w-sky Thanks for your reply. I've moved away from Ubuntu Mate for the moment to rules things out regarding data transfer/copying trouble I was having with external drives. I'm using Cinnamon just now without fault so I'm suspecting something amiss with Mate. I get what you're saying and have taken on board. Cheers.
On Sat, 14 Jun 2025, 09:45 w-sky, <[email protected]> wrote: > Similar. Getting the UEFI update dialog with 3 buttons "Install", > "Cancel" and "OK" and if I click "Install" or "OK", then a window opens, > full load on one core, but nothing will happen. > > But this is not a browser window, @Derek are you precise when writing > about a partial browser window? > Instead it is a semi-transparent window, probably a gnome-terminal window > which is set to semi-transparent on my system, but it has no borders and no > menus and freezes shortly after it opens. > > The process causing full load on one core without doing anything is > "firmware-updater", invoked with command line > /snap/firmware-updater/167/bin/firmware-updater --gapplication-service > > > ** Changed in: linux (Ubuntu) > Status: Invalid => Confirmed > > -- > You received this bug notification because you are subscribed to the bug > report. > https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/2107251 > > Title: > UEFI dbx does not appear to do anything > > Status in linux package in Ubuntu: > Confirmed > > Bug description: > Like everyone else I have the UEFI dbx updating message at system start > (I should say after a 'Suspended session'. It did not appear when I > rebooted the machine. > I clicked to update the UEFI dbx the first time I saw the message a few > days ago and was waiting for a message or something to show progress or > whatever but nothing came. I did notice that my processor was running at > full belt after running the command 'top'. I had my browser open so closed > it. The only other processes running that I had initiated were to do with > desktop environment - Compiz and Emerald. All other processes were system > ones as far as I could make out. > One oddity in all this was that a partial browser window was stuck on > the desktop. I killed this window with 'xkill'. > The computer sat there humming away at what sounded like full speed. I > wished I had invoked Conky! > So, as it stands I get this message about updating UEFI dbx and nothing > appears to happen. What should I do? How do I stop the message from > appearing if nothing happens when I click the message to supposedly start > an update? > Thanks. > Oh, looking for this in existing bugs proves fruitless. I can't believe > no-one else has not reported this yet. It's in various posts on the > Internet. > > To manage notifications about this bug go to: > https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux/+bug/2107251/+subscriptions > > -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Kernel Packages, which is subscribed to linux in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/2107251 Title: UEFI dbx does not appear to do anything Status in linux package in Ubuntu: Confirmed Bug description: Like everyone else I have the UEFI dbx updating message at system start (I should say after a 'Suspended session'. It did not appear when I rebooted the machine. I clicked to update the UEFI dbx the first time I saw the message a few days ago and was waiting for a message or something to show progress or whatever but nothing came. I did notice that my processor was running at full belt after running the command 'top'. I had my browser open so closed it. The only other processes running that I had initiated were to do with desktop environment - Compiz and Emerald. All other processes were system ones as far as I could make out. One oddity in all this was that a partial browser window was stuck on the desktop. I killed this window with 'xkill'. The computer sat there humming away at what sounded like full speed. I wished I had invoked Conky! So, as it stands I get this message about updating UEFI dbx and nothing appears to happen. What should I do? How do I stop the message from appearing if nothing happens when I click the message to supposedly start an update? Thanks. Oh, looking for this in existing bugs proves fruitless. I can't believe no-one else has not reported this yet. It's in various posts on the Internet. To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux/+bug/2107251/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~kernel-packages Post to : [email protected] Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~kernel-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
