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diff --git a/static/install/web.html b/static/install/web.html index 1fd678a0..516db0e9 100644 --- a/static/install/web.html +++ b/static/install/web.html @@ -54,7 +54,7 @@ <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-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> @@ -202,21 +202,16 @@ Ubuntu, install the <code>android-sdk-platform-tools-common</code> package.</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-bug-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Some Debian, Ubuntu, and derivative distributions have an outdated fwupd package - with a bug breaking connecting to Android's bootloader interface (fastboot) while - fwupd is running since it tries to connect to arbitrary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> |