Public bug reported:
I have been experimenting with the kernel's support for booting from
UEFI. Using efibootmgr, I can successfully create new NVRAM variables
and successfully delete existing ones. However, modifying existing
variables does not work.
According to the documentation, I should be able to, for instance, type
the following to change the label:
# efibootmgr -b 0019 -L 'new label for this variable'
But no actual change is made. Thus, to make changes, I have to delete an
existing variable and then recreate it. This is suboptimal because
creating a new variable always places that variable at the front of the
boot order list. Fortunately, the -o switch works, so I can return the
boot order to my preference.
It would be better, though, if the -b switch worked properly.
ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 12.10
Package: efibootmgr 0.5.4-2ubuntu1
Uname: Linux 3.6.0-030600rc7-generic x86_64
ApportVersion: 2.5.3-0ubuntu1
Architecture: amd64
Date: Sat Sep 29 12:31:57 2012
InstallationMedia: Kubuntu 12.10 "Quantal Quetzal" - Alpha amd64 (20120916)
ProcEnviron:
LANGUAGE=
PATH=(custom, no user)
LANG=en_US.UTF-8
SHELL=/bin/bash
SourcePackage: efibootmgr
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)
** Affects: efibootmgr (Ubuntu)
Importance: Undecided
Status: New
** Tags: amd64 apport-bug quantal
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The -b switch for modifying a variable doesn't work
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