linux-firmware issue

[Bret Busby]

On 14/9/25 10:25, Little Girl wrote:
> Hey there,
> 
> Bret Busby wrote:
> 
>> I am wondering whether, rather than the problem being with the
>> linux-firmware upgrade, the problem may lie with your update manager.
> 
> It looks like you and Colin agree on that.
> 
>> I am running Linux Mint Mate 21.3, which is based on Ubuntu 22.04,
>> and, uses the Ubuntu 22.04 repositories, and, I have not encountered
>> the problem that you describe.
> 
> Yeah, I hadn't initially encountered it after that weird update issue
> the other day, but  I have had the same issue once before in the
> past and it ended up resolving itself at some point, so I never
> figured out what had caused it.
> 
>> The name for the Update manager package that I have, is mintUpdate v
>> 6.0.9 .
> 
> My system uses Discover 5.24.7 and the caution/warning that I see is
> shown the instant the program is opened even if there are no updates
> to be fetched.
> 
>> I expect that, if the problem lies with the linux-firmware upgrade,
>> that all users would likely be experiencing it, but, as I am
>> apparently using a different update manager to you, and, am not
>> experiencing the problem, I wonder whether that is where the problem
>> lies.
> 
> I haven't found others who are experiencing it and the only other
> mention of it in the KDE bug reports was years ago and the issue was
> solved by editing the /etc/fwupd/remotes.d/lvfs.conf file that I
> already edited similarly without success.
> 
>> Another possibility, relates to the version number of your OS.
> 

Without knowing whether you do what I do, in that I apply selective 
updates, rather than full system updates (I haven't updated firefox, 
since I read that Mozilla turned versions later than the one that I 
have, into malware, breaching security and privacy and tracking users, 
like malignant partners that use tracking devices to track movements of 
their victim spouses and/or boyfriends/girlfriends, and, I defer 
updating software that I am in the midst of using, including the system 
kernel, until something like a system crash or an otherwise software 
crash requires a reboot or otherwise reloading the software), if you do 
not so apply selective updates, but, mandatorily apply full system 
updates, then, instead of using your Discover thing (that sounds like 
some Microsoft thing), I suggest using  the proverbial sequence

sudo -i
apt update
apt full-upgrade -y
apt autoremove -y
apt autoclean

and then, if applicable (for example, for kernel and/or Intel microcode 
updates),

shutdown -r now

Of course, you might not regard that as appropriate for your 
circumstances, and, some people may disagree with my suggestion, but, 
that is what I suggest.

I do not, above, concatenate the command lines, using the "&&" 
concatenation, because it does not work in my Linux Mint Mate.

..
Bret Busby
Armadale
West Australia
(UTC+0800)
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