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authorrslurry <112521174+rslurry@users.noreply.github.com>2024-12-30 13:49:29 -0500
committerDaniel Micay <daniel.micay@grapheneos.org>2025-02-10 04:00:51 -0500
commit1fdfabf09575eb794b7330a9fc87f6a8d825cff7 (patch)
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Generalized install info related to fwupd bug on Debian-based distros
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<li><a href="#prerequisites">Prerequisites</a></li>
<li><a href="#enabling-oem-unlocking">Enabling OEM unlocking</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--bug-on-linux-distributions">Working around bug 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>
@@ -200,13 +200,18 @@
<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>
- <p>Debian stable and Ubuntu have an outdated fwupd package with a bug breaking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>Some Debian, Ubuntu, and derivative distributions have an outdated fwupd package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>You can stop fwupd with the following command:</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>
<pre>sudo systemctl stop fwupd.service</pre>