None of the efitools tools work on my machine
Affects | Status | Importance | Assigned to | Milestone | |
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efitools (Ubuntu) |
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Undecided
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Bug Description
On my machine, none of the tools bundled in efitools (in /usr/share/
I am working with an ASRock E3V5 WS motherboard with BIOS version 7.10 (the latest). This BIOS is based off of an AMI BIOS. I have tried launching the tools (primarily KeyTool) both as \EFI\BOOT\
In addition, a separate issue (should I open a new bug?) is that efi-updatevar seems to not work on a variety of platforms (e.g. http://
Let me know if I can provide more information about this bug.
Some further experimentation seems to hint that the tools that aren't working are not simply hanging. Instead, they are simply not able to draw anything on the screen. For example, after running HelloWorld.efi, nothing will appear. However, pressing Enter will return to the EFI shell prompt. Similarly, when running KeyTool.efi nothing will appear. However, pressing the down arrow three times to select the "Exit" menu option blindly and then pressing enter will return to the EFI shell prompt as well.