Librem 15 recovery shell

Hardware Librem 13/15
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By default, the Librem Key’s admin PIN is 12345678.

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thank you. well now i just reset it. i restart it and it keeps taking me to recovery shell

says failed default boot

says “bad counter handle”

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Press any key to enter the PureBoot Boot Menu, access Options → Boot Options → Show OS Boot menu, select your reinstalled operating system, then set it as your default boot option within PureBoot.

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so i couldn’t find any new boots on boot menu so i just did the emergency start it doesn’t recommend and i’m now fine. but if i turn off and turn back on what will it do?

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I still do not know what you are referring to when you say “it”.

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the computer

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If you turn on the Librem 15, it will display PureBoot as usual.

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ok will check thx!

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so i restarted. went back to boot menu. says heads can’t generate the TOTP code. won’t let me generate a new totp code.
only way i can start is under boot options:
ignore tampering and force a boot

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That is expected behavior.

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so me forcing the boot eventually makes forcing the boot go away?

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No it does not.

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why did you say that was the expected behavior? thx

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PureBoot is designed to allow the user to (unsafely) boot even if tampering is detected.

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so what do i do to safely boot again?

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You can use my instructions in this post to reset the TOTP/HOTP and Librem Key:

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awesome! thx!

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i did everything. reset. took me to new TOTP. then interface asked me for librem admin.
i typed 12345678
said error. then wouldn’t reset totp

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Redo the entire process again with the Librem Key inserted into your Librem 15, then if you encounter any issue(s), explicitly mention which step(s) you experienced them on.

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thank you.

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