No Bootable Device Acer

[Niklas]

Hello everybody,

I've went through some other posts and google already, but nothing seems to be working for me.
Here is my inxi -Fxxxrz :

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System:
  Kernel: 5.4.0-74-generic x86_64 bits: 64 compiler: gcc v: 9.3.0 
  Desktop: Xfce 4.16.0 tk: Gtk 3.24.20 info: xfce4-panel wm: xfwm4 
  dm: LightDM 1.30.0 Distro: Linux Mint 20.2 Uma base: Ubuntu 20.04 focal 
Machine:
  Type: Laptop System: Acer product: Aspire E5-772G v: V1.09 
  serial: <filter> 
  Mobo: Acer model: Aspire E5-772G v: V1.09 serial: <filter> UEFI: Insyde 
  v: 1.09 date: 07/28/2015 
Battery:
  ID-1: BAT0 charge: 28.7 Wh condition: 28.7/37.0 Wh (78%) volts: 17.2/14.8 
  model: SANYO AL15A32 type: Li-ion serial: <filter> status: Not charging 
CPU:
  Topology: Dual Core model: Intel Core i5-5200U bits: 64 type: MT MCP 
  arch: Broadwell rev: 4 L2 cache: 3072 KiB 
  flags: avx avx2 lm nx pae sse sse2 sse3 sse4_1 sse4_2 ssse3 vmx 
  bogomips: 17599 
  Speed: 800 MHz min/max: 500/2700 MHz Core speeds (MHz): 1: 800 2: 800 
  3: 800 4: 800 
Graphics:
  Device-1: Intel HD Graphics 5500 vendor: Acer Incorporated ALI 
  driver: i915 v: kernel bus ID: 00:02.0 chip ID: 8086:1616 
  Device-2: NVIDIA GM108M [GeForce 940M] vendor: Acer Incorporated ALI 
  driver: nouveau v: kernel bus ID: 04:00.0 chip ID: 10de:1347 
  Display: x11 server: X.Org 1.20.9 driver: modesetting unloaded: fbdev,vesa 
  resolution: 1920x1080~60Hz 
  OpenGL: renderer: Mesa Intel HD Graphics 5500 (BDW GT2) v: 4.6 Mesa 20.2.6 
  direct render: Yes 
Audio:
  Device-1: Intel Broadwell-U Audio vendor: Acer Incorporated ALI 
  driver: snd_hda_intel v: kernel bus ID: 00:03.0 chip ID: 8086:160c 
  Device-2: Intel Wildcat Point-LP High Definition Audio 
  vendor: Acer Incorporated ALI driver: snd_hda_intel v: kernel 
  bus ID: 00:1b.0 chip ID: 8086:9ca0 
  Sound Server: ALSA v: k5.4.0-74-generic 
Network:
  Device-1: Realtek RTL8111/8168/8411 PCI Express Gigabit Ethernet 
  vendor: Acer Incorporated ALI driver: r8169 v: kernel port: 4000 
  bus ID: 02:00.0 chip ID: 10ec:8168 
  IF: enp2s0 state: down mac: <filter> 
  Device-2: Intel Wireless 3165 driver: iwlwifi v: kernel port: 4000 
  bus ID: 03:00.0 chip ID: 8086:3165 
  IF: wlp3s0 state: up mac: <filter> 
Drives:
  Local Storage: total: 247.48 GiB used: 121.4 MiB (0.0%) 
  ID-1: /dev/sda vendor: Samsung model: SSD 860 EVO 250GB size: 232.89 GiB 
  speed: 6.0 Gb/s serial: <filter> rev: 4B6Q scheme: GPT 
  ID-2: /dev/sdb type: USB vendor: SanDisk model: Cruzer Blade 
  size: 14.59 GiB serial: <filter> rev: 1.00 scheme: MBR 
Partition:
  ID-1: / size: 3.85 GiB used: 73.3 MiB (1.9%) fs: overlay source: ERR-102 
  ID-2: /var/log size: 12.43 GiB used: 48.1 MiB (0.4%) fs: ext4 
  dev: /dev/sdb3 
Sensors:
  System Temperatures: cpu: 34.0 C mobo: N/A gpu: nouveau temp: 35 C 
  Fan Speeds (RPM): N/A 
Repos:
  Active apt repos in: /etc/apt/sources.list 
  1: deb cdrom:[Linux Mint 20.2 _Uma_ - Release amd64 20210703]/ focal contrib main
  Active apt repos in: /etc/apt/sources.list.d/official-package-repositories.list 
  1: deb http://packages.linuxmint.com uma main upstream import backport #id:linuxmint_main
  2: deb http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu focal main restricted universe multiverse
  3: deb http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu focal-updates main restricted universe multiverse
  4: deb http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu focal-backports main restricted universe multiverse
  5: deb http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ focal-security main restricted universe multiverse
  6: deb http://archive.canonical.com/ubuntu/ focal partner
Info:
  Processes: 207 Uptime: 5m Memory: 7.69 GiB used: 1.05 GiB (13.7%) 
  Init: systemd v: 245 runlevel: 5 Compilers: gcc: 9.3.0 alt: 9 Shell: bash 
  v: 5.0.17 running in: xfce4-terminal inxi: 3.0.38

For some time now my setup has been Archlinux on a seperate HDD and Linux Mint/Windows Dual Boot on my In-Laptop SSD.
At some point I decided to fully commit to Linux and remove my Windows, as well as my previous Mint install. I did a fresh install and am now greeted with "No bootable device". I can follow basic directions, but don't yet now too much about boot problems.

Kind Regards

[Jo-con-Ël]

Please confim Secure boot and Fast/quick boot are disabled in UEFI settings interface (AKA Computer settings, AKA BIOS setup,...). Also confirm there is no Ubuntu option in boot order neither in boot menu (see this)

Then post back following codes result

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sudo parted -l
sudo blkid
mokutil --sb-state
sudo efibootmgr -v

(Edited) Didn't notice you say you have removed Windows.

[Niklas]

Secure boot is disabled, fast/quick boot is not an option anywhere. Ubuntu is not in Bootmenu or list of boot order.

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mint@mint:~$ sudo parted -l
Model: ATA Samsung SSD 860 (scsi)
Disk /dev/sda: 250GB
Sector size (logical/physical): 512B/512B
Partition Table: gpt
Disk Flags: 

Number  Start   End    Size   File system  Name                  Flags
 1      1049kB  538MB  537MB  fat32        EFI System Partition  boot, esp
 2      538MB   250GB  250GB  ext4


Warning: The driver descriptor says the physical block size is 2048 bytes, but
Linux says it is 512 bytes.
Ignore/Cancel? Ignore                                                     
Model: SanDisk Cruzer Blade (scsi)
Disk /dev/sdb: 62.7GB
Sector size (logical/physical): 2048B/512B
Partition Table: mac
Disk Flags: 

Number  Start  End     Size    File system  Name   Flags
 1      2048B  6143B   4096B                Apple
 2      328kB  4391kB  4063kB               EFI


mint@mint:~$ 

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mint@mint:~$ sudo blkid
/dev/sda1: UUID="50E4-2997" TYPE="vfat" PARTLABEL="EFI System Partition" PARTUUID="f136f459-259c-49ed-8edf-590859a01eb0"
/dev/sda2: UUID="5780293a-c803-45ea-be66-ba39af5af813" TYPE="ext4" PARTUUID="39693a24-4c4e-4963-b52b-a3694da75c94"
/dev/sdb1: UUID="2021-07-03-17-47-24-00" LABEL="Linux Mint 20.2 Xfce 64-bit" TYPE="iso9660" PTUUID="03d320ac" PTTYPE="dos" PARTUUID="03d320ac-01"
/dev/loop0: TYPE="squashfs"
/dev/sdb2: SEC_TYPE="msdos" UUID="C26E-047E" TYPE="vfat" PARTUUID="03d320ac-02"
/dev/sdb3: LABEL="writable" UUID="23013db3-37f6-4d67-94d1-b6202a76d5d2" TYPE="ext4" PARTUUID="03d320ac-03"
mint@mint:~$ 

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SecureBoot disabled

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mint@mint:~$ sudo efibootmgr -v
BootCurrent: 0001
Timeout: 0 seconds
BootOrder: 2001,2002,2003
Boot0001* USB HDD: SanDisk	PciRoot(0x0)/Pci(0x1d,0x0)/USB(0,0)/USB(0,0)/HD(1,MBR,0x3d320ac,0x280,0x1f00)RC
Boot0002* Unknown Device: 	HD(1,GPT,f55f5796-2c9c-4bf4-b8b0-e1005ef144ee,0x800,0x12c000)/File(\EFI\fedora\shim.efi)RC
Boot0003* Unknown Device: 	HD(1,GPT,f55f5796-2c9c-4bf4-b8b0-e1005ef144ee,0x800,0x12c000)/File(\EFI\fedora\shim.efi)RC
Boot0004* Unknown Device: 	HD(2,GPT,32d9f307-a735-452e-8d3b-91bdf49752c7,0xfa000,0x11e800)/File(\EFI\ubuntu\shimx64.efi)RC
Boot0005* Unknown Device: 	HD(7,GPT,686918f0-87cb-497d-9f0f-a5d151d77567,0x1d0c5800,0x100000)/File(\EFI\opensuse\grubx64.efi)RC
Boot0006* ubuntu	HD(1,GPT,f136f459-259c-49ed-8edf-590859a01eb0,0x800,0x100000)/File(\EFI\ubuntu\shimx64.efi)
Boot0007* Fedora	HD(1,GPT,f55f5796-2c9c-4bf4-b8b0-e1005ef144ee,0x800,0x12c000)/File(\EFI\fedora\shimx64.efi)
Boot0009* Linux Boot Manager	HD(5,GPT,585486a1-74b1-4dba-b8c6-29053ccb36d9,0x9c5e000,0xfffff)/File(\EFI\systemd\systemd-bootx64.efi)
Boot000A* Pop!_OS 21.04	HD(7,GPT,686918f0-87cb-497d-9f0f-a5d151d77567,0x1d0c5800,0x100000)/File(\EFI\systemd\systemd-bootx64.efi)
Boot000B* Unknown Device: 	HD(7,GPT,686918f0-87cb-497d-9f0f-a5d151d77567,0x1d0c5800,0x100000)/File(\EFI\opensuse\grubx64.efi)RC
Boot2001* EFI USB Device	RC
Boot2002* EFI DVD/CDROM	RC
Boot2003* EFI Network	RC
mint@mint:~$ 

[Jo-con-Ël]

It is strange you can not find Ubuntu boot option looking at efibootmgr result.

You can remove all those Unknown Device entries and also Fedora, Linux Boot Manager and Pop!_OS. To remove Boot0002, by example, just run

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sudo efibootmgr -b 2 -B

Repeat those codes changing boot number as needed sudo efibootmgr -b 3 -B...

If you have installed but never booted with new Mint after installing, I doubt that Boot0006 (default) is right. In any case you can reinstall grub-efi and recreate that boot option doing as indicated here but replacing sda5 with sda2 and sda2 with sda1 in codes.

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sudo mount /dev/sda2 /mnt
sudo mount /dev/sda1 /mnt/boot/efi
for i in /dev /dev/pts /proc /sys; do sudo mount -B $i /mnt$i; done
sudo cp /etc/resolv.conf /mnt/etc/
modprobe efivars
sudo chroot /mnt
apt-get install --reinstall grub-efi-amd64
exit

I would include another one code before exit only to be sure (sudo grub-install --recheck /dev/sda), any way after exit unmount and reboot.

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 for i in /sys /proc /dev/pts /dev; do sudo umount /mnt$i; done
sudo umount /mnt/boot/efi
sudo umount /mnt
sudo reboot

If you can not boot after reinstalling then you will need to do something else as creating an Ubuntu boot option directly in your UEFI interface,.. but you should remember if you've needed to do it before...

[Niklas]

I think we're getting close. Followed the steps, but got an Error at apt-get install --reinstall grub-efi-amd64
and then followed with sudo grub-install --recheck /dev/sda which also gave an error.

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root@mint:/# apt-get install --reinstall grub-efi-amd64
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree       
Reading state information... Done
The following packages will be REMOVED:
  grub-gfxpayload-lists grub-pc
The following NEW packages will be installed:
  grub-efi-amd64
0 upgraded, 1 newly installed, 2 to remove and 257 not upgraded.
Need to get 46.9 kB of archives.
After this operation, 425 kB disk space will be freed.
Do you want to continue? [Y/n] 
Get:1 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu focal-updates/main amd64 grub-efi-amd64 amd64 2.04-1ubuntu44.2 [46.9 kB]
Fetched 46.9 kB in 0s (285 kB/s)          
Preconfiguring packages ...
(Reading database ... 279175 files and directories currently installed.)
Removing grub-gfxpayload-lists (0.7) ...
dpkg: grub-pc: dependency problems, but removing anyway as you requested:
 grub-efi-amd64-signed depends on grub-efi-amd64 | grub-pc; however:
  Package grub-efi-amd64 is not installed.
  Package grub-pc is to be removed.

Removing grub-pc (2.04-1ubuntu26.13) ...
Selecting previously unselected package grub-efi-amd64.
(Reading database ... 279153 files and directories currently installed.)
Preparing to unpack .../grub-efi-amd64_2.04-1ubuntu44.2_amd64.deb ...
Unpacking grub-efi-amd64 (2.04-1ubuntu44.2) ...
Setting up grub-efi-amd64 (2.04-1ubuntu44.2) ...
Trying to migrate /boot/efi into esp config
Installing grub to /boot/efi.
Installing for x86_64-efi platform.
grub-install: warning: Cannot read EFI Boot* variables.
grub-install: warning: read_file: could not read from file: Input/output error.
grub-install: warning: vars_get_variable: read_file(/sys/firmware/efi/vars/Boot0009-8be4df61-93ca-11d2-aa0d-00e098032b8c/raw_var) failed: Input/output error.
grub-install: warning: efi_get_variable: ops->get_variable failed: Input/output error.
grub-install: error: failed to register the EFI boot entry: Input/output error.
Installing grub to /boot/efi.
Installing for x86_64-efi platform.
grub-install: warning: Cannot read EFI Boot* variables.
grub-install: warning: read_file: could not read from file: Input/output error.
grub-install: warning: vars_get_variable: read_file(/sys/firmware/efi/vars/Boot0009-8be4df61-93ca-11d2-aa0d-00e098032b8c/raw_var) failed: Input/output error.
grub-install: warning: efi_get_variable: ops->get_variable failed: Input/output error.
grub-install: error: failed to register the EFI boot entry: Input/output error.
Sourcing file `/etc/default/grub'
Sourcing file `/etc/default/grub.d/50_linuxmint.cfg'
Sourcing file `/etc/default/grub.d/init-select.cfg'
Generating grub configuration file ...
Found linux image: /boot/vmlinuz-5.4.0-74-generic
Found initrd image: /boot/initrd.img-5.4.0-74-generic
grub-probe: error: cannot find a GRUB drive for /dev/sdb1.  Check your device.map.
Adding boot menu entry for UEFI Firmware Settings
done
Processing triggers for man-db (2.9.1-1) ...
Processing triggers for shim-signed (1.40.7+15.4-0ubuntu9) ...
Secure Boot not enabled on this system.
root@mint:/# sudo grub-install --recheck /dev/sda
Installing for x86_64-efi platform.
grub-install: warning: Cannot read EFI Boot* variables.
grub-install: warning: read_file: could not read from file: Input/output error.
grub-install: warning: vars_get_variable: read_file(/sys/firmware/efi/vars/Boot0009-8be4df61-93ca-11d2-aa0d-00e098032b8c/raw_var) failed: Input/output error.
grub-install: warning: efi_get_variable: ops->get_variable failed: Input/output error.
grub-install: error: failed to register the EFI boot entry: Input/output error.

[Reddog1]

It's possible that you have one of the Insyde BIOS that requires that the efi bootloader be 'Trusted' before it will be added to the Boot options. The place to do that is in the bios under the 'Security' header, and a bios password must be set in order to access it. Once you log on with the bios password some grayed out options will be accessible and one of the options is to search for a trusted bootloader. If that is the case, the search should find the efi for ubuntu and it can be added.

[Jo-con-Ël]

You should post back all codes result to be sure what's happened.

You did not remove all previous boot option with efibootmgr (at least Boot009 was left). It is not clear to me the way you have installed new Mint and if you were able to boot before with such system. If it is not you'd better install from scracht.

In other hand it looks like previous Mint and other systems were intalled with Secure Boot enabled. If you can boot Linux MInt Live with Secure Boot enabled you will need to reinstall grub-efi-signed. Only change sudo apt-get install --reinstall grub-efi-amd64 with sudo apt-get install --reinstall grub-efi-amd64-signed shim-signed in codes.

If you get dependencies problem as before consider running sudo apt-get install -f or remove all grub package before reinstalling (look here purge and reinstal in chroot for UEFI systems).

[SimonPeter]

Try copying /boot/efi/EFI/ubuntu/shimx64.efi to /boot/efi/EFI/BOOT/BOOTx64.EFI and /boot/efi/EFI/ubuntu/grubx64.efi to /boot/efi/EFI/BOOT/grubx64.efi .

[Niklas]

at least Boot009 was left

I did remove that.

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mint@mint:~$ sudo efibootmgr -v
BootCurrent: 0001
Timeout: 0 seconds
BootOrder: 2001,2002,2003
Boot0001* USB HDD: SanDisk	PciRoot(0x0)/Pci(0x1d,0x0)/USB(0,0)/USB(0,0)/HD(1,MBR,0x3d320ac,0x280,0x1f00)RC
Boot0006* ubuntu	HD(1,GPT,f136f459-259c-49ed-8edf-590859a01eb0,0x800,0x100000)/File(\EFI\ubuntu\shimx64.efi)
Boot2001* EFI USB Device	RC
Boot2002* EFI DVD/CDROM	RC
Boot2003* EFI Network	RC
mint@mint:~$ 

Until I decided to remove Windows along my previous Mint install, everything worked fine. Since then, no Linux install has worked.
Secure Boot is disabled and I did do my fresh installation without it being enabled. Also it is disabled right now, while I'm on Linux Mint Live.

Should I still run the new command?

[JeremyB]

Try

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sudo efibootmgr -o 0006,0001

Reboot

[Niklas]

Still shows "No Bootable Device"

[JeremyB]

You should look at https://askubuntu.com/a/630662/300665 as it seems those Acers need some changes made in BIOS/UEFI settings

[Niklas]

(Sidenote: Why is it, that it all worked with dual boot but is broken now.. damn acer)
I folloowed the steps, it now boots into grub menu but then doesnt start and shows this:

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error: /boot/vmlinuz-5.4.0-74-generic has invalid signature
error: you need to load the kernel first.
Press any key to continue...

I have a photo, but I don't know how to attach it here

[JeremyB]

You might want to try advanced options in grub and boot into an older kernel

[Niklas]

As per the tutorial (if I didn't read wrong) yes it is now.

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mint@mint:~$ mokutil --sb-state
SecureBoot enabled
mint@mint:~$ 

[Niklas]

There is no other kernel, only the same one in "recovery mode".
It then shows the same error

[Reddog1]

Again, did you log in to the bios with a bios password, and look in the bios 'security' section for a place to 'enable trusted boot loader' (or similar)?

[AndyMH]

Another non-bootable Acer:
viewtopic.php?f=46&t=362629
In this case the 5.13 kernel seemed to fix it, but we have had other Acer posts where it didn't.

[diabolicbg]

It seems that the whole Acer brand has this problem. I struggled for a long time to install LM18 on Acer TravelMate-117, but I found a working solution. I install LM in the standard UEFI BIOS mode without changing anything. I restart the system after installation and re-enter the BIOS. I change the Legacy and set the charge 1. USB; 2.HDD. I remember and restart. The system loads normally and the LM works without a problem. If I restart again and change the UEFI boot, I get the message 'No boot device'.
I installed LM19 and 20 in the same way and it always works.