If you aren’t signed in to Ubuntu One, that’s not an “error”, it’s just
a reason that you can’t use Livepatch right now. So we make you sign in
before turning on Livepatch in the first place. And if you become
signed-out after Livepatch is turned on, a dialog should direct you back
to the settings to resolve the situation (though it seems I never
specced the dialog part, oops).

I think the same applies to having Secure Boot on without the Livepatch
key imported. It’s a situation we understand, and there is a way to fix
it, so it needn’t be a grumpy “error”, it’s just a reason that you can’t
use Livepatch right now. (That the moment we discover it happens to be
while applying an update is an implementation detail, it’s not the fault
of that particular update.) We could guide you to import the key, then
restart, before turning on Livepatch in the first place. And if you turn
on Secure Boot — or un-import the key? — after Livepatch is turned on, a
dialog could direct you back to the settings to resolve the situation.

Questions:

1. Is that approach practical? That is, detect Secure Boot and key-
import state whenever you navigate to this settings tab, with a button
to open a PolicyKit dialog for you to import the key then restart. And
an equivalent button in a dialog if a Livepatch update doesn’t apply for
that reason.

2. If it is practical, should I go ahead and design it in more detail,
or is it so complicated + common that we need temporary help text
instead for 19.10?

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  LIvepatch widget should link to secure boot information on error

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