Bug 1227727

Summary:	Unable to install on T440p with Libreboot
Product:	[openSUSE] openSUSE Aeon	Reporter:	Anthony Hughes <anthony>
Component:	Installation	Assignee:	Richard Brown <rbrown>
Status:	NEW ---	QA Contact:	E-mail List <qa-bugs>
Severity:	Normal
Priority:	P5 - None	CC:	anthony
Version:	Current	Flags:	rbrown: needinfo? (anthony)
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Description Anthony Hughes 2024-07-12 18:45:59 UTC

I am unable to install OpenSUSE Aeon on my Lenovo T440p with Libreboot because the installer fails to detect a UEFI system. If this is a bug please let me know if I can provide more info. If it’s out of scope for Aeon then please let me know that too. For now I’m going back to Debian on this machine but I’d love to run Aeon on it someday. It’s my favourite distro and the default I try to install on all my machines, working great on two of my other (more modern) workstations.

Cheers!

Comment 1 Richard Brown 2024-07-12 18:53:42 UTC

So does libreboot not present as /sys/firmware/efi in Linux?

Comment 2 Anthony Hughes 2024-07-12 19:26:46 UTC

(In reply to Richard Brown from comment #1)
> So does libreboot not present as /sys/firmware/efi in Linux?

Hi Richard, thank you for the prompt reply. On Debian 12 currently, I do not have a /sys/firmware/efi folder so I assume not. Is there some other way to check?

Comment 3 Richard Brown 2024-07-12 19:28:23 UTC

If there is no /sys/firmware/efi then your system isn’t following the UEFI standard

Aeon only works on UEFI systems

Comment 4 Anthony Hughes 2024-07-12 19:37:58 UTC

Thanks again, Richard. 

Looking further, Libreboot on this system is configured to use SeaBIOS which I do not think implements UEFI. I think that confirms I won't be able to run Aeon on this system in it's current configuration. I'll reach out to the Libreboot project for support on this. Feel free to close the bug report.