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Bug 1823864 - "fwsetup" missing when trying to enter System setup from boot menu
Summary: "fwsetup" missing when trying to enter System setup from boot menu
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Status: CLOSED ERRATA
Alias: None
Product: Fedora
Classification: Fedora
Component: grub2
Version: rawhide
Hardware: aarch64
OS: Linux
unspecified
urgent
Target Milestone: ---
Assignee: Javier Martinez Canillas
QA Contact: Fedora Extras Quality Assurance
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Blocks: IoT
TreeView+ depends on / blocked
 
Reported: 2020-04-14 16:27 UTC by Clayton Workman
Modified: 2021-07-06 09:54 UTC (History)
4 users (show)

Fixed In Version: grub2-2.06-3.fc35
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Last Closed: 2021-07-06 09:54:04 UTC
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2020-04-14 16:27 UTC, Clayton Workman 		no flags Details
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Description Clayton Workman 2020-04-14 16:27:02 UTC 
Created attachment 1678736 [details]
error message when selecting "System setup" from boot menu

Description of problem:
System setup in boot screen gives error:
error: ../../grub-core/script/function.c:109:can't find command `fwsetup'.

Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable):
Fedora 32.20200413.0

How reproducible:
100% of the time

Steps to Reproduce:
1. boot into boot screen
2. choose System Setup
3. get error message

Actual results:
Received error described above.

Expected results:
Expect to see setup screen to setup root password and user. (Otherwise, can't login as root at prompt.)

Additional info:
This is through serial console.
Comment 1 Javier Martinez Canillas 2020-04-15 17:46:05 UTC 
I see that GRUB only registers the fwsetup command if an OsIndicationsSupported efi var is found.

Do you have a /sys/firmware/efi/efivars/OsIndicationsSupported-8be4df61-93ca-11d2-aa0d-00e098032b8c in your machine?
Comment 2 Clayton Workman 2020-04-15 19:08:42 UTC 
(In reply to Javier Martinez Canillas from comment #1)
> I see that GRUB only registers the fwsetup command if an
> OsIndicationsSupported efi var is found.
> 
> Do you have a
> /sys/firmware/efi/efivars/OsIndicationsSupported-8be4df61-93ca-11d2-aa0d-
> 00e098032b8c in your machine?

I do not. This is on a Raspberry Pi 3b.
I got around this issue by removing the root password through arm-image-installer so that I could login on first boot and setup password and other user(s).
Comment 3 Javier Martinez Canillas 2020-04-15 22:55:07 UTC 
(In reply to Clayton Workman from comment #2)
> (In reply to Javier Martinez Canillas from comment #1)
> > I see that GRUB only registers the fwsetup command if an
> > OsIndicationsSupported efi var is found.
> > 
> > Do you have a
> > /sys/firmware/efi/efivars/OsIndicationsSupported-8be4df61-93ca-11d2-aa0d-
> > 00e098032b8c in your machine?
> 
> I do not. This is on a Raspberry Pi 3b.

I see. So if that variable isn't present then you can re-generate your config file with 'grub2-mkconfig -o /boot/efi/EFI/fedora/grub.cfg' to avoid having the "System setup" entry in the GRUB menu.

> I got around this issue by removing the root password through
> arm-image-installer so that I could login on first boot and setup password
> and other user(s).

Sorry but I'm not sure to understand how this is related with the issue you had about GRUB having a non-working "System setup" entry due the fwsetup command not being registered.
Comment 4 Clayton Workman 2020-04-16 12:48:54 UTC 
It's only related in that I couldn't login to the rpi3 because I couldn't run the system setup to set a root password or setup a user. By removing the root password during image burn to the flash card, I was able to login without the system setup.

Some of this may be user error on my part as this is the first time I've used Fedora-IoT on the rpi3.

Thanks.
Comment 5 Javier Martinez Canillas 2020-04-16 14:09:01 UTC 
(In reply to Clayton Workman from comment #4)
> It's only related in that I couldn't login to the rpi3 because I couldn't
> run the system setup to set a root password or setup a user. By removing the
> root password during image burn to the flash card, I was able to login
> without the system setup.
> 
> Some of this may be user error on my part as this is the first time I've
> used Fedora-IoT on the rpi3.
> 
> Thanks.

Ah, I see the source of confusion now. The "System setup" entry is to reboot the machine into the EFI firmware settings, but since for the rpi3 a real EFI firmware is not used by instead an EFI stub implemented in the u-boot bootloader, this option seem to not exist.

In other words, it is not an option to setup user and passwords but to change firmware settings. In recent GRUB versions this was renamed to "UEFI Firmware Settings" to make this more clear.

We should probably cherry-pick that change in Fedora as well to avoid confusion.
Comment 6 Fedora Program Management 2021-04-29 16:47:57 UTC 
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Comment 7 Fedora Update System 2021-07-06 09:50:05 UTC 
FEDORA-2021-21ed0c951f has been submitted as an update to Fedora 35. https://bodhi.fedoraproject.org/updates/FEDORA-2021-21ed0c951f
Comment 8 Fedora Update System 2021-07-06 09:54:04 UTC 
FEDORA-2021-21ed0c951f has been pushed to the Fedora 35 stable repository.
If problem still persists, please make note of it in this bug report.
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