[Bug 2148183] Re: fwupdmgr asks for recovery key
Heinrich Schuchardt
2148183 at bugs.launchpad.net
Mon Apr 13 11:06:57 UTC 2026
Upstream ticket created: https://github.com/fwupd/fwupd/issues/10153
** Also affects: fwupd via
https://github.com/fwupd/fwupd/issues/10153
Importance: Unknown
Status: Unknown
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Title:
fwupdmgr asks for recovery key
Status in Fwupd:
Unknown
Status in fwupd package in Ubuntu:
New
Bug description:
When running `fwupdmgr update` I see these messages:
$ sudo fwupdmgr update
[sudo: authenticate] Password:
WARNING: UEFI capsule updates not available or enabled in firmware setup
See https://github.com/fwupd/fwupd/wiki/PluginFlag:capsules-unsupported for more information.
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║ Upgrade UEFI CA from 2011 to 2023? ║
╠══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════╣
║ This updates the 3rd Party UEFI Signature Database (the "db") to the latest ║
║ release from Microsoft.It also adds the latest OptionROM UEFI Signature ║
║ Database update. ║
║ ║
║ UEFI CA and all connected devices may not be usable while updating. ║
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Perform operation? [Y|n]: y
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║ Full Disk Encryption Detected ║
╠══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════╣
║ Some of the platform secrets may be invalidated when updating this ║
║ firmware. Please ensure you have the volume recovery key before continuing. ║
║ ║
║ See https://github.com/fwupd/fwupd/wiki/Full-Disk-Encryption-Detected for ║
║ more details. ║
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Please enter your volume recovery key:
My Ubuntu system does not use the TPM for encryption.
The required recovery key does not match the Windows Recovery Key format:
The Windows Recovery key has 8 groups of 6 digits each. But the input
field wants 8 groups of 5 digits each.
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