Ubuntu patches make applying firmware updates not possible
Affects | Status | Importance | Assigned to | Milestone | |
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casper (Ubuntu) |
Fix Released
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Undecided
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Mario Limonciello | ||
gnome-software (Ubuntu) |
Fix Released
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High
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William Hua |
Bug Description
gnome software version: 3.20.1~
fwupd version: 0.7.0-0ubuntu3
Now that the firmware support has been applied, I've noticed that there are some differences of behavior from upstream gnome-software without Ubuntu patches to that with the Ubuntu patches applied.
I've staged a system with firmware updates available on LVFS (XPS 9350). After trying to do an update I've noticed two specific problems.
1) The metadata for firmware updates doesn't refresh in the background. As a user you need to manually go over to the Updates tab and hit the refresh button. I may be wrong, but I believe that's caused by:
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2) Hitting the refresh button gets the firmware update to download and cache in the background but the button to install it is missing. Normally this button is on the Updates tab. I believe that's caused by this:
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Here is a screenshot showing what the updates tab looks like after hitting the refresh button.
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Related branches
Changed in gnome-software (Ubuntu): | |
importance: | Undecided → High |
Changed in gnome-software (Ubuntu): | |
assignee: | nobody → William Hua (attente) |
status: | New → In Progress |
Also FWIW there is a handler for double clicking .cab files that had been manually downloaded. I took the file that was downloaded from the manual refresh run and opened it in gnome-software.
That actually works properly (aside from https:/ /bugs.launchpad .net/ubuntu/ +source/ desktop- file-utils/ +bug/1565873)