Ubuntu 20.04 stuck on "EFI stub: UEFI Secure Boot is enabled."
I recently upgraded to Ubuntu 20.04. Everything worked fine. Two days ago my laptop would boot and get stuck on a black (dark purple) screen. I fixed this by changing the boot parameters, replacing "quiet splash" with "nomodeset" like my google search suggested. This worked. Now for some reason today this fix would lead to a black screen reading
"EFI stub: UEFI Secure Boot is enabled."
and nothing happening.
In BIOS I can't disable Secure Boot. (The option is there but I can't "enter" that field so to speak.)
I now disabled fast boot and which led me to the GRUB command line and I could boot. Then I restarted AGAIN and I got stuck on "EFI stub: UEFI Secure Boot is enabled." again. After enabling fast boot again, I could boot again.
machine ASUS UX303UA.202 What other information could I provide?
Any help is greatly appreciated.
nomodeset
nomodeset only disables the video driver, and should only be used for troubleshooting. Update your video driver. Remember to change "nomodeset" back to "quiet splash".
Secure Boot
See the BIOS update.
fast boot/hibernation
- boot into Windows
- open the Power control panel
- choose
change what the power buttons do - choose
change options that are unavailable - uncheck
fast startup - close the Power control panel
- open an administrative command prompt window
- type
powercfg /h off - type
chkdsk /f c: - approve to run chkdsk at next reboot
- type
chkdsk /f x:(replacing "x" with drive letters of other visible NTFS partitions) - reboot into Windows to let chkdsk run on drive C:
BIOS
ASUS UX303UA
You have BIOS version 202.
There's a newer BIOS that might fix your problem. Version 302, dated 6/5/2019, can be downloaded here.
Note: Confirm that I have the correct web page for your model #.
Note: Have good backups before updating the BIOS.
Note: Disable Secure Boot after updating the BIOS.