Hello.
I can confirm that upgrading fwupd and libfwupd2 on Trixie to 1.9.14-1
and installing the package maintainer's version of /etc/fwupd/fwupd.conf
allowed the fwupd status to start:
sudo apt upgrade
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree... Done
Reading state information... Done
Calculating upgrade... Done
The following packages will be upgraded:
fwupd libfwupd2
2 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 0 not upgraded.
Need to get 0 B/3,833 kB of archives.
After this operation, 54.3 kB of additional disk space will be used.
Do you want to continue? [Y/n] y
Retrieving bug reports... Done
Parsing Found/Fixed information... Done
serious bugs of fwupd (1.9.11-1 → 1.9.14-1) <Outstanding>
b1 - #1061731 - fwupd: Failed to load daemon: failed to load
engine: Failed to load config: Key file does not have group “redfish”
Summary:
fwupd(1 bug)
Are you sure you want to install/upgrade the above packages?
[Y/n/?/...] y
Reading changelogs... Done
...
Configuration file '/etc/fwupd/fwupd.conf'
==> Modified (by you or by a script) since installation.
==> Package distributor has shipped an updated version.
What would you like to do about it ? Your options are:
Y or I : install the package maintainer's version
N or O : keep your currently-installed version
D : show the differences between the versions
Z : start a shell to examine the situation
The default action is to keep your current version.
*** fwupd.conf (Y/I/N/O/D/Z) [default=N] ? y
Installing new version of config file /etc/fwupd/fwupd.conf ...
fwupd-offline-update.service is a disabled or a static unit not
running, not starting it.
fwupd-refresh.service is a disabled or a static unit not running,
not starting it.
fwupd.service is a disabled or a static unit not running, not
starting it.
Processing triggers for libc-bin (2.37-15) ...
Processing triggers for man-db (2.12.0-3) ...
Processing triggers for dbus (1.14.10-4) ...
Processing triggers for hicolor-icon-theme (0.17-2) ...
systemctl status fwupd
○ fwupd.service - Firmware update daemon
Loaded: loaded (/usr/lib/systemd/system/fwupd.service; static)
Active: inactive (dead)
Docs: https://fwupd.org/
sudo systemctl start fwupd
systemctl status fwupd
● fwupd.service - Firmware update daemon
Loaded: loaded (/usr/lib/systemd/system/fwupd.service; static)
Active: active (running) since Thu 2024-03-07 16:37:27 CST; 3s ago
Docs: https://fwupd.org/
Main PID: 22184 (fwupd)
Tasks: 7 (limit: 18110)
Memory: 23.7M (peak: 108.7M)
CPU: 988ms
CGroup: /system.slice/fwupd.service
└─22184 /usr/libexec/fwupd/fwupd
I kept fwupd at 1.9.11-1 since this bug was reported, but the new
version seems to be in the clear.
Best.
Richard
