@afunix — Thank you for that information about snap and flatpak, which I had missed. I'll update the bug report accordingly.
** Description changed: The Ubuntu 22.04 repositories have fwupd version 1.7.9. This is a badly outdated version that cannot cope with some of the newer updates. (This doesn't affect all updates, and so it affects only some machines depending on the hardware being supported.) EXAMPLE: $ fwupdmgr refresh Failed to update metadata for lvfs: checksum failure: failed to verify data, expected 0a5a850327f8e8b196b2d79e79ce347cb86037f1 This has been discussed in the GitHub for fwupd: https://github.com/fwupd/fwupd/issues/6888 This problem was solved in the newest version of fwupd. - The snap store currently has the latest version of fwupd, version - 1.9.14. - LONG-TERM SOLUTION - Therefore, the Ubuntu repositories for 22.04 must be updated either to - have the latest version of fwupd, or to replace it with the snap version - (in the same way as Firefox does). + Therefore, the Ubuntu repositories for 22.04 must be updated to have the + latest version of fwupd. + + It's not appropriate to use snap or flatpak, because they can be development versions rather than stable: + https://github.com/fwupd/fwupd?tab=readme-ov-file#compiling WORKAROUND For people currently having this problem, the current solution is to - uninstall the apt version fwupd (this is important) and then install the - snap version of fwupd. + uninstall the apt version fwupd (this is important) and then install + either the snap or flatpak version of fwupd. However, this should be a + temporary solution as the snap and flatpak versions are for development + rather than stable. ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 22.04 Package: fwupd 1.7.9-1~22.04.3 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 6.5.0-25.25~22.04.1-generic 6.5.13 Uname: Linux 6.5.0-25-generic x86_64 ApportVersion: 2.20.11-0ubuntu82.5 Architecture: amd64 CasperMD5CheckResult: pass CurrentDesktop: ubuntu:GNOME Date: Fri Mar 8 12:14:03 2024 InstallationDate: Installed on 2022-08-28 (558 days ago) InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 22.04.1 LTS "Jammy Jellyfish" - Release amd64 (20220809.1) SourcePackage: fwupd UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install) modified.conffile..etc.fwupd.remotes.d.lvfs-testing.conf: [modified] modified.conffile..etc.fwupd.remotes.d.lvfs.conf: [modified] mtime.conffile..etc.fwupd.remotes.d.lvfs-testing.conf: 2022-11-23T08:07:53.266347 mtime.conffile..etc.fwupd.remotes.d.lvfs.conf: 2022-11-23T08:07:53.358347 -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/2056548 Title: fwupd metadata bug due to outdated version in Ubuntu 22.04 repositories To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/fwupd/+bug/2056548/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
