Bug 29061

Summary:	fwupd: (null)/fwupdx64.efi cannot be found
Product:	Mageia	Reporter:	Thomas Bigot <thomas.bigot>
Component:	RPM Packages	Assignee:	Thierry Vignaud <thierry.vignaud>
Status:	NEW ---	QA Contact:
Severity:	normal
Priority:	Normal	CC:	mageia
Version:	Cauldron
Target Milestone:	---
Hardware:	All
OS:	Linux
Whiteboard:
Source RPM:	fwupd-1.6.0-1.mga9.src.rpm	CVE:
Status comment:

Description Thomas Bigot 2021-05-31 09:10:01 CEST

Description of problem:
When trying to update my firmware, I get an error message, reproduced below.
This bug has been addressed upstream with commit 197d3dc3b9acb93be30c4a7f49e8c0ad3f554818. Error message:

Upgrade available for System Firmware from 1.7.0 to 1.8.0
XPS 13 7390 must remain plugged into a power source for the duration of the update to avoid damage. Continue with update? [Y|n]: y
Downloading?             [***************************************] Less than one minute remaining?
Decompressing?           [***************************************]
Authenticating?          [***************************************]
Authenticating?          [***************************************]
(null)/fwupdx64.efi cannot be found

Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable):
1.6.0-1.mga9

How reproducible:
always with my hardware

Steps to Reproduce:
1. fwupd refresh
2. fwupd get-updates
3. fwupd update

Solution: update fwupd with this 
https://github.com/fwupd/fwupd/commit/197d3dc3b9acb93be30c4a7f49e8c0ad3f554818

Comment 1 Thomas Bigot 2021-05-31 09:13:33 CEST

I forgot to mention that I had found the solution here:
https://www.reddit.com/r/archlinux/comments/n6frww/fwupdmgr_update_fails_with_nullfwupdx64efi_cannot/

Comment 2 Lewis Smith 2021-06-05 21:50:49 CEST

Thank you for the report, and the solution you found. This is very helpful. Sorry to have left you.

Assigning this bug to the 'fwupd' active maintainer tv.

Assignee: bugsquad => thierry.vignaud

Comment 3 Thomas Bigot 2021-08-18 07:11:05 CEST

Unfortunately, version 1.6.3 did not solve this issue:

Perform operation? [Y|n]: 
Downloading?             [***************************************] Less than one minute remaining?
Decompressing?           [***************************************]
Authenticating?          [***************************************]
Authenticating?          [***************************************]
/usr/libexec/fwupd/efi/fwupdx64.efi cannot be found

Comment 4 Thomas Bigot 2021-08-19 10:44:10 CEST

Solved installing fwupd-efi package.

Comment 5 Marc Krämer 2023-12-28 13:53:17 CET

Had the same issue. Still the same in mga9 - we should add this package as required

CC: (none) => mageia