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Unable to install Dell firmware upgrade

I'm running a Dell desktop with Ubuntu Studio 22.04 installed as a fresh install. For about a month or so, I've seen a notification in the upgrader for a Dell firmware update. However, it does not ...
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What is necessary to update the Raspberry PI firmware on a system running Ubuntu 22.04 arm64 on a Raspberry Pi 4B 8GB

I have a feeling many will believe this answer is obvious; I am reaching the conclusion that the following will probably get the Raspberry Pi firmware update done for Ubuntu 22.04. Even moreso when I ...
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How to get notified about firmware upgrades?

I'm lucky enough to have found a laptop that can use the Linux firmware updating software (fwupdmgr). This is a Dell Latitude 5510, which according to the Linux-friendly salesperson is even certified ...
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Software Update slows to crawl when upgrading linux-firmware

I have a laptop which over the years I have upgraded from Ubuntu 14.04 LTS to 20.04. I tend to run Software Updater within minutes of receiving notification. Usually this process takes about 5 ...
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Why can't I upgrade firmware on my Thinkpad after upgrade from 20.04 to 20.10?

I upgraded my Thinkpad laptop from Ubuntu 20.04 to 20.10. All went well. However, there's now firmware updates available but when I try to apply them I get an error saying: Unable to update "...
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apt-get upgrade returns with errors

I could not find a solution to my problem, so decided to ask. When I run sudo apt-get upgrade - I get errors concerning the linux-firmware and initramfs-tools Could you help me please? Here is what I ...
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issues updating firmware using fwupdmgr update

I am using ubuntu 18 with a pc (asus motherboard) and trying to update the firmware using this After starting the service using those commands nothing happens sudo apt update && sudo apt ...
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help! W: Possible missing firmware /lib/firmware/i915/kbl_guc_ver9

I would like to know what this means and how it can be solved. I ran the following lines: sudo apt-get update sudo apt-get install Reading package lists... Done Building dependency tree ...
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WARNING: missing /lib/modules/4.4.0-59-generic - during apt-get upgrade - how to fix? [duplicate]

followed by: Ensure all necessary drivers are built into the linux image! depmod: ERROR: could not open directory /lib/modules/4.4.0-59-generic: No such file or directory depmod: FATAL: could not ...
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Firmware will not update

sudo apt-get upgrade Reading package lists... Done Building dependency tree Reading state information... Done Calculating upgrade... Done The following packages will be upgraded: linux-...
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Where to find new firmware upgrades application on GNOME 3.18

I have just upgraded to Ubuntu GNOME 15.10 with GNOME 3.18, and I read here that there is a new firmware upgrades application, but I can't seem to find it anywhere, so how do I find it? I have ...
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How to do firmware updates/upgrades to a Blackberry

I have several clients/friends that have Blackberry and wish to update their phone but without installing Windows. Any windows. Just doing it from Ubuntu. How can this be done. The update the mention ...
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