I had an odd and frustrating experience when trying to install Linux Mint, and I’m going to cover the sequence of events, and the steps I took to remediate it.
Which Linux distro are you using? Mint
Which release version? 22.2
Which kernel are you using? N/A
Which BIOS version are you using? LFSP0.03.2
Which Framework Desktop model are you using? AMD Ryzen™ AI Max 300 Series
I was able to boot the Linux Mint installer once, but as soon as it got to the option to install codecs and third party drivers it failed with an error. I did not write the error down, and opted to try again.
However, it would no longer boot.
Instead, every time I try to boot any Mint install drive I get the following message:
Failed to open \EFI\BOOT\mmx64.efi - Not Found
Failed to load image \EFI\BOOT\mmx64.efi: Not Found
Failed to start MokManager: Not Fond
Something has gone seriously wrong: import_mok_state() failed
I tried disabling secureboot, factory resetting secureboot, clearing the CMOS, trying different thumb drives, trying different versions of the Mint ISO, trying both Rufus in various modes and Balena, etc…
At that point I attempted to install Ubuntu, which worked flawlessly.
As I don’t much care for Ubuntu I resumed attempting to install Mint, and was immediately successful at both booting from the Mint thumb drive and installing Mint.
My issue is now resolved, but I would like to know if anybody has any idea what happened here.