Stuck at GRUB menu after enabling Secure Boot (Dualboot)

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Hello,
I am very new to Linux. I have tried Ubuntu & Mint before and used Arch Linux alongside Windows 11 for a little while. On Arch Linux, I successfully enabled
secure boot with GRUB with the help of Assisted process with sbctl.
But after I switched to Garuda and dual-booted it alongside Windows 11, I tried the same method to set up secure boot with GRUB. But after enabling secure boot, when I choose Garuda on the GRUB menu, it returns back to the GRUB menu and doesn’t boot into Garuda.

I am very new to Linux and still learning my way through it. So, if I have to include any other information, please let me know.

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Go through this:
short: Secureboot - #3 by stefanwimmer128
in detail: Secure Boot Guide

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I have tried this exact method, but in the last step when I enable secure boot, then the problem starts. GRUB menu gets into sort of a loop when I choose to boot into Garuda. It keeps coming back to the GRUB menu again and again.

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I think Secure Boot is just a tool from M$ to exclude foreign operating systems that might be insecure. But nothing is more insecure than M$ itself, which is now, like Apple, discontinuing support for older hardware and its own operating system. Even Win11 home is out now, if I understand correctly.

So they only want our best, our money.

BTW, on my notebooks is secure boot off and M$ works, time to remove it, there are no more MB/BIOS updates on the line. :smiley:

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I wouldn’t have bothered with secured boot either, but some apps and games on windows like VALORANT requieres secure boot to be enabled. This is why I am trying to enable secure boot with GRUB.

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Just disable secure boot and make sure you can still get into Garuda, you can always just re-enable it to boot into Windows.

Also post your garuda-inxi

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Yes, I have been getting into Garuda by disabling secure boot. I just wanted to skip this extra step every time I want to play Valorant, that’s it.

My garuda-inxi:

System:
Kernel: 6.12.9-zen1-1-zen arch: x86_64 bits: 64 compiler: gcc v: 14.2.1
clocksource: tsc avail: acpi_pm
parameters: BOOT_IMAGE=/@/boot/vmlinuz-linux-zen
root=UUID=cdc54cc9-b45c-450b-8eee-5e6ad0b5eb6e rw rootflags=subvol=@
quiet loglevel=3 ibt=off
Desktop: KDE Plasma v: 6.2.5 tk: Qt v: N/A wm: kwin_wayland dm: SDDM
Distro: Garuda base: Arch Linux
Machine:
Type: Laptop System: LENOVO product: 83DV v: LOQ 15IRX9 serial: <filter>
Chassis: type: 10 v: LOQ 15IRX9 serial: <filter>
Mobo: LENOVO model: LNVNB161216 v: SDK0T76485 WIN serial: <filter>
part-nu: LENOVO_MT_83DV_BU_idea_FM_LOQ 15IRX9
uuid: 40fbe80c-faed-11ee-a4f6-40c2ba4a2dd6 UEFI: LENOVO v: NECN34WW
date: 04/10/2024
Battery:
ID-1: BAT1 charge: 48.6 Wh (78.4%) condition: 62.0/60.0 Wh (103.3%)
volts: 16.3 min: 15.4 model: Sunwoda L23D4PK4 type: Li-poly serial: <filter>
status: not charging cycles: 13
CPU:
Info: model: 13th Gen Intel Core i7-13650HX socket: LGA1700 (U3E1)
note: check bits: 64 type: MST AMCP arch: Raptor Lake gen: core 13 level: v3
note: check built: 2022+ process: Intel 7 (10nm) family: 6
model-id: 0xB7 (183) stepping: 1 microcode: 0x12B
Topology: cpus: 1x dies: 1 clusters: 8 cores: 14 threads: 20 mt: 6 tpc: 2
st: 8 smt: enabled cache: L1: 1.2 MiB desc: d-8x32 KiB, 6x48 KiB; i-6x32
KiB, 8x64 KiB L2: 11.5 MiB desc: 6x1.2 MiB, 2x2 MiB L3: 24 MiB
desc: 1x24 MiB
Speed (MHz): avg: 800 min/max: 800/4700:4900:3600 base/boost: 2574/8500
scaling: driver: intel_pstate governor: powersave volts: 0.9 V
ext-clock: 100 MHz cores: 1: 800 2: 800 3: 800 4: 800 5: 800 6: 800 7: 800
8: 800 9: 800 10: 800 11: 800 12: 800 13: 800 14: 800 15: 800 16: 800
17: 800 18: 800 19: 800 20: 800 bogomips: 112127
Flags: avx avx2 ht lm nx pae sse sse2 sse3 sse4_1 sse4_2 ssse3 vmx
Vulnerabilities: <filter>
Graphics:
Device-1: Intel Raptor Lake-S UHD Graphics vendor: Lenovo driver: i915
v: kernel alternate: xe arch: Gen-13 process: Intel 7 (10nm) built: 2022+
ports: active: eDP-2 empty: DP-2, DP-3, HDMI-A-2, HDMI-A-3, HDMI-A-4,
HDMI-A-5 bus-ID: 00:02.0 chip-ID: 8086:a78b class-ID: 0300
Device-2: NVIDIA AD107M [GeForce RTX 4050 Max-Q / Mobile] vendor: Lenovo
driver: nvidia v: 565.77 alternate: nouveau,nvidia_drm non-free: 550.xx+
status: current (as of 2024-09) arch: Lovelace code: AD1xx
process: TSMC n4 (5nm) built: 2022+ pcie: gen: 4 speed: 16 GT/s lanes: 8
ports: active: none empty: DP-1,HDMI-A-1,eDP-1 bus-ID: 01:00.0
chip-ID: 10de:28e1 class-ID: 0300
Device-3: Chicony Integrated Camera driver: uvcvideo type: USB rev: 2.0
speed: 480 Mb/s lanes: 1 mode: 2.0 bus-ID: 1-6:2 chip-ID: 04f2:b7ec
class-ID: fe01 serial: <filter>
Display: unspecified server: X.Org v: 24.1.4 with: Xwayland v: 24.1.4
compositor: kwin_wayland driver: X: loaded: modesetting,nvidia
unloaded: nouveau alternate: fbdev,intel,nv,vesa dri: iris gpu: i915
display-ID: :1 screens: 1
Screen-1: 0 s-res: 1920x1080 s-dpi: 96 s-size: 508x286mm (20.00x11.26")
s-diag: 583mm (22.95")
Monitor-1: eDP-2 model: AU Optronics 0x7ead serial: <filter> built: 2023
res: 1920x1080 hz: 144 dpi: 142 gamma: 1.2 size: 344x193mm (13.54x7.6")
diag: 394mm (15.5") ratio: 16:9 modes: 1920x1080
API: EGL v: 1.5 hw: drv: intel iris drv: nvidia platforms: device: 0
drv: nvidia gbm: drv: nvidia surfaceless: drv: nvidia x11: drv: iris
inactive: wayland
API: OpenGL v: 4.6.0 compat-v: 4.6 vendor: intel mesa v: 24.3.3-arch1.1
glx-v: 1.4 direct-render: yes renderer: Mesa Intel Graphics (RPL-S)
device-ID: 8086:a78b memory: 7.48 GiB unified: yes
API: Vulkan v: 1.4.303 layers: 5 device: 0 type: integrated-gpu
name: Intel Graphics (RPL-S) driver: N/A device-ID: 8086:a78b
surfaces: xcb,xlib device: 1 type: discrete-gpu name: NVIDIA GeForce RTX
4050 Laptop GPU driver: N/A device-ID: 10de:28e1 surfaces: xcb,xlib
device: 2 type: cpu name: llvmpipe (LLVM 18.1.8 256 bits) driver: N/A
device-ID: 10005:0000 surfaces: xcb,xlib
Audio:
Device-1: Intel Raptor Lake High Definition Audio vendor: Lenovo
driver: snd_hda_intel v: kernel alternate: snd_soc_avs,snd_sof_pci_intel_tgl
bus-ID: 00:1f.3 chip-ID: 8086:7a50 class-ID: 0401
Device-2: NVIDIA AD107 High Definition Audio vendor: Lenovo
driver: snd_hda_intel v: kernel pcie: gen: 4 speed: 16 GT/s lanes: 8
bus-ID: 01:00.1 chip-ID: 10de:22be class-ID: 0403
API: ALSA v: k6.12.9-zen1-1-zen status: kernel-api tools: N/A
Server-1: PipeWire v: 1.2.7 status: n/a (root, process) with:
1: pipewire-pulse status: active 2: wireplumber status: active
3: pipewire-alsa type: plugin 4: pw-jack type: plugin
tools: pactl,pw-cat,pw-cli,wpctl
Network:
Device-1: Intel Raptor Lake-S PCH CNVi WiFi driver: iwlwifi v: kernel
bus-ID: 00:14.3 chip-ID: 8086:7a70 class-ID: 0280
IF: wlp0s20f3 state: down mac: <filter>
Device-2: Realtek RTL8111/8168/8211/8411 PCI Express Gigabit Ethernet
vendor: Lenovo driver: r8169 v: kernel pcie: gen: 1 speed: 2.5 GT/s lanes: 1
port: 3000 bus-ID: 07:00.0 chip-ID: 10ec:8168 class-ID: 0200
IF: enp7s0 state: up speed: 100 Mbps duplex: full mac: <filter>
Info: services: NetworkManager, systemd-timesyncd, wpa_supplicant
Bluetooth:
Device-1: Intel AX201 Bluetooth driver: btusb v: 0.8 type: USB rev: 2.0
speed: 12 Mb/s lanes: 1 mode: 1.1 bus-ID: 1-14:5 chip-ID: 8087:0026
class-ID: e001
Report: btmgmt ID: hci0 rfk-id: 2 state: up address: <filter> bt-v: 5.2
lmp-v: 11 status: discoverable: no pairing: no class-ID: 6c010c
Drives:
Local Storage: total: 476.94 GiB used: 11.3 GiB (2.4%)
ID-1: /dev/nvme0n1 maj-min: 259:0 vendor: SK Hynix model: HFS512GEJ4X112N
size: 476.94 GiB block-size: physical: 512 B logical: 512 B speed: 63.2 Gb/s
lanes: 4 tech: SSD serial: <filter> fw-rev: 51040C31 temp: 27.9 C
scheme: GPT
SMART: yes health: PASSED on: 35d 19h cycles: 488
read-units: 31,863,806 [16.3 TB] written-units: 17,875,966 [9.15 TB]
Partition:
ID-1: / raw-size: 65.43 GiB size: 65.43 GiB (100.00%)
used: 11.25 GiB (17.2%) fs: btrfs block-size: 4096 B dev: /dev/nvme0n1p4
maj-min: 259:4
ID-2: /boot/efi raw-size: 260 MiB size: 256 MiB (98.46%)
used: 43.9 MiB (17.2%) fs: vfat block-size: 512 B dev: /dev/nvme0n1p1
maj-min: 259:1
ID-3: /home raw-size: 65.43 GiB size: 65.43 GiB (100.00%)
used: 11.25 GiB (17.2%) fs: btrfs block-size: 4096 B dev: /dev/nvme0n1p4
maj-min: 259:4
ID-4: /var/log raw-size: 65.43 GiB size: 65.43 GiB (100.00%)
used: 11.25 GiB (17.2%) fs: btrfs block-size: 4096 B dev: /dev/nvme0n1p4
maj-min: 259:4
ID-5: /var/tmp raw-size: 65.43 GiB size: 65.43 GiB (100.00%)
used: 11.25 GiB (17.2%) fs: btrfs block-size: 4096 B dev: /dev/nvme0n1p4
maj-min: 259:4
Swap:
Kernel: swappiness: 133 (default 60) cache-pressure: 100 (default) zswap: no
ID-1: swap-1 type: zram size: 15.33 GiB used: 0 KiB (0.0%) priority: 100
comp: zstd avail: lzo-rle,lzo,lz4,lz4hc,deflate,842 max-streams: 20
dev: /dev/zram0
Sensors:
System Temperatures: cpu: 31.8 C mobo: N/A
Fan Speeds (rpm): N/A
Info:
Memory: total: 16 GiB available: 15.33 GiB used: 3.59 GiB (23.4%)
igpu: 60 MiB
Processes: 447 Power: uptime: 1m states: freeze,mem,disk suspend: deep
avail: s2idle wakeups: 0 hibernate: platform avail: shutdown, reboot,
suspend, test_resume image: 6.08 GiB services: org_kde_powerdevil,
power-profiles-daemon, upowerd Init: systemd v: 257 default: graphical
tool: systemctl
Packages: 1344 pm: pacman pkgs: 1337 libs: 378 tools: octopi,paru,yay
pm: flatpak pkgs: 7 Compilers: gcc: 14.2.1 Shell: garuda-inxi (sudo)
default: Bash v: 5.2.37 running-in: konsole inxi: 3.3.36
Garuda (2.6.26-1.1):
System install date:     2025-01-12
Last full system update: 2025-01-12
Is partially upgraded:   Yes
Relevant software:       snapper NetworkManager dracut nvidia-dkms
Windows dual boot:       Yes
Failed units:
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