Bug#922770: lvfs: GRUB disappeared after Thinkpad T480s firmware update
Control: severity -1 normal
On Wed, Feb 20, 2019 at 02:16:20PM +0100, Alejandro Sanchez wrote:
>Package: fwupd
>Version: 1.1.4-1
>Severity: critical
>File: lvfs
>Justification: breaks the whole system
>
>Dear Maintainer,
>
>The Software Update manager popped up a message for a Thinkpad T480s firmware
>update. I proceeded with the Install & Reboot, and after the update finished
>and laptop restarted, GRUB completely disappeared. Then I had to follow the
>instructions in the following page to reinstall grub:
>
>https://wiki.debian.org/GrubEFIReinstall
>
>I can't find any references to 'fw' and/or 'lvfs' in either:
>
>/var/log/apt/history.log
>
>or
>
>/var/log/apt/term.log
>
>but I believe that the Firmware update was this one:
>
>https://fwupd.org/lvfs/device/ebfe8df8-dee7-4692-a721-cbcf5095c5cf
>
>Lenovo ThinkPad T480s System Firmware Version 1.29.
This isn't a bug in fwupd, it's a problem with the Lenovo firmware
throwing away boot entries on upgrade. There's very little we can do
about that. :-/
--
Steve McIntyre, Cambridge, UK. steve@einval.com
< sladen> I actually stayed in a hotel and arrived to find a post-it
note stuck to the mini-bar saying "Paul: This fridge and
fittings are the correct way around and do not need altering"
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