FS#39081 - archlinux-2014.02.01-dual.iso doesn't load in UEFI mode on Dell XPS 13 (L322X)

Attached to Project: Release Engineering
Opened by Luca Viggiani (lviggiani) - Friday, 28 February 2014, 14:35 GMT
Last edited by Gerardo Exequiel Pozzi (djgera) - Tuesday, 11 March 2014, 15:34 GMT
Task Type Bug Report
Category Hardware Issues
Status Closed
Assigned To Pierre Schmitz (Pierre)
Architecture All
Severity Medium
Priority Normal
Reported Version
Due in Version Undecided
Due Date Undecided
Percent Complete 100%
Votes 1
Private No

Details

Description:
As I reported here: https://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php?id=177821
current iso installer (2014.02.01) will not load in UEFI mode from USB pen drive on Dell XPS 13 (L322X).
It shows the boot loader, then as I select "Arch Linux archiso x86_64 UEFI CD", the screen turns black (backlit is working, the screen is just empty) and stays there forever.

I tried with any boot options combinations (on Dell BIOS settings): secure boot: off, boot mode: UEFI; load legacy rom: both enebled and disabled.

After many attempts with different USB pen drives and by using either dd or unetbootin to write the iso to the usb media, I tested previous installer "archlinux-2014.01.05-dual.iso" and that worked without any problems on the same USB media.


Steps to reproduce:
1) Download "archlinux-2014.02.01-dual.iso" and write to an USB pen drive either with dd command or by using unetbootin
2) Plug the usb pen drive into the LH usb port (in RH it won't be recognized as a bootable device, this happens with Ubuntu too)
3) Restart the computer holding F12 key down
4) Select under UEFI boot menu the USB entry
5) The bootloader menu appears: select "Arch Linux archiso x86_64 UEFI CD" option
6) The screen turn black (empty) and gets stuck there

repeat the above steps with archlinux-2014.01.05-dual.iso as a source image and you'll get to command prompt as expected. Also "efivars -l" gives a proper output confirming you're in EFI mode.
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Closed by  Gerardo Exequiel Pozzi (djgera)
Tuesday, 11 March 2014, 15:34 GMT
Reason for closing:  No response
Additional comments about closing:  can be related to  FS#33745 
Comment by Pierre Schmitz (Pierre) - Friday, 28 February 2014, 18:13 GMT
From archiso POV the only change between these ISO images is DHCP realted which cannot cause such issues.
Comment by Gerardo Exequiel Pozzi (djgera) - Friday, 28 February 2014, 21:39 GMT
Or the new gummitboot is broken for you (v41 vs v43) or maybe linux (v3.12.6 vs v3.12.9). You can try interchange in the USB drive ;) Also you can wait for 2014.03 ;)

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