Bug#1007903: error message in logs inconclusive
Package: fwupd
Version: 1.7.6-1
Severity: normal
Hi,
on my Thinkpad X260, fwupd-refresh.service fails, leaving the following
journal:
[3/4996]mh@drop:~ $ sudo systemctl status fwupd-refresh.service | cat
× fwupd-refresh.service - Refresh fwupd metadata and update motd
Loaded: loaded (/lib/systemd/system/fwupd-refresh.service; static)
Active: failed (Result: exit-code) since Fri 2022-03-18 11:53:12 CET; 2min 16s ago
TriggeredBy: ● fwupd-refresh.timer
Docs: man:fwupdmgr(1)
Process: 147477 ExecStart=/usr/bin/fwupdmgr refresh (code=exited, status=1/FAILURE)
Main PID: 147477 (code=exited, status=1/FAILURE)
CPU: 51ms
Mär 18 11:53:12 drop systemd[1]: Starting Refresh fwupd metadata and update motd...
Mär 18 11:53:12 drop systemd[1]: fwupd-refresh.service: Main process exited, code=exited, status=1/FAILURE
Mär 18 11:53:12 drop systemd[1]: fwupd-refresh.service: Failed with result 'exit-code'.
Mär 18 11:53:12 drop systemd[1]: Failed to start Refresh fwupd metadata and update motd.
[4/4997]mh@drop:~ $
This is not helpful.
Judging from looking at the unit, I called up fwupdmgr manually:
[5/4998]mh@drop:~ $ sudo /usr/bin/fwupdmgr refresh
WARNING: UEFI firmware can not be updated in legacy BIOS mode
See https://github.com/fwupd/fwupd/wiki/PluginFlag:legacy-bios for more information.
Firmware metadata last refresh: 3 minutes ago. Use --force to refresh again.
2 [6/4999]mh@drop:~ $
I'd have expected to see this in the journal.
Greetings
Marc
-- System Information:
Debian Release: bookworm/sid
APT prefers unstable-debug
APT policy: (500, 'unstable-debug'), (500, 'unstable')
Architecture: amd64 (x86_64)
Foreign Architectures: i386
Kernel: Linux 5.16.15-zgws1 (SMP w/4 CPU threads; PREEMPT)
Kernel taint flags: TAINT_OOT_MODULE
Locale: LANG=de_DE.utf8, LC_CTYPE=de_DE.utf8 (charmap=UTF-8), LANGUAGE=en
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/dash
Init: systemd (via /run/systemd/system)
Versions of packages fwupd depends on:
ii libc6 2.33-7
ii libcurl3-gnutls 7.82.0-1+b1
ii libefiboot1 37-6
ii libflashrom1 1.2-5
ii libfwupd2 1.7.6-1
ii libfwupdplugin5 1.7.6-1
ii libglib2.0-0 2.70.4-1
ii libgnutls30 3.7.3-4+b1
ii libgudev-1.0-0 237-2
ii libgusb2 0.3.10-1
ii libjcat1 0.1.9-1
ii libjson-glib-1.0-0 1.6.6-1
ii libmbim-glib4 1.26.2-1
ii libmbim-proxy 1.26.2-1
ii libmm-glib0 1.18.6-2
ii libpolkit-gobject-1-0 0.105-33
ii libprotobuf-c1 1.3.3-1+b2
ii libqmi-glib5 1.30.4-2
ii libqmi-proxy 1.30.4-2
ii libsmbios-c2 2.4.3-1
ii libsqlite3-0 3.38.1-1
ii libsystemd0 250.4-1
ii libtss2-esys-3.0.2-0 3.1.0-3
ii libxmlb2 0.3.6-2
ii shared-mime-info 2.1-2
Versions of packages fwupd recommends:
pn bolt <none>
ii dbus 1.14.0-1
pn fwupd-signed <none>
ii python3 3.9.8-1
pn secureboot-db <none>
ii udisks2 2.9.4-1
Versions of packages fwupd suggests:
pn gir1.2-fwupd-2.0 <none>
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