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[Steve Riley <steve@xxxxxxxxxx>]

Per your request. Following same testing procedure as in my posts #32
and #40.

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BEFORE:

root@t520:~# efibootmgr -v
BootCurrent: 0019
Timeout: 0 seconds
BootOrder: 0019,0006,000C,0007,000A,0008,000D,000E,000F,000B,0009,0011,0012,0010,0013
Boot0000  Setup
Boot0001  Boot Menu
Boot0002  Diagnostic Splash Screen
Boot0003  Startup Interrupt Menu
Boot0004  ME Configuration Menu
Boot0005  Rescue and Recovery
Boot0006* USB CD        030a2400d23878bc820f604d8316c068ee79d25b86701296aa5a7848b66cd49dd3ba6a55
Boot0007* USB FDD       030a2400d23878bc820f604d8316c068ee79d25b6ff015a28830b543a8b8641009461e49
Boot0008* ATAPI CD0     030a2500d23878bc820f604d8316c068ee79d25baea2090adfde214e8b3a5e471856a35401
Boot0009  ATA HDD2      030a2500d23878bc820f604d8316c068ee79d25b91af625956449f41a7b91f4f892ab0f602
Boot000A* ATA HDD0      030a2500d23878bc820f604d8316c068ee79d25b91af625956449f41a7b91f4f892ab0f600
Boot000B  ATA HDD1      030a2500d23878bc820f604d8316c068ee79d25b91af625956449f41a7b91f4f892ab0f601
Boot000C* USB HDD       030a2400d23878bc820f604d8316c068ee79d25b33e821aaaf33bc4789bd419f88c50803
Boot000D* PCI LAN       030a2400d23878bc820f604d8316c068ee79d25b78a84aaf2b2afc4ea79cf5cc8f3d3803
Boot000E  ATAPI CD1     030a2500d23878bc820f604d8316c068ee79d25baea2090adfde214e8b3a5e471856a35403
Boot000F  ATAPI CD2     030a2500d23878bc820f604d8316c068ee79d25baea2090adfde214e8b3a5e471856a35404
Boot0010  Other CD      030a2500d23878bc820f604d8316c068ee79d25baea2090adfde214e8b3a5e471856a35406
Boot0011  ATA HDD3      030a2500d23878bc820f604d8316c068ee79d25b91af625956449f41a7b91f4f892ab0f603
Boot0012  ATA HDD4      030a2500d23878bc820f604d8316c068ee79d25b91af625956449f41a7b91f4f892ab0f604
Boot0013  Other HDD     030a2500d23878bc820f604d8316c068ee79d25b91af625956449f41a7b91f4f892ab0f606
Boot0014* IDER BOOT CDROM       ACPI(a0341d0,0)PCI(16,2)ATAPI(0,1,0)
Boot0015* IDER BOOT Floppy      ACPI(a0341d0,0)PCI(16,2)ATAPI(0,0,0)
Boot0016* ATA HDD       030a2400d23878bc820f604d8316c068ee79d25b91af625956449f41a7b91f4f892ab0f6
Boot0017* ATAPI CD:     030a2400d23878bc820f604d8316c068ee79d25baea2090adfde214e8b3a5e471856a354
Boot0018* PCI LAN       030a2400d23878bc820f604d8316c068ee79d25b78a84aaf2b2afc4ea79cf5cc8f3d3803
Boot0019* rEFInd Boot Manager   HD(1,28,100000,35a3de7a-7015-4855-b882-1c8e9432b8fe)File(\EFI\refind\refind_x64.efi)

======================

BOOTED KERNEL:

root@t520:~# uname -a
Linux t520 3.8.0-28-generic #41-Ubuntu SMP Fri Jul 26 16:26:01 UTC 2013 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux

root@t520:~# apt-cache policy linux-image-3.8.0-28-generic 
linux-image-3.8.0-28-generic:
  Installed: 3.8.0-28.41
  Candidate: 3.8.0-28.41
  Version table:
 *** 3.8.0-28.41 0
        500 http://mirror.anl.gov/ubuntu/ raring-proposed/main amd64 Packages
        100 /var/lib/dpkg/status

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ADD NVRAM ENTRY AND PRINT:

root@t520:~# efibootmgr -c -d /dev/sda -p 1 -l '\EFI\refind\Zrefind_x64.efi' -L 'Z rEFInd Boot Manager'
BootCurrent: 0019
Timeout: 0 seconds
BootOrder: 001A,0019,0006,000C,0007,000A,0008,000D,000E,000F,000B,0009,0011,0012,0010,0013
Boot0000  Setup
Boot0001  Boot Menu
Boot0002  Diagnostic Splash Screen
Boot0003  Startup Interrupt Menu
Boot0004  ME Configuration Menu
Boot0005  Rescue and Recovery
Boot0006* USB CD
Boot0007* USB FDD
Boot0008* ATAPI CD0
Boot0009  ATA HDD2
Boot000A* ATA HDD0
Boot000B  ATA HDD1
Boot000C* USB HDD
Boot000D* PCI LAN
Boot000E  ATAPI CD1
Boot000F  ATAPI CD2
Boot0010  Other CD
Boot0011  ATA HDD3
Boot0012  ATA HDD4
Boot0013  Other HDD
Boot0014* IDER BOOT CDROM
Boot0015* IDER BOOT Floppy
Boot0016* ATA HDD
Boot0017* ATAPI CD:
Boot0018* PCI LAN
Boot0019* rEFInd Boot Manager
Boot001A* Z rEFInd Boot Manager

======================

Looks good here! This is wonderful. Thanks much.

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https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1173423

Title:
  Kernel fails to update EFI vars, rendering system unbootable [P8P67
  PRO REV 3.1, BIOS 1904 08/15/2011]

Status in The Linux Kernel:
  Confirmed
Status in “linux” package in Ubuntu:
  Fix Released
Status in “linux” source package in Raring:
  Fix Committed
Status in “linux” source package in Saucy:
  Fix Released

Bug description:
  After an upgrade, my system failed to boot.  Fortunately I was able to
  run the EFI shell and manually launch grub.  From there I discovered
  that the EFI boot catalog contained no entry for GRUB.  It appears
  there has been a regression in kernels later than 3.8.0-7 that causes
  it to fail to update the EFI variables.  After running grub-install,
  it reports no errors, yet fails to show the efi boot catalog as it
  does when it works.  Manually running efivars shows the ubuntu entry
  has been removed.  Checking dmesg shows:

  [   25.965586] efivars: set_variable() failed: status=8000000000000009
  [   25.981816] efivars: set_variable() failed: status=8000000000000009

  This happens on kernels 3.8.0-{15,19,23} but works correctly in -{6,7}.
  --- 
  ApportVersion: 2.9.2-0ubuntu8
  Architecture: amd64
  AudioDevicesInUse:
   USER        PID ACCESS COMMAND
   /dev/snd/controlC1:  psusi      2310 F.... pulseaudio
   /dev/snd/controlC0:  psusi      2310 F.... pulseaudio
  CRDA: Error: command ['iw', 'reg', 'get'] failed with exit code 1: nl80211 not found.
  DistroRelease: Ubuntu 13.04
  IwConfig:
   eth1      no wireless extensions.
   
   lo        no wireless extensions.
  MachineType: System manufacturer System Product Name
  MarkForUpload: True
  Package: linux (not installed)
  ProcFB: 0 radeondrmfb
  ProcKernelCmdLine: BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-3.8.0-15-generic root=/dev/sda2 ro crashkernel=384M-2G:64M,2G-:128M quiet splash acpi_enforce_resources=lax vt.handoff=7
  ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.8.0-15.25-generic 3.8.4
  RelatedPackageVersions:
   linux-restricted-modules-3.8.0-15-generic N/A
   linux-backports-modules-3.8.0-15-generic  N/A
   linux-firmware                            1.106
  RfKill:
   0: hci0: Bluetooth
   	Soft blocked: no
   	Hard blocked: no
  Tags:  raring
  Uname: Linux 3.8.0-15-generic x86_64
  UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to raring on 2013-02-13 (73 days ago)
  UserGroups: adm admin cdrom dialout lpadmin plugdev sambashare
  WifiSyslog:
   
  dmi.bios.date: 08/15/2011
  dmi.bios.vendor: American Megatrends Inc.
  dmi.bios.version: 1904
  dmi.board.asset.tag: To be filled by O.E.M.
  dmi.board.name: P8P67 PRO REV 3.1
  dmi.board.vendor: ASUSTeK Computer INC.
  dmi.board.version: Rev 1.xx
  dmi.chassis.asset.tag: Asset-1234567890
  dmi.chassis.type: 3
  dmi.chassis.vendor: Chassis Manufacture
  dmi.chassis.version: Chassis Version
  dmi.modalias: dmi:bvnAmericanMegatrendsInc.:bvr1904:bd08/15/2011:svnSystemmanufacturer:pnSystemProductName:pvrSystemVersion:rvnASUSTeKComputerINC.:rnP8P67PROREV3.1:rvrRev1.xx:cvnChassisManufacture:ct3:cvrChassisVersion:
  dmi.product.name: System Product Name
  dmi.product.version: System Version
  dmi.sys.vendor: System manufacturer

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