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Mint Cinnamon "Import_mok_state() failed" (Solved) (lemmy.world)

submitted 5 days ago* (last edited 5 days ago) by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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So following on from my last post I'v now tried again, this time using Rufus to make my boot USB rather than balena etcher which despite being reccomended is apparently problematic. I also downloaded and verified a fresh install of the cinnamon ISO.

Result is uh....

Failed to open \EFI\BOOT\mmx64.efi - Not Found
Failed to load image (windows symbol): Not Found
Failed to start MokManager: Not Found
Something has gone seriously wrong: import_mok_state() failed: Not Found

This happens when trying to boot from the USB so its actually worse than last time where the demo environment worked but it kept crashing on attempting a proper setup.

PC in question is a small notebook with no discreet GPU to speak of (Intel integrated graphics) that I've been hoping to use as a testbed before comiting to Linux on my main PC.___

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[–] [email protected] 4 points 5 days ago (1 children)

I’m no expert, but that sounds like a UEFI/BIOS issue. Is your BIOS updated to the latest version? Could also be a secure boot issue. Maybe try turning secure boot off in the BIOS and see if it makes a difference.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 5 days ago* (last edited 5 days ago) (1 children)

No luck with secure boot, gonna see if I can find a bios update for this thing.
Edit: Aaaand Asus no longer offers bios updates for this model.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 5 days ago

Aww bummer. Sorry I don’t have any better advice :/

[–] [email protected] 3 points 5 days ago* (last edited 5 days ago) (1 children)

Sorry to link to reddit, but have you already tried the suggestions in this thread from a year ago: https://old.reddit.com/r/pop_os/comments/16tf1vl/something_has_gone_seriously_wrong_import_mok/ ?

Large (1920x9750, ~3MB) screenshot for posterity + those who absolutely do not want to access reddit at all: https://files.catbox.moe/mqsdxh.png

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I'd try the "copy \EFI\BOOT\grubx64.efi to EFI\BOOT\mmx64.efi" solution personally and see what happens. If that works, you might just have an obnoxious BIOS on that computer.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 5 days ago (1 children)

\EFI\BOOT\grubx64.efi

Can you tell me where to get this? The threads are all written by people who seem to assume the reader already knows what it is and the GNU GRUB website appears to be completely dead with none of the links or pages working except for the introduction one.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 5 days ago (1 children)

Should be on your install media. If I mount linuxmint-22.1-cinnamon-64bit.iso on my computer right now, I see:

EFI/boot/bootia32.efi
EFI/boot/bootx64.efi
EFI/boot/grubx64.efi

[–] [email protected] 5 points 5 days ago (1 children)

Thank you! this solved it and I am writing this comment from Linux.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 5 days ago

Nice! Glad I could help!