On Wed, Jan 08, 2020 at 09:30:29PM -0000, Ian Scott wrote:
> I can install Ubuntu 20.04 on this notebook as I have an ISO for this -
> runs fine in Virtualbox.
I'm sorry, are you running these commands on Ubuntu, or not? I assumed it
was clear that I was looking for the output of these commands from Ubuntu.
In particular,
> I downloaded both .deb files and ran using gdebi - it reports "same
> version already installed" so I reinstalled anyway and then ran
efivar 34-1 is the version of this package in Ubuntu 18.04; so you should
not have seen this message if you were installing it on Ubuntu 19.10.
On Wed, Jan 08, 2020 at 09:30:29PM -0000, Ian Scott wrote:
> I can install Ubuntu 20.04 on this notebook as I have an ISO for this -
> runs fine in Virtualbox.
I'm sorry, are you running these commands on Ubuntu, or not? I assumed it
was clear that I was looking for the output of these commands from Ubuntu.
In particular,
> I downloaded both .deb files and ran using gdebi - it reports "same
> version already installed" so I reinstalled anyway and then ran
efivar 34-1 is the version of this package in Ubuntu 18.04; so you should
not have seen this message if you were installing it on Ubuntu 19.10.
> sudo efibootmgr -o 0000,3000, 0001,0002, 2001; echo $?
> Output is
> Invalid BootOrder order entry value0000, 3000,0001, 0002,2001, 2002
> efibootmgr: entry 2002 does not exist
> 8
The command you've quoted above doesn't list 2002 but your output does. Did
you run the right command?
> As a thought Steve, is it possible for you to remotely access this
> notebook?
We are not set up for secure remote access to arbitrary users' computers,
no.