[Bug 1838547] Re: firmware updates on Lenovo P1 (20ME) not working

[Mario Limonciello]

To me it looks like you're probably not booted in UEFI mode.  The update
process for UEFI updates only works when booted in UEFI mode.

** Changed in: fwupd (Ubuntu)
       Status: New => Invalid

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Title:
  firmware updates on Lenovo P1 (20ME) not working

Status in fwupd package in Ubuntu:
  Invalid

Bug description:
  I have a Lenovo P1 (20ME) which is supposedly supported by LVFS. There
  are new firmware releases available in LVFS for this laptop (in
  particular a BIOS update) but fwupd can not install them.

  Hier is the link to all available firmware updates for my machine:

  https://fwupd.org/lvfs/search?csrf_token=IjcxZjAzMDg3OGMzZTkyYTY2MDY2NDY0MjgwZDA2YzE1ZGY5MzFlYzci.XUG81A.kUfLQE50MUF7i_xHlmC6FqkqU7s&value=P1

  and this is the one for the most recent BIOS update:

  https://fwupd.org/lvfs/device/com.lenovo.ThinkPadN2EET.firmware

  Here is what I've tried so far:

  fwupd get-devices (--show-all-devices)
  fwupd refresh
  fwupd get-updates
  fwupd 

  Outputs for all these commands are attached.

  I've also downloaded the .cab files directly from the Lenovo support
  site and tried to install them directly via the 'install' command:

  fwupdmgr -v install N2EET41W.cab 
  fwupdmgr -v install N2EHT26W.cab

  but fwupd tells me that no supported devices are found?! It appears
  that fwupd does not recognize my laptop correctly? Also attaching
  smbios and efibootmgr output.

  
  Thanks much for any help, and please let me know if I can provide any further details.

  Cheers!

  ProblemType: Bug
  DistroRelease: Ubuntu 19.04
  Package: fwupd 1.2.5-1ubuntu1
  ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 5.0.0-21.22-generic 5.0.15
  Uname: Linux 5.0.0-21-generic x86_64
  NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia_modeset nvidia
  ApportVersion: 2.20.10-0ubuntu27.1
  Architecture: amd64
  CurrentDesktop: ubuntu:GNOME
  Date: Wed Jul 31 11:35:17 2019
  InstallationDate: Installed on 2019-05-26 (65 days ago)
  InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 19.04 "Disco Dingo" - Release amd64 (20190416)
  SourcePackage: fwupd
  UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)

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