I've compiled a small list of commands for maintaining Kubuntu / Mint and would appreciate any feedback about any I could add and / or remove. Code: 1.) sudo apt-get update < > Updates all the packages in the apt cache to the current version 2.) sudo apt dist-upgrade 3.) fwupdmgr refresh --force 4.) sudo apt-get upgrade < > Actually installs newer versions of the packages you have. After updating the lists, the package manager knows about available updates for the software you have installed 5.) sudo apt-get autoclean < > Cleans all packages that have been superseded by a newer version of the same package 6.) sudo apt-get autoremove < > Cleans all packages that were once installed as dependencies for other packages but are no longer needed; i.e. the original package was uninstalled Any thoughts appreciated.
I use sudo apt autoremove and sudo apt autoclean. I ran fwupdmgr --force refresh, once, as a test. It doesn't fix the "Failed to update metadata for lvfs: checksum failure: failed to verify data" error, it was back 24 hours later. I do not use sudo apt update, sudo apt upgrade, or sudo apt full-upgrade (which is the apt equivalent of apt-get dist-upgrade), I leave all that to Discover (or Muon Package Manager).
Well that didn't last long. The machine was on all night and when I opened Discover this morning I got the same "Failed to fetch..." error.
I'm sorry, but that is what I guessed would happen. I don't know why Iangh's experience seems to be different. I don't know if there is one server for the LVFS (Linux Vendor Firmware Service), or different regional servers like for (*)Ubuntu. Or if it is not a server issue. Ah, I just noticed shmu26 opened an issue here: https://github.com/fwupd/fwupd/issues/3652. I hope they'll figure out what is wrong and how to fix it.
I was hopeful but no such luck. @Iangh appears to also be in Australia, but quite possibly a different part of the country as Australia is huge. I suspect we would be accessing the same server/s though. Oh, nice! Thanks and best of luck, @shmu26 .
Sorry to hear that. I hope that in shmu26's https://github.com/fwupd/fwupd/issues/3652 thread, hughsie (Richard Hughes) will see what is going on and how to fix it. In an earlier thread with a similar issue, https://github.com/fwupd/fwupd/issues/2089, hughsie diagnosed the issue to the fact that the server was 'OOMing', out of memory, a server reboot fixed that.
I've used all except #3 successfully every time in Debian or Debian-based distros. I've never heard of #3 before.
I posted in shmu26's thread at GitHub, referring to the reports in this Wilders thread, in case that might be helpful to hughsie (Richard Hughes) to get a view of lvfs issue reports.
One by vlrmt and one by Mastercroft, later on, but that's it, no more replies by hughsie (Richard Hughes). I guess Richard Hughes is sure the issue is not caused by fwupd or LVFS. Edit: A lot more replies, by now.
So the advice for Kubuntu 20.04 users is to sit back and wait for a fix? Anything I should be doing in the meantime?
Regarding the "Failed to update metadata for lvfs: checksum failure: failed to verify data" error, I am waiting for a fix. I hope the GitHub thread will lead to insight in the cause of the error, and consequently a fix. I don't think we need to do anything in the meantime. Unless one has something to add to the GitHub thread that could be helpful.
Annoying as the error message is, I don't believe it actually has any affect on downloading and / or installing updates. I could be wrong though. Strange it has been going on for so long without a fix.
Bug filed for the error: https://github.com/fwupd/fwupd/issues/3652#issuecomment-920957606 https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/ source/fwupd/ bug/1943833
Yes, I noticed, thanks, Krusty. I'm keeping an eye on both threads. Based on the GitHub thread, I was not sure where and what to report, exactly, otherwise I would've been willing to post that report. Let's hope the new bug report is what was needed to get the issue fixed.
