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ConiKost
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 Posted: Mon Apr 18, 2016 4:56 am Post subject: [Fix]My ThinkPad X260 does not see new entries by efibootmgr |
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Hi!
I am trying to setup a dual boot on my new ThinkPad X260. As first step, I've installed Windows 10, which worked fine.
Now, as a second step, I want to run Gentoo. Everything is now installed, excepted an UEFI entry for booting it.
I've no clue, but I am unable to do so. With "efibootmgr", I've successfully created an UEFI entry (no errors shown) and "efibootmgr -v" confirms, that there is my new entry for Gentoo.
The problem is, that the ThinkPad bootmenu (F12) nor UEFI-Setup are showing my new created entry. I am still seeing only my "Windows Boot Manager". So I am unable to start booting my linux kernel.
Even, when I do set the corrent boot order with "efibootmgr -o" , Lenovos UEFI doesn't seem to care.. any ideas what could be wrong?
My T440p from work is working fine and there is efibootmgr perfectly working fine, even my desktop with a Gigabyte UEFI does work and accepts new entries from efibootmgr.
Secure Boot is turned off!
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The Doctor
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| Posted: Mon Apr 18, 2016 5:27 am Post subject: Re: My ThinkPad X260 does not see new entries by efibootmgr |
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| ConiKost wrote: | | Secure Boot is turned off! |
Turn it off again. It has more lives than a cat.
My experience with Lenovo is that securboot requires two options to actually turn off.
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ConiKost
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| Posted: Mon Apr 18, 2016 8:12 am Post subject: Re: My ThinkPad X260 does not see new entries by efibootmgr |
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| The Doctor wrote: | | ConiKost wrote: | | Secure Boot is turned off! |
Turn it off again. It has more lives than a cat.
My experience with Lenovo is that securboot requires two options to actually turn off. |
Didn't help. I must be off, as my live cd doesn't support secure boot and would be able to boot with enabled secure boot. |
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The Doctor
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| Posted: Mon Apr 18, 2016 5:52 pm Post subject: |
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Is the kernel in a vfat partition?
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ConiKost
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| Posted: Mon Apr 18, 2016 10:08 pm Post subject: |
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| The Doctor wrote: | | Is the kernel in a vfat partition? |
Yes, I am using the ESP from Windows 10, which is already installed. |
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The Doctor
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Are the changes still there after rebooting into the rescue media?
I've had issues with that before. I got it to work by booting the system rescue CD and telling it to boot my existing Linux instillation. As a matter of fact, that was about 72 hours ago on a Lenovo G780.
Depending on how brave you are, you could try bcedit from windows. I believe that is | Code: | | bcdedit /set {bootmgr} path \EFI\You\Know\This\Part.efi |
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ConiKost
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| Posted: Tue Apr 19, 2016 6:06 pm Post subject: |
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Maybe you want to have a look on my entries?
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BootCurrent: 0017
Timeout: 2 seconds
BootOrder: 0000,0018,0019,001A,001B,001C,0017,0021
Boot0000* Windows Boot Manager HD(1,GPT,103594c5-845f-4c7d-a0c9-211897406ff9,0x800,0x82000)/File(\EFI\Microsoft\Boot\bootmgfw.efi)WINDOWS.........x...B.C.D.O.B.J.E.C.T.=.{.9.d.e.a.8.6.2.c.-.5.c.d.d.-.4.e.7.0.-.a.c.c.1.-.f.3.2.b.3.4.4.d.4.7.9.5.}...................
Boot0001* Gentoo Linux HD(2,GPT,a22a3a96-ad17-4f03-b923-a00ce0bdb28d,0xe1800,0x31800)/File(\EFI\Gentoo\Boot\kernel.efi)
Boot0010 Setup FvFile(721c8b66-426c-4e86-8e99-3457c46ab0b9)
Boot0011 Boot Menu FvFile(126a762d-5758-4fca-8531-201a7f57f850)
Boot0012 Diagnostic Splash Screen FvFile(a7d8d9a6-6ab0-4aeb-ad9d-163e59a7a380)
Boot0013 Lenovo Diagnostics FvFile(3f7e615b-0d45-4f80-88dc-26b234958560)
Boot0014 Startup Interrupt Menu FvFile(f46ee6f4-4785-43a3-923d-7f786c3c8479)
Boot0015 Rescue and Recovery FvFile(665d3f60-ad3e-4cad-8e26-db46eee9f1b5)
Boot0016 MEBx Hot Key FvFile(ac6fd56a-3d41-4efd-a1b9-870293811a28)
Boot0017* USB CD VenMsg(bc7838d2-0f82-4d60-8316-c068ee79d25b,86701296aa5a7848b66cd49dd3ba6a55)
Boot0018 USB FDD VenMsg(bc7838d2-0f82-4d60-8316-c068ee79d25b,6ff015a28830b543a8b8641009461e49)
Boot0019 NVMe0 VenMsg(bc7838d2-0f82-4d60-8316-c068ee79d25b,001c199932d94c4eae9aa0b6e98eb8a400)
Boot001A ATA HDD0 VenMsg(bc7838d2-0f82-4d60-8316-c068ee79d25b,91af625956449f41a7b91f4f892ab0f600)
Boot001B USB HDD VenMsg(bc7838d2-0f82-4d60-8316-c068ee79d25b,33e821aaaf33bc4789bd419f88c50803)
Boot001C PCI LAN VenMsg(bc7838d2-0f82-4d60-8316-c068ee79d25b,78a84aaf2b2afc4ea79cf5cc8f3d3803)
Boot001D* IDER BOOT CDROM PciRoot(0x0)/Pci(0x16,0x2)/Ata(0,1,0)
Boot001E* IDER BOOT Floppy PciRoot(0x0)/Pci(0x16,0x2)/Ata(0,0,0)
Boot001F* ATA HDD VenMsg(bc7838d2-0f82-4d60-8316-c068ee79d25b,91af625956449f41a7b91f4f892ab0f6)
Boot0020* ATAPI CD VenMsg(bc7838d2-0f82-4d60-8316-c068ee79d25b,aea2090adfde214e8b3a5e471856a354)
Boot0021* PCI LAN VenMsg(bc7838d2-0f82-4d60-8316-c068ee79d25b,78a84aaf2b2afc4ea79cf5cc8f3d3803
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I've noticed, I am able to boot Gentoo, when I do set manually the boot device:
efibootmgr --bootnext 0001
So the entry is correct and seems to work. But it's not shown in UEFI.
I am also using SystemRescueCd for setting up my entries with efibootmgr. |
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Okay, I think I see the problem. | Quote: | | Boot0001* Gentoo Linux HD(2,GPT,a22a3a96-ad17-4f03-b923-a00ce0bdb28d,0xe1800,0x31800)/File(\EFI\Gentoo\Boot\kernel.efi) |
This part is great, but note the number 0001. | Quote: | | BootOrder: 0000,0018,0019,001A,001B,001C,0017,0021 |
Because it doesn't appear here.
Looks like that is the problem you need to fix.
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ConiKost
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| Posted: Tue Apr 19, 2016 6:49 pm Post subject: |
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| The Doctor wrote: | Okay, I think I see the problem. | Quote: | | Boot0001* Gentoo Linux HD(2,GPT,a22a3a96-ad17-4f03-b923-a00ce0bdb28d,0xe1800,0x31800)/File(\EFI\Gentoo\Boot\kernel.efi) |
This part is great, but note the number 0001. | Quote: | | BootOrder: 0000,0018,0019,001A,001B,001C,0017,0021 |
Because it doesn't appear here.
Looks like that is the problem you need to fix. |
Nope! Even, when I do set "-o 0001,0000", 0001 seems to be ignored and Windows starts booting. (But efibootmgr confirms, that 0001 is first boost)
After reboot, boot order is reset to that order, which is in UEFI defined: BootOrder: 0000,0018,0019,001A,001B,001C,0017,0021
I've also noticed, that "bcdedit" or "EasyUEFI" (both under Windows) can create entries, but they are also NOT shown in UEFI itself.. there is something totally wrong. |
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Then I would suggest that you go over the settings, specifically security settings, in the UEFI itself. Clearly that is where the problem is.
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| The Doctor wrote: | | Then I would suggest that you go over the settings, specifically security settings, in the UEFI itself. Clearly that is where the problem is. |
An UEFI hard reset did the trick. The entries are now correctly shown and usable. |
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You have an X260?? How is it! I see it has proper decent hardware mouse buttons but has lost the thinklight; Does it at least have a backlit keyboard?
What about status LEDs, have they at least put back the HDD activity LED??? |
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| Cyker wrote: | You have an X260?? How is it! I see it has proper decent hardware mouse buttons but has lost the thinklight; Does it at least have a backlit keyboard?
What about status LEDs, have they at least put back the HDD activity LED??? |
Yes, I have an X260. Since *50-Series, there are hardware mouse buttons for trackpoint. Touchpad ist still that "clicky" thing.
Backlit is fine, I am happy with it. No status LEDs, only the "i" of ThinkPad flashing, when on hibernate state. |
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since it seems to me there are folks in this thread that use this efi method of putting the kernel directly into efi partion and NOT using grub (like i do), i have a few questions. maybe the 3rd doctor could help  .
I never tried this method. and don't use initrd, but if I did, could i still use it? do i have to put it on efi partition or the linux partition?
and second question. how do you pass arguments to kernel? only by the ones you compile into it or is there any method to change those like when you use grub? |
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| axl wrote: | | I never tried this method. and don't use initrd, but if I did, could i still use it? |
axl ... yes, you can have CONFIG_INITRAMFS_SOURCE point to the initramfs.cpio, or sourceroot, and have it built in.
| axl wrote: | | [...] do i have to put it on efi partition or the linux partition? |
... on the ESP (EFI System Partition), though if you use efi_stub with rEFInd you can use either (and have it autodetect kernels and initramfs).
| axl wrote: | | [...] and second question. how do you pass arguments to kernel? only by the ones you compile into it or is there any method to change those like when you use grub? |
No, with efi_stub there is only CONFIG_CMDLINE, but with rEFInd you can either use a refind_linux.conf (with various defined parameters selectable/editable at boot) or stanzas in refind.conf.
HTH & best ... khay |
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| yes. thanks. i'll stick with grub. i like the flexibility. |
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| axl wrote: | | yes. thanks. i'll stick with grub. i like the flexibility. |
Can GRUB2 be signed for Secure Boot the same as the kernel? |
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| to be honest i dont know. sorry. i have secure boot disabled. google seems to say yes though. |
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| ConiKost wrote: | | axl wrote: | | yes. thanks. i'll stick with grub. i like the flexibility. |
Can GRUB2 be signed for Secure Boot the same as the kernel? |
Yes it can, I had my x240 configured this way. I really hated the lack of the trackpad button but dealt with it for some time now... Recently sold it and bought a x260 (how I found this thread, checking if I should expect issues) which should be arriving in 4 days. After taking a backup of the new system/configuring Windows, I will be installing a m.2 drive and you know, start my compiling 
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| Posted: Mon Apr 25, 2016 1:13 pm Post subject: |
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| pudlez wrote: | | ConiKost wrote: | | axl wrote: | | yes. thanks. i'll stick with grub. i like the flexibility. |
Can GRUB2 be signed for Secure Boot the same as the kernel? |
Yes it can, I had my x240 configured this way. I really hated the lack of the trackpad button but dealt with it for some time now... Recently sold it and bought a x260 (how I found this thread, checking if I should expect issues) which should be arriving in 4 days. After taking a backup of the new system/configuring Windows, I will be installing a m.2 drive and you know, start my compiling |
How did you get an M.2 into an X260? The M.2-WWAN Slot does not support anymore SSD lanes (as it did with X240/X250).. |
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| ConiKost wrote: | | How did you get an M.2 into an X260? The M.2-WWAN Slot does not support anymore SSD lanes (as it did with X240/X250).. |
Really?! I haven't received it yet, tracking says that my x260 should be arriving today. I guess I'm going to be sad when I try the m.2 and it doesn't work 
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| Posted: Mon Apr 25, 2016 3:06 pm Post subject: |
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| pudlez wrote: | | ConiKost wrote: | | How did you get an M.2 into an X260? The M.2-WWAN Slot does not support anymore SSD lanes (as it did with X240/X250).. |
Really?! I haven't received it yet, tracking says that my x260 should be arriving today. I guess I'm going to be sad when I try the m.2 and it doesn't work |
Yep really  There is also a post on the lenovo forums, which confirms this. |
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