Bug#968997: fwupdmgr: "Successfully" updates BIOS firmware, no effect on reboot

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Subject: Bug#968997: fwupdmgr: "Successfully" updates BIOS firmware, no effect on reboot
From: Adi Kriegisch <adi@kriegisch.at>
Date: Tue, 2 Mar 2021 21:45:12 +0100
Message-id: <[🔎] 20210302204505.GA10534@kriegisch.at>
Reply-to: Adi Kriegisch <adi@kriegisch.at>, 968997@bugs.debian.org
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Hi!

I had the same issue with my Thinkpad and found the culprit:
Besides the obvious settings (allow user updates and the like), one needs
to disable "boot order locked" in the boot settings of the bios.

best regards,
    Adi Kriegisch

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