My laptop is an Acer ES1-533. It has a weird bug, writing to NVRAM freezes the laptop completely, only rEFInd can do it. So when I installed ubuntu or arch I had to install it withut bootloader, then install grub manually with the --no-nvram option, then rename the grubx64.efi to bootx64.efi to be able to boot (hijack the windows (default) bootloader). I added the entry with rEFInd so I dont have to rename the file everytime I install. Solus luckily adds the entry at the end of the install, just before unmounting partitions and rebooting, so the install of the OS was successful. The laptop booted without issues, and the entry was added, weird, because it failed everytime on every distro. Just to be clear, Solus froze on that step just like the others. Maybe this laptop adds the entries itself, because on other distros the entry was added after I installed grub manually, alongside the entry I added myself with rEFInd,
It would be nice to have an option to not write to NVRAM, or at least to not install the bootloader on UEFI systems, so I or anyone else with this problem can install it manually.
I got advice from googleplus Solus support to add these logs, I can add more if needed:
00:00.0 Host bridge: Intel Corporation Celeron N3350/Pentium N4200/Atom E3900 Series Host Bridge (rev 0b)
00:02.0 VGA compatible controller: Intel Corporation Device 5a85 (rev 0b)
00:0e.0 Audio device: Intel Corporation Celeron N3350/Pentium N4200/Atom E3900 Series Audio Cluster (rev 0b)
00:0f.0 Communication controller: Intel Corporation Celeron N3350/Pentium N4200/Atom E3900 Series Trusted Execution Engine (rev 0b)
00:12.0 SATA controller: Intel Corporation Celeron N3350/Pentium N4200/Atom E3900 Series SATA AHCI Controller (rev 0b)
00:13.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation Celeron N3350/Pentium N4200/Atom E3900 Series PCI Express Port A #3 (rev fb)
00:13.3 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation Celeron N3350/Pentium N4200/Atom E3900 Series PCI Express Port A #4 (rev fb)
00:15.0 USB controller: Intel Corporation Celeron N3350/Pentium N4200/Atom E3900 Series USB xHCI (rev 0b)
00:16.0 Signal processing controller: Intel Corporation Celeron N3350/Pentium N4200/Atom E3900 Series I2C Controller #1 (rev 0b)
00:16.1 Signal processing controller: Intel Corporation Celeron N3350/Pentium N4200/Atom E3900 Series I2C Controller #2 (rev 0b)
00:16.2 Signal processing controller: Intel Corporation Celeron N3350/Pentium N4200/Atom E3900 Series I2C Controller #3 (rev 0b)
00:16.3 Signal processing controller: Intel Corporation Celeron N3350/Pentium N4200/Atom E3900 Series I2C Controller #4 (rev 0b)
00:17.0 Signal processing controller: Intel Corporation Celeron N3350/Pentium N4200/Atom E3900 Series I2C Controller #5 (rev 0b)
00:17.1 Signal processing controller: Intel Corporation Celeron N3350/Pentium N4200/Atom E3900 Series I2C Controller #6 (rev 0b)
00:17.2 Signal processing controller: Intel Corporation Celeron N3350/Pentium N4200/Atom E3900 Series I2C Controller #7 (rev 0b)
00:17.3 Signal processing controller: Intel Corporation Celeron N3350/Pentium N4200/Atom E3900 Series I2C Controller #8 (rev 0b)
00:18.0 Signal processing controller: Intel Corporation Celeron N3350/Pentium N4200/Atom E3900 Series HSUART Controller #1 (rev 0b)
00:18.1 Signal processing controller: Intel Corporation Celeron N3350/Pentium N4200/Atom E3900 Series HSUART Controller #2 (rev 0b)
00:18.2 Signal processing controller: Intel Corporation Celeron N3350/Pentium N4200/Atom E3900 Series HSUART Controller #3 (rev 0b)
00:18.3 Signal processing controller: Intel Corporation Celeron N3350/Pentium N4200/Atom E3900 Series HSUART Controller #4 (rev 0b)
00:19.0 Signal processing controller: Intel Corporation Celeron N3350/Pentium N4200/Atom E3900 Series SPI Controller #1 (rev 0b)
00:19.1 Signal processing controller: Intel Corporation Celeron N3350/Pentium N4200/Atom E3900 Series SPI Controller #2 (rev 0b)
00:19.2 Signal processing controller: Intel Corporation Celeron N3350/Pentium N4200/Atom E3900 Series SPI Controller #3 (rev 0b)
00:1c.0 SD Host controller: Intel Corporation Celeron N3350/Pentium N4200/Atom E3900 Series eMMC Controller (rev 0b)
00:1f.0 ISA bridge: Intel Corporation Celeron N3350/Pentium N4200/Atom E3900 Series Low Pin Count Interface (rev 0b)
00:1f.1 SMBus: Intel Corporation Celeron N3350/Pentium N4200/Atom E3900 Series SMBus Controller (rev 0b)
01:00.0 Ethernet controller: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd. RTL8111/8168/8411 PCI Express Gigabit Ethernet Controller (rev 15)
02:00.0 Network controller: Intel Corporation Device 24fb (rev 10)
# dmidecode 3.1
Getting SMBIOS data from sysfs.
SMBIOS 3.0.0 present.
Table at 0x78862000.
Handle 0x0000, DMI type 0, 24 bytes
BIOS Information
Vendor: Insyde Corp.
Version: V1.12
Release Date: 10/18/2017
Address: 0xE0000
Runtime Size: 128 kB
ROM Size: 4608 kB
Characteristics:
PCI is supported
BIOS is upgradeable
BIOS shadowing is allowed
Boot from CD is supported
Selectable boot is supported
EDD is supported
Japanese floppy for NEC 9800 1.2 MB is supported (int 13h)
Japanese floppy for Toshiba 1.2 MB is supported (int 13h)
5.25"/360 kB floppy services are supported (int 13h)
5.25"/1.2 MB floppy services are supported (int 13h)
3.5"/720 kB floppy services are supported (int 13h)
3.5"/2.88 MB floppy services are supported (int 13h)
8042 keyboard services are supported (int 9h)
CGA/mono video services are supported (int 10h)
ACPI is supported
USB legacy is supported
BIOS boot specification is supported
Targeted content distribution is supported
UEFI is supported
BIOS Revision: 0.0
Firmware Revision: 1.12
Handle 0x0001, DMI type 1, 27 bytes
System Information
Manufacturer: Acer
Product Name: Aspire ES1-533
Version: V1.12
Serial Number: NXGFTEX1127010357E3400
UUID: A5FCB7FD-3ECB-E611-AFB5-FC459661930E
Wake-up Type: Power Switch
SKU Number: Aspire ES1-533_1084_V1.12
Family: APL
Handle 0x0002, DMI type 2, 17 bytes
Base Board Information
Manufacturer: Acer
Product Name: Stego_AP
Version: V1.12
Serial Number: NBGFT1100C701272C23400
Asset Tag: Type2 - Board Asset Tag
Features:
Board is a hosting board
Board is replaceable
Location In Chassis: Type2 - Board Chassis Location
Chassis Handle: 0x0003
Type: Motherboard
Contained Object Handles: 0
Handle 0x0003, DMI type 3, 24 bytes
Chassis Information
Manufacturer: Acer
Type: Notebook
Lock: Not Present
Version: V1.12
Serial Number: Chassis Serial Number
Asset Tag:
Boot-up State: Safe
Power Supply State: Safe
Thermal State: Safe
Security Status: None
OEM Information: 0x00000000
Height: Unspecified
Number Of Power Cords: 1
Contained Elements: 0
SKU Number: <BAD INDEX>
Handle 0x0004, DMI type 4, 48 bytes
Processor Information
Socket Designation: U3E1
Type: Central Processor
Family: Celeron
Manufacturer: Intel(R) Corporation
ID: C9 06 05 00 FF FB EB BF
Signature: Type 0, Family 6, Model 92, Stepping 9
Flags:
FPU (Floating-point unit on-chip)
VME (Virtual mode extension)
DE (Debugging extension)
PSE (Page size extension)
TSC (Time stamp counter)
MSR (Model specific registers)
PAE (Physical address extension)
MCE (Machine check exception)
CX8 (CMPXCHG8 instruction supported)
APIC (On-chip APIC hardware supported)
SEP (Fast system call)
MTRR (Memory type range registers)
PGE (Page global enable)
MCA (Machine check architecture)
CMOV (Conditional move instruction supported)
PAT (Page attribute table)
PSE-36 (36-bit page size extension)
CLFSH (CLFLUSH instruction supported)
DS (Debug store)
ACPI (ACPI supported)
MMX (MMX technology supported)
FXSR (FXSAVE and FXSTOR instructions supported)
SSE (Streaming SIMD extensions)
SSE2 (Streaming SIMD extensions 2)
SS (Self-snoop)
HTT (Multi-threading)
TM (Thermal monitor supported)
PBE (Pending break enabled)
Version: Intel(R) Celeron(R) CPU N3450 @ 1.10GHz
Voltage: 0.9 V
External Clock: 100 MHz
Max Speed: 1100 MHz
Current Speed: 1100 MHz
Status: Populated, Enabled
Upgrade: Other
L1 Cache Handle: 0x0006
L2 Cache Handle: 0x0007
L3 Cache Handle: Not Provided
Serial Number: To Be Filled By O.E.M.
Asset Tag: To Be Filled By O.E.M.
Part Number: To Be Filled By O.E.M.
Core Count: 4
Core Enabled: 4
Thread Count: 4
Characteristics:
64-bit capable
Multi-Core
Execute Protection
Enhanced Virtualization
Power/Performance Control
Handle 0x0005, DMI type 7, 19 bytes
Cache Information
Socket Designation: L1 Cache
Configuration: Enabled, Not Socketed, Level 1
Operational Mode: Write Back
Location: Internal
Installed Size: 24 kB
Maximum Size: 24 kB
Supported SRAM Types:
Synchronous
Installed SRAM Type: Synchronous
Speed: Unknown
Error Correction Type: Parity
System Type: Data
Associativity: Other
Handle 0x0006, DMI type 7, 19 bytes
Cache Information
Socket Designation: L1 Cache
Configuration: Enabled, Not Socketed, Level 1
Operational Mode: Write Back
Location: Internal
Installed Size: 32 kB
Maximum Size: 32 kB
Supported SRAM Types:
Synchronous
Installed SRAM Type: Synchronous
Speed: Unknown
Error Correction Type: Parity
System Type: Instruction
Associativity: 8-way Set-associative
Handle 0x0007, DMI type 7, 19 bytes
Cache Information
Socket Designation: L2 Cache
Configuration: Enabled, Not Socketed, Level 2
Operational Mode: Write Back
Location: Internal
Installed Size: 1024 kB
Maximum Size: 1024 kB
Supported SRAM Types:
Synchronous
Installed SRAM Type: Synchronous
Speed: Unknown
Error Correction Type: Single-bit ECC
System Type: Unified
Associativity: 16-way Set-associative
Handle 0x0008, DMI type 10, 13 bytes
On Board Device 1 Information
Type: Video
Status: Enabled
Description: Intel Video Graphics Controller
On Board Device 2 Information
Type: Sound
Status: Enabled
Description: Intel HDA Controller
On Board Device 3 Information
Type: SATA Controller
Status: Enabled
Description: Intel SATA Controller
On Board Device 4 Information
Type: Other
Status: Enabled
Description: Realtek Card Reader RTS5220
Handle 0x0009, DMI type 11, 5 bytes
OEM Strings
String 1: Acer System
Handle 0x000A, DMI type 12, 5 bytes
System Configuration Options
Option 1: SW2: Close to Turn Off the System Power
Handle 0x000B, DMI type 16, 23 bytes
Physical Memory Array
Location: System Board Or Motherboard
Use: System Memory
Error Correction Type: None
Maximum Capacity: 32 GB
Error Information Handle: No Error
Number Of Devices: 2
Handle 0x000C, DMI type 17, 40 bytes
Memory Device
Array Handle: 0x000B
Error Information Handle: No Error
Total Width: 8 bits
Data Width: 8 bits
Size: 8192 MB
Form Factor: SODIMM
Set: None
Locator: ChannelA-DIMM1
Bank Locator: BANK 1
Type: DDR3
Type Detail: Synchronous
Speed: 1600 MT/s
Manufacturer: Kingston
Serial Number: 17499889
Asset Tag: 9876543210
Part Number: D3L16D28MP-8G-ACER
Rank: Unknown
Configured Clock Speed: 1600 MT/s
Minimum Voltage: Unknown
Maximum Voltage: Unknown
Configured Voltage: Unknown
Handle 0x000D, DMI type 19, 31 bytes
Memory Array Mapped Address
Starting Address: 0x00000000000
Ending Address: 0x001FFFFFFFF
Range Size: 8 GB
Physical Array Handle: 0x000B
Partition Width: 4
Handle 0x000E, DMI type 20, 35 bytes
Memory Device Mapped Address
Starting Address: 0x00000000000
Ending Address: 0x001FFFFFFFF
Range Size: 8 GB
Physical Device Handle: 0x0000
Memory Array Mapped Address Handle: 0x000D
Partition Row Position: Unknown
Interleave Position: 2
Interleaved Data Depth: 1
Handle 0x000F, DMI type 131, 64 bytes
OEM-specific Type
Header and Data:
83 40 0F 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00
00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00
00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00
00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 76 50 72 6F 00 00 00 00
Handle 0x0010, DMI type 170, 82 bytes
Acer Hotkey Function
Function bitmap for Communication Button: 0x0801
WiFi: Yes
3G: No
WiMAX: No
Bluetooth: Yes
Function bitmap for Application Button: 0x0000
Function bitmap for Media Button: 0x007f
Function bitmap for Display Button: 0x000f
Function bitmap for Others Button: 0x0006
Communication Function Key Number: 3
Handle 0x0011, DMI type 171, 49 bytes
OEM-specific Type
Header and Data:
AB 31 11 00 03 DA 0B 29 01 04 F2 04 7F B4 08 87
80 A7 0A 01 86 80 85 5A 02 EC 10 68 81 05 86 80
98 5A 07 86 80 FB 24 0D 00 00 00 00 11 00 00 00
00
Handle 0x0012, DMI type 172, 27 bytes
OEM-specific Type
Header and Data:
AC 1B 12 00 02 2A 01 FF 00 02 01 00 03 FF 00 04
01 00 05 FF 00 06 FF 00 07 FF 00
Handle 0x0013, DMI type 248, 11 bytes
OEM-specific Type
Header and Data:
F8 0B 13 00 00 02 6C 00 00 00 00
Handle 0xFEFF, DMI type 127, 4 bytes
End Of Table