Questions tagged [fwupd]
fwupd is a Linux utility meant for updating BIOS firmware on computers. It includes the fwupd daemon, the fwupdmgr utility, and the integration with the GNOME update tool.
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fwupd-refresh.service failed
I have VPS, and after checking systemctl, I noticed that my fwupd-refresh.service failed.
Can you explain the problem, and could you help to fix it?
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How to decrease the boot time
I have been checking some systemd-analyze outputs and I actually don't have a crucial problem with my boot time but just wondering whether I can decrease it further. I'd like to mention that I'm using ...
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Can't upgrade Logitech unify Firmware using fwupd
When I run the command to update the firmware it states to manually be put in update mode. I've searched for an explanation but can't find anything that helps.
# fwupdmgr -v update
Downloading RQR12....
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Unable to get a list of updates: remote lvfs has no cache signature
Ubuntu Software (aka Gnome Software) on Ubuntu 18.04 has started giving the error message:
Unable to get a list of updates: remote lvfs has no cache signature
This issue started recently and, based ...
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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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Kept back upgrade of fwupd
What's wrong now with fwupd? It was OK since May 1st, 2020 on newly installed Ubuntu 20.04
The following packages have been kept back:
fwupd
0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 1 not ...
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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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How to update fwupdmgr itself
I am trying to update my firmware on Ubuntu 18.04. When I try to see updates with
$ fwupdmgr get-updates
I see the following:
$ fwupdmgr get-updates
Not compatible with org.freedesktop.fwupd ...
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Is there a GUI for the tool fwupd (firmware updater) in Ubuntu GNOME?
In Ubuntu MATE 20.04 a Firmware Updater is integrated, it is a GTK front end for fwupd. And I wonder whether there is such thing for the Vanilla Ubuntu GNOME.
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I can not run `fwupdmgr` on my system
Whenever I try to run fwupdmgr on my system (either as root or a regular user), I receive the following error message:
Error calling StartServiceByName for org.freedesktop.fwupd: GDBus.Error:org....
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Why won't a firmware update install on my newly upgraded to 21.04 Thinkpad laptop?
The 'Ubuntu Software' application tells me me I have a firmware update available (screenshot below). I have installed many of those on this laptop without problems but this time when I click "...
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Cannot update Logitech Unifying Receiver (version of org.freedesktop.fwupd incorrect: failed predicate [0.9.2 ge 0.8.1])
There's security update for the Logitech Unifying Receiver (see Screenshot).
Clicking the button does nothing.
I came across this post https://ask.fedoraproject.org/en/question/109038/logitech-...
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Black screen + "Please wait while we install a system update"
A few moments ago I wanted to shut down my laptop and got the standard question whether I would like to install updates in the process. I checked the box and was very surprised to see my ThinkPad ...
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Lenovo firmware update fails with Error 105
I keep seeing that there are firmware updates pending on my Lenovo Thinkpad X1 Carbon 6th Gen running Kubuntu 21.10. When I install them either using the GUI or the command line fwupdmgr update and ...
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Firmware update daemon service hanging during 'software updater' execution
I have a Dell PowerEdge T330 that I purchased without any existing OS. I installed Ubuntu 18.04 LTS. When LivePatch used system updater to update the system for the first time it sets up a bunch of ...
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cannot start fwupd-refresh service
I have this service in a failed status on multiple ubuntu 20 and 22 servers, which is annoying because it's triggering warnings on my monitoring system.
I can't start the service, this is journalctl -...
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Understanding my /boot/efi/ tree
I am trying to debug an issue I have with fwupd, but first I want to understand what UEFI on my ThinkPad T470s is doing when I am trying to boot my Ubuntu 20.10.
This is what my /boot/efi contains:
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fwupd won't update Unifying receiver firmware
LVFS says there is a firmware update for my Logitech Unifying Receiver, RQR12.10_B0032 uploaded 2019-9-19 and rated high urgency.
Gnome Software does not find any firmware updates but running ...
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sof-audio-pci-intel-tgl driver: sound card not detected - DummyOutput in sound settings after broken firmware upgade: Failed to recover ME Firmware
I'm experiencing a sound issue on a Lenovo P15s laptop having Ubuntu 22.04.2**
There is actually no sound at all; the sound settings displaying a single "DummyOutput" entry:
I went trough ...
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fwupd service fails to start
For a while now I have a problem with fwupd.
Initially I noticed an error message every time I open Ubuntu Software.
The error reads "Error calling StartServiceByName for org.freedesktop.fwupd: ...
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fwupd does not detect my hardware
Dear helpful community
I have a StarLabTop that used to update from fwupdmgr GUI but since last update
fwupdmgr does not detect my hardware.
fwupdmgr get-devices returns:
"No hardware detected ...
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After attempting to update via 'ubuntu software' app my Dell docking station is extremely unreliable and connects/disconnects rapidly
After attempting to update via the GUI Ubuntu software app, my docking station is so unreliable I can't use it. It sometimes randomly works, I can't tell if there is a pattern for when.
When I plug in ...
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Ubuntu23.10 - fwupd Secure Boot dbx 371 Bricked my PC
I have 8 similar desktop PC's (FUJITSU FMVD3000RP) that are now used as Ubuntu 22.04 servers for internal training purposes.
We decided to try the latest version of Ubuntu, so updated one of them to ...
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Cannot update UEFI firmware on Dell Latitude 5401 with snap or fwupdmgr. Cannot find Latitude_5X01_Precision_3541_1.26.0.cab in archive
I am using:
Distributor ID: Ubuntu
Description: Ubuntu 22.04.3 LTS
Release: 22.04
Codename: jammy
starcat@normandy:~/Загрузки$ fwupdmgr --version
runtime org.freedesktop.fwupd 1.7.9
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Can Software Center see updates from the snap version of fwupd?
As per this answer, I have uninstalled fwupd and replaced it with the snap version. This made it possible to update Unifying peripherals, but now I wonder about the following.:
I am used to getting ...
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How can I turn off "Firmware update available" notifications on Ubuntu 23.10+?
I already tried turning them off under Settings > Notifications, with no avail. It still appears every 3 hours.
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Ubuntu 22.04.3 LTS : Failed to update on reboot
I have Ubuntu 22.04 on Lenovo ThinkPad T14 Gen2i. There was recent update that got installed, but while rebooting the battery died and I had to restart it again instead of letting the system boot ...
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fwupdmgr fails with "suitable port not found" error
I have a Lenovo T15 and fwupdmgr was working fine before. But now, it fails with the following error:
Devices with no available firmware updates:
• UEFI Device Firmware
• UEFI Device Firmware
• ...
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Firmware update on Dell Precision 5510 fails
Previous firmware updates have worked, but this latest one (1.17.0) is giving me issues.
In Discover, it first shows me a message about a checksum failure, but doesn't crash. Available updates ...
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FWUPD Dell XPS 13 9370
I have a Dell XPS 13 9370 with NVME SSD and I am running Ubuntu 18.10, GNOME 3.30.1.
I am running Firmware 1.6.3 and want to update to the recently released 1.7.3. Unfortunately fwupd doesn't ...
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Ubuntu 17.10 keyboard doesn't work on MacBook Air even after removing fwupd
I have a MacBook Air which I installed Ubuntu 16.04 and then upgraded to 17.10 (Gnome version) last week. However, since the upgrade, at the login screen the keyboard and trackpad does not work and I ...
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Firmware upgrades "fwupd" not working on Raspberry and MacBook Air 2014 - WARNING: UEFI capsule updates not available or enabled in firmware setup
I love to the idea of fwupd. But it's not working on both Ubuntu machines (Rasperry PI 5 and MacBook Air 2014).
I always get this error (all commands return the same error, fwupdmgr get-devices and ...
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Disable fwupd integration in KDE Discover
I'm running the 22.04 Kubuntu beta on an XPS 13 7390. I would like to disable fwupd, as an automatic Dell BIOS update bricked my laptop so badly last time that even the USB recovery wouldn't work. ...
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Unable to boot from a usb that contains Ubuntu 20.04.5 lts
I made a bootable USB using Ubuntu 20.04.5 while ago, and I didn't have any problems booting from it. But from two days ago, I couldn't boot from the USB. Other computers had no problems booting from ...
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Does updating firmware updates the bios in ubuntu 18?
I am using ubuntu 18 and wish to update both the firmware and the bios.
Does updating the firmware using this manual and this command
update the bios as well as the firmware?
sudo fwupdmgr update
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Fwupdmgr reports that update was done "not correctly" but the firmware seems to have updated succesfully
Has anyone experienced the following from fwupdmgr?
Basically, I used it to do a few updates.
fwupdmgr update
Everything seems successful and the version has changed in the BIOS. But after the reboot ...
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Ux Capsule is not appended with Firmware Capsule
In my Ubuntu 22.04 the kernel version of Ubuntu was v5.15.0. I updated the kernel version of Ubuntu to v5.16.0 or later by manual to check this issue. I found when the Ubuntu kernel was less than v5....
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Ubuntu Studio update will remove fwupd-signed; is this ok?
Ubuntu Studio 22.04.
System updater just said: "The following packages will be removed: fwupd-signed (1.44+1.2-3) in order to install (a whole ton of packages)."
I'll decline this for the ...
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Unable to update "Secure Boot dbx" : no volumes of type ... (It's a different problem here)
I've got a secure boot dbx update (78->217) waiting in my Ubuntu Software app. When I try to install it, I get this error message :
" Blocked executable in the ESP, ensure that grub and shim ...
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UEFI Firmware Update Failed (18.04 dual boot with Windows 7)
Thinkpad X1 Carbon 4th, Windows 7
I just set up a dual boot with 18.04, and some UEFI incompatibility put me in limbo between OSs; I had to "try ubuntu" and use boot repairfor it to recognize the ...
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How can I downgrade fwupdmgr in Ubuntu?
I am using Ubuntu 24.04 LTS and it has fwupdmgr version 1.19.6.
I have tried downgrading the fwupd tool. But none of it works.
Tried to remove the tool and reinstall using snap tool with the version I ...
