I'm running 20.04 and got the alert there was a FW update pending, so I ran it but it's failing:
➜ sudo fwupdmgr update --force -y
Upgrade available for Thunderbolt controller in Dell dock from 40.00 to 43.00
Downloading 43.00 for Thunderbolt controller in Dell dock...
Decompressing… [***************************************]
Authenticating… [***************************************]
Updating Thunderbolt controller in Dell dock… ]
Writing… [***************************************]
could not start thunderbolt device upgrade: could not write to 'nvm_authenticate': Input/output error
I'm running 20.04 and got the alert there was a FW update pending, so I ran it but it's failing:
➜ sudo fwupdmgr update --force -y ******* ******* ******* ******* *****] ******* ******* ******* ******* *****] ******* ******* ******* ******* *****]
Upgrade available for Thunderbolt controller in Dell dock from 40.00 to 43.00
Downloading 43.00 for Thunderbolt controller in Dell dock...
Decompressing… [******
Authenticating… [******
Updating Thunderbolt controller in Dell dock… ]
Writing… [******
could not start thunderbolt device upgrade: could not write to 'nvm_authenticate': Input/output error
I have also logged this against upstream fwupd, but haven't got anywhere as yet (good for reference though): https:/ /github. com/fwupd/ fwupd/issues/ 2689