Hi,
Please find the mentioned details of the respective directories & their
permissions.
/lib/firmware: *drwxr-xr-x  90 root root 36864 Oct 14 22:58 firmware*
/lib/firmware/r128: *drwxr-xr-x  2 root root    4096 Oct 14 22:58 r128*
Same permission for */lib* as well.

On Sat, Oct 16, 2021 at 1:30 PM Juerg Haefliger <email address hidden>
wrote:

> Hrm. Is /lib a read-only mount? What are the file permissions of
> /lib/firmware and /lib/firmware/r128?
>
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> https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1947188
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> Title:
>   package linux-firmware 1.187.17 failed to install/upgrade: unable to
>   open '/lib/firmware/r128/r128_cce.bin.dpkg-new': Operation not
>   permitted
>
> Status in linux-firmware package in Ubuntu:
>   New
>
> Bug description:
>   this is encountered when I tried apt upgrade
>
>   ProblemType: Package
>   DistroRelease: Ubuntu 20.04
>   Package: linux-firmware 1.187.17
>   ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 5.11.0-37.41~20.04.2-generic 5.11.22
>   Uname: Linux 5.11.0-37-generic x86_64
>   ApportVersion: 2.20.11-0ubuntu27.20
>   Architecture: amd64
>   AudioDevicesInUse:
>    USER        PID ACCESS COMMAND
>    /dev/snd/controlC0:  kumaradepu   2858 F.... pulseaudio
>   CasperMD5CheckResult: skip
>   Date: Thu Oct 14 22:53:56 2021
>   Dependencies:
>
>   ErrorMessage: unable to open '/lib/firmware/r128/r128_cce.bin.dpkg-new':
> Operation not permitted
>   InstallationDate: Installed on 2021-09-24 (20 days ago)
>   InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 20.04.3 LTS "Focal Fossa" - Release amd64
> (20210819)
>   Lsusb:
>    Bus 002 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0003 Linux Foundation 3.0 root hub
>    Bus 001 Device 002: ID 0bda:5539 Realtek Semiconductor Corp.
> Integrated_Webcam_HD
>    Bus 001 Device 003: ID 0cf3:e007 Qualcomm Atheros Communications
>    Bus 001 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub
>   MachineType: Dell Inc. Latitude 5300
>   PackageArchitecture: all
>   ProcFB: 0 i915drmfb
>   ProcKernelCmdLine: BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-5.11.0-37-generic
> root=UUID=f7268264-7e38-446b-b987-ce6c36322ac6 ro quiet splash vt.handoff=7
>   PulseList: Error: command ['pacmd', 'list'] failed with exit code 1: No
> PulseAudio daemon running, or not running as session daemon.
>   Python3Details: /usr/bin/python3.8, Python 3.8.10, python3-minimal,
> 3.8.2-0ubuntu2
>   PythonDetails: /usr/bin/python3.8, Python 3.8.10, unpackaged
>   RelatedPackageVersions: grub-pc 2.04-1ubuntu26.13
>   SourcePackage: linux-firmware
>   Title: package linux-firmware 1.187.17 failed to install/upgrade: unable
> to open '/lib/firmware/r128/r128_cce.bin.dpkg-new': Operation not permitted
>   UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)
>   dmi.bios.date: 01/22/2021
>   dmi.bios.release: 1.13
>   dmi.bios.vendor: Dell Inc.
>   dmi.bios.version: 1.13.1
>   dmi.board.name: 0932VT
>   dmi.board.vendor: Dell Inc.
>   dmi.board.version: A00
>   dmi.chassis.type: 10
>   dmi.chassis.vendor: Dell Inc.
>   dmi.modalias:
> dmi:bvnDellInc.:bvr1.13.1:bd01/22/2021:br1.13:svnDellInc.:pnLatitude5300:pvr:sku08B7:rvnDellInc.:rn0932VT:rvrA00:cvnDellInc.:ct10:cvr:
>   dmi.product.family: Latitude
>   dmi.product.name: Latitude 5300
>   dmi.product.sku: 08B7
>   dmi.sys.vendor: Dell Inc.
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