Can you check if fwupdmgr works as a standard user to talk to the daemon for you?
> -----Original Message----- > From: Thomas Stewart <tho...@stewarts.org.uk> > Sent: Wednesday, January 27, 2021 5:42 > To: 943...@bugs.debian.org > Subject: Bug#943343: fwupd: fwupd-refresh.service failed to start Refresh > fwupd metadata and update motd. > > > [EXTERNAL EMAIL] > > Hi, > > I'm running testing/sid and have fwupd-1.5.5-2 installed. I have found > that when fwupd-refresh.service restarts either with the timer or > manually that if DynamicUser=yes is enabled then the service fails to > start[0]. When I remove DynamicUser from the unit it restarts fine. > > I noticed that the unit has: CacheDirectory=fwupdmgr but the > metadata seems to live in /var/cache/fwupd[1]. > > After purging the package and removing /var/cache/fwup* /var/lib/fwupd > /var/cache/private/fwupd and reinstalling I can see the /var/cache dirs > created[2] but the service does not start. > > When removing the "StandardError=null" directive from the unit I get an > additional error[3], which seems to indicate it's having trouble > talking to dbus. > > Kind Regards > -- > Tom > > [0] > $ sudo systemctl restart fwupd-refresh.service > Job for fwupd-refresh.service failed because the control process exited with > error code. > See "systemctl status fwupd-refresh.service" and "journalctl -xe" for details. > $ > > $ sudo journalctl -f > Jan 27 10:09:30 systemd[1]: Starting Refresh fwupd metadata and update motd... > Jan 27 10:09:31 fwupdmgr[176638]: (fwupdmgr:176638): GLib-DEBUG: 10:09:31.089: > setenv()/putenv() are not thread-safe and should not be used after threads are > created > Jan 27 10:09:31 systemd[1]: fwupd-refresh.service: Main process exited, > code=exited, status=1/FAILURE > Jan 27 10:09:31 systemd[1]: fwupd-refresh.service: Failed with result 'exit- > code'. > Jan 27 10:09:31 systemd[1]: Failed to start Refresh fwupd metadata and update > motd. > $ > > [1] > $ find /var/cache/fw* > /var/cache/fwupd > /var/cache/fwupd/metadata.xmlb > /var/cache/fwupd/quirks.xmlb > /var/cache/fwupd/metainfo.xmlb > /var/cache/fwupdmgr > $ > > [2] > $ sudo ls -la /var/cache/fwupdmgr /var/cache/private/fwupdmgr > lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 16 Jan 27 10:57 /var/cache/fwupdmgr -> > private/fwupdmgr > > /var/cache/private/fwupdmgr: > total 8 > drwxr-xr-x 2 62803 62803 4096 Jan 27 10:57 . > drwx------ 3 root root 4096 Jan 27 10:57 .. > $ > > [3] > Jan 27 11:09:30 fwupdmgr[189035]: Failed to connect to daemon: Exhausted all > available authentication mechanisms (tried: EXTERNAL) (available: EXTERNAL)
