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| author | Daniel Micay <daniel.micay@grapheneos.org> | 2025-04-26 14:57:12 -0400 |
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| committer | Daniel Micay <daniel.micay@grapheneos.org> | 2025-04-26 14:57:12 -0400 |
| commit | d8b8fb9e426ac88901c92b72cdb80c0745e21dc8 (patch) | |
| tree | 3832eff0ff63e6ae2255b6685d30aa0cef197dfb /static/install/cli.html | |
| parent | bfb555a1c5af3ab0c5f427ba71883e12bd1fcac3 (diff) | |
fwupd is still consistently buggy years later
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1 files changed, 9 insertions, 14 deletions
diff --git a/static/install/cli.html b/static/install/cli.html index 5927096b..f00c9263 100644 --- a/static/install/cli.html +++ b/static/install/cli.html @@ -70,7 +70,7 @@ </li> <li><a href="#checking-fastboot-version">Checking fastboot version</a></li> <li><a href="#flashing-as-non-root">Flashing as non-root</a></li> - <li><a href="#working-around-fwupd-bug-on-linux-distributions">Working around fwupd bug on Linux distributions</a></li> + <li><a href="#working-around-fwupd-bugs-on-linux-distributions">Working around fwupd bugs on Linux distributions</a></li> <li><a href="#booting-into-the-bootloader-interface">Booting into the bootloader interface</a></li> <li><a href="#connecting-device">Connecting the device</a></li> <li><a href="#unlocking-the-bootloader">Unlocking the bootloader</a></li> @@ -305,21 +305,16 @@ Installed as /home/username/platform-tools/fastboot</pre> years.</p> </section> - <section id="working-around-fwupd-bug-on-linux-distributions"> - <h2><a href="#working-around-fwupd-bug-on-linux-distributions">Working around fwupd bug on Linux distributions</a></h2> + <section id="working-around-fwupd-bugs-on-linux-distributions"> + <h2><a href="#working-around-fwupd-bugs-on-linux-distributions">Working around fwupd bugs on Linux distributions</a></h2> - <p>Some Debian, Ubuntu, and derivative distributions have an outdated fwupd package - with a bug breaking connecting to Android's bootloader interface (fastboot) while - fwupd is running since it tries to connect to arbitrary devices. This section can - be skipped on Arch Linux and other distributions with fwupd 1.9.10 or later since - we reported the bug and it was fixed. This never impacted Android or ChromeOS.</p> + <p>The fwupd software often used on Linux distributions for updating firmware is + known to incorrectly connect to arbitrary devices using the fastboot protocol which + will block using them for the intended purpose. This can result in receiving an + error about the USB device already being in use (claimed) when trying to connect to + it for the intended purpose.</p> - <p>Check your fwupd version with the following command:</p> - - <pre>apt-cache policy fwupd</pre> - - <p>If you have a fwupd version earlier than 1.9.10, you can stop fwupd with the - following command:</p> + <p>You can stop fwupd with the following command:</p> <pre>sudo systemctl stop fwupd.service</pre> |