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Bypassing Secure Boot without disabling it

I've tried archboot, but no luck as I was stuck due to the plymouth missing. Now I want to try to install arch or nixos alongside Win 11. The problem lies in secure boot. I don't have spare linux to ...
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How can I use unified kernel images with Ubuntu and Debian?

I would like to use unified kernel images (UKIs) and systemd-boot to take advantage of some of the hardware security features it provides (such as measured boot and real secure boot). I think that the ...
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Why does the kernel reject my self signed module on a secure boot system?

I have a secure boot enabled linux on an Intel NUC. It uses a special distribution (Balena IoT) that doesn't use shim and has only this distribution's keys enrolled (no Microsoft keys). For a test, I ...
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How to get minimal vendor information about the TPM chip installed in my laptop

How do I get some minimal information about the TPM chip in my Linux laptop? Information such as the manufacturer, manufacturer id, manufacturer version. So far I have tried the tpm2_getcap command to ...
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LUKS encryption using passphrase + TPM

I have questions about secure boot and TPMs and I couldn’t find precise answers on the web, so I’m hoping someone skilled in this domain will be able to answer. In a case of an evil maid attack, what ...
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Why can Debian 11 no longer load after Windows 10 changed motherboard state?

Note that this question is not a duplicate of the typical dual-boot questions, because I never have the Windows-HDD and Linux-SSD at once in the PC, so they cannot touch each other's (efi) partitions. ...
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Is disabling secureboot that bad?

I want to sometimes use Linux, sometimes windows. I found out that, Puppy Linux is small, I can install it on a USB. But the problem is, if I click on my USB in the boot menu, I have to disable secure ...
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PC not booting after enabling secureboot in Linux

I tried to Multiboot my Laptop with secureboot enabled, I installed fedora on one SSD and had Windows 11 on the other one. Then I generated a new key for the UEFI. I enabled secureboot in the UEFI ...
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Is it possible to "go back" to grub after booting linux

I am trying to enable secureboot so I can forget about it when switching between windows and linux through dualboot. However, grubs newer versions don't allow mods to be inserted after boot, so I need ...
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Aptio 2.22 @Asus PN52 - how to enable boot from usb stick and install Linux?

I am trying to install Linux Mint 20.3 from USB stick on my new Asus PN52. USB stick was made with UNetbootin on Linux Mint 19. USB drive and internal NVMe disk - operating system destination - are ...
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How to disable secure boot without entering UEFI?

My problem is secure boot. I am trying to boot into Linux using a USB but most distros won't work with secure boot, I already know secure boot can be disabled in the UEFI settings, and I know how to ...
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Trying to Disable Secure Boot

I am trying to disable Secure Boot in my Linux Mint OS. My laptop is an Acer Aspire 5. The problem is I can use the arrow keys on all BIOS menus, except Security and Boot. When I navigate to the ...
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Kernel lockdown disallows loading of an self-compiled and self-signed in-tree kernel module

I'm having difficulties loading a kernel module that I myself compiled and signed for Secure Boot. The module in question is ec_sys, located within drivers/acpi directory of the kernel tree. I'm using ...
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Is it possible to customize an Ubuntu or Debian live system while keeping the secure boot (microsoft keys) compatibility?

I would like to create a customized live system of either ubuntu or debian while keeping it compatible with the microsoft secure-boot keys, allowing computers to boot this live-system without fiddling ...
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Cause for EFI Signature Change on PopOS Linux

I have a system with popos 21.10 installed. I had added the vmlinuz.efi signature to the secure boot list. Today I tried to boot the system after a week idle and it gave me an error saying the ...
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