I have uploaded a fixed package to my PPA: https://launchpad.net/~fmarier/+archive/ubuntu/ppa?field.series_filter=xenial
Here's how I fixed the problem: 1. upgrade the appstream-glib package to the one in my PPA 2. delete /var/cache/app-info/xmls/fwupd.xml 3. run `fwupdmgr refresh` as root to re-download the XML file -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to appstream-glib in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1780520 Title: fwupd fails to refresh because of badly encoded data Status in appstream-glib package in Ubuntu: Confirmed Bug description: I see the following in my logs several times a day: Jul 5 20:35:45 hostname fwupd[14510]: (fwupd:14510): Fu-WARNING **: FuMain: failed to load AppStream data: Failed to parse /var/cache/app-info/xmls/fwupd.xml file: Erreur à la ligne 265 : L’entité ne se termine pas par un point-virgule ; vous avez probablement utilisé une esperluette sans intention d’écrire une entité — échappez l’esperluette avec & Jul 5 20:36:07 hostname dbus[1044]: [system] Failed to activate service 'org.freedesktop.fwupd': timed out and I get the following message when I run `apt update`: Réception de:18 http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu xenial-security/main amd64 DEP-11 Metadata [67,7 kB] Réception de:19 http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu xenial-security/main DEP-11 64x64 Icons [68,0 kB] Réception de:20 http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu xenial-security/universe amd64 DEP-11 Metadata [107 kB] Réception de:21 http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu xenial-security/universe DEP-11 64x64 Icons [142 kB] 1 841 ko réceptionnés en 1s (1 128 ko/s) AppStream cache update completed, but some metadata was ignored due to errors. According to the fwupd author, this is a problem ib appstream-glib and the fix should be backported in 16.04: https://github.com/hughsie/fwupd/issues/565#issuecomment-402541089 To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/appstream-glib/+bug/1780520/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages Post to : [email protected] Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
