Re: Package identification
Hi,
It seems that "firmware-sof-signed" upgrade changed some uefi security settings not visible in settings screen.
Thank you for the help,
Wolf
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On Thursday, 10 July 2025 at 09:58, Thomas Schmitt <scdbackup@gmx.net> wrote:
> Hi,
>
> please reply to the list debian-user@lists.debian.org instead to
> me in private. (I'm subscribed there. No need to Cc: me.)
>
> Since i seem to be the only responder who send you a Cc: , i wanted
> to point you to the other answers to your initial mail in the list
> archives. But
> https://lists.debian.org/debian-user/
> does not deliver a page, although ping lists.debian.org works fine.
>
> Are alternative archive URLs known ? E.g. to USENET linux.debian.user ?
>
>
> The content of your in-private reply does not look like it is
> confidential. So i quote from it publicly.
>
> Wolf wrote:
>
> > I don't think it's a firmware problem: both the keyboard and the mouse are
> > working after boot.
>
>
> That's possibly because the Linux drivers perform some settings on
> the hardware. The boot firmware (EFI ?) and GRUB obviously don't do
> what is needed.
>
> > Recent history:
> > More than a month ago, keyboard become unusable after upgrade.
> > But, last week, an upgrade solved the problem:
> > ---------------------------------------------------------------
> > Start-Date: 2025-07-04 07:41:06
> > Commandline: apt upgrade
> > Requested-By: g (1000)
> > Upgrade: libvirt-common:amd64 (11.3.0-2, 11.3.0-3), libperl5.40:amd64
> > (5.40.1-3, 5.40.1-5), libvirt-daemon-driver-storage-logical:amd64 (11.3.0-2,
> > 11.3.0-3), libvirt-daemon-config-nwfilter:amd64 (11.3.0-2, 11.3.0-3),
> > libvirt-daemon-driver-xen:amd64 (11.3.0-2, 11.3.0-3), perl:amd64 (5.40.1-3,
> > 5.40.1-5), libvirt-daemon:amd64 (11.3.0-2, 11.3.0-3), ibus-gtk3:amd64
> > (1.5.32-1, 1.5.32-2), ibus-gtk4:amd64 (1.5.32-1, 1.5.32-2),
> > firefox-nightly:amd64 (142.0a1~20250702212902, 142.0a1~20250703203803),
> > python3-ibus-1.0:amd64 (1.5.32-1, 1.5.32-2),
> > libvirt-daemon-driver-storage-disk:amd64 (11.3.0-2, 11.3.0-3),
> > libvirt-daemon-plugin-lockd:amd64 (11.3.0-2, 11.3.0-3),
> > libvirt-daemon-driver-storage-iscsi:amd64 (11.3.0-2, 11.3.0-3),
> > libvirt-daemon-driver-nodedev:amd64 (11.3.0-2, 11.3.0-3),
> > grub-efi-amd64-unsigned:amd64 (2.12-8, 2.12-9), libvirt-daemon-lock:amd64
> > (11.3.0-2, 11.3.0-3), libvirt0:amd64 (11.3.0-2, 11.3.0-3),
> > grub-efi-amd64:amd64 (2.12-8, 2.12-9), libvirt-daemon-driver-nwfilter:amd64
> > (11.3.0-2, 11.3.0-3), libvirt-daemon-driver-vbox:amd64 (11.3.0-2, 11.3.0-3),
> > gir1.2-ibus-1.0:amd64 (1.5.32-1, 1.5.32-2), ibus-data:amd64 (1.5.32-1,
> > 1.5.32-2), libvirt-daemon-driver-qemu:amd64 (11.3.0-2, 11.3.0-3),
> > grub-efi-amd64-signed:amd64 (1+2.12+8, 1+2.12+9), libvirt-clients:amd64
> > (11.3.0-2, 11.3.0-3), libvirt-daemon-common:amd64 (11.3.0-2, 11.3.0-3),
> > anydesk:amd64 (7.0.0, 7.0.1), libvirt-daemon-log:amd64 (11.3.0-2, 11.3.0-3),
> > libvirt-daemon-driver-secret:amd64 (11.3.0-2, 11.3.0-3),
> > libvirt-daemon-config-network:amd64 (11.3.0-2, 11.3.0-3), libvirt-l10n:amd64
> > (11.3.0-2, 11.3.0-3), gnome-control-center-data:amd64 (1:48.2-2, 1:48.3-3),
> > libvirt-daemon-driver-interface:amd64 (11.3.0-2, 11.3.0-3),
> > grub-efi-amd64-bin:amd64 (2.12-8, 2.12-9), grub2-common:amd64 (2.12-8,
> > 2.12-9), plasma-nm:amd64 (4:6.3.4-1, 4:6.3.4-2), perl-base:amd64 (5.40.1-3,
> > 5.40.1-5), grub-common:amd64 (2.12-8, 2.12-9),
> > libvirt-daemon-driver-network:amd64 (11.3.0-2, 11.3.0-3), ibus-gtk:amd64
> > (1.5.32-1, 1.5.32-2), gnome-control-center:amd64 (1:48.2-2, 1:48.3-3),
> > ibus:amd64 (1.5.32-1, 1.5.32-2), libvirt-daemon-system:amd64 (11.3.0-2,
> > 11.3.0-3), perl-modules-5.40:amd64 (5.40.1-3, 5.40.1-5),
> > libvirt-daemon-driver-storage-mpath:amd64 (11.3.0-2, 11.3.0-3),
> > libibus-1.0-5:amd64 (1.5.32-1, 1.5.32-2),
> > libvirt-daemon-driver-storage-scsi:amd64 (11.3.0-2, 11.3.0-3),
> > libvirt-daemon-driver-lxc:amd64 (11.3.0-2, 11.3.0-3)
> > End-Date: 2025-07-04 07:41:35
> > ---------------------------------------------------------------
> >
> > The keyboard and the mouse worked well, but two days later, after the
> > another upgrade
> > ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
> > -----
> > Start-Date: 2025-07-06 09:27:29
> > Commandline: apt upgrade
> > Requested-By: g (1000)
> > Upgrade: firefox-nightly:amd64 (142.0a1~20250704212032,
> > 142.0a1~20250705211551), firmware-sof-signed:amd64 (2025.01-1, 2025.05-1),
> > mobile-broadband-provider-info:amd64 (20240407-1, 20250613-2)
> > End-Date: 2025-07-06 09:27:35
> > ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
> > -----
> >
> > the keyboard and the mouse are, again, not available at boot.
> > Any thought about firmware-sof-signed package?
>
>
> Debian's package info infrastructure is unresponsive too:
> https://packages.debian.org/unstable/firmware-sof-signed
>
> So:
> https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/plucky/+package/firmware-sof-signed
> "Intel SOF firmware - signed
> Provides the Intel SOF audio firmware and topology needed for audio
> functionality on some Intel system."
>
> This does not look overly suspicious for sabotaging a keyboard.
>
>
> Have a nice day :)
>
> Thomas
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