main/g/grub2/grub-efi_2.12~rc1-12ubuntu4_amd64.deb
/pool/main/g/grub2/grub-efi-ia32_2.12~rc1-12ubuntu4_amd64.deb
/pool/main/g/grub2/grub-efi-ia32-bin_2.12~rc1-12ubuntu4_amd64.deb
/pool/main/g/grub2-signed/grub-efi-amd64-signed_1.199+2.12~rc1-12ubuntu2_amd64.deb
/pool/main/g/grub2-unsigned/grub-efi-amd64_2.12~rc1-12ubuntu2_amd64.deb
/pool/main/g/grub2-unsigned/grub-efi-amd64-bin_2.12~rc1-12ubuntu2_amd64.deb

So, we either have a weird case of an i386 bootloader on an amd64 system and something exploded, or this could also be an ephemeral issue.

Can you continuously reproduce it on that machine? If so, can you maybe try running that apt command manually to see if maybe we need some more *dependencies* added to the no-network GRUB package list?

[Chris Guiver (guiverc)]

> Can you continuously reproduce it on that machine? If so, can you maybe try running that apt command manually to see if maybe we need some more *dependencies* added to the no-network GRUB package list?

- sony vaio ultrabook svp11216cgb (i5-9400u, 4gb, intel haswell-ULT)

The sony thingy is really only use for QA test installs, and has successfully installed in both uEFI & Secure-uEFI, with the only failures being after I change that BIOS/firmware option, thus I avoid changing that setting (unless I have to as we're approaching a release & need to knock something off.. often takes me a few installs to get settings correct). However, as I don't mention changing Secure-boot setting I can't see that I did it (we're also not near release/milestone)

Using todays ISO, and

> offline install, encryption without swap, also selected auto-login (If I recall correctly)

I opted for FULL INSTALLATION, NO SWAP, encryption (KEY AAA), auto-login (password 'aaa' too)

and install was perfect...
( https://iso.qa.ubuntu.com/qatracker/milestones/450/builds/293283/testcases/1701/results )

[Launchpad Janitor (janitor)]

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