Debian Bug report logs - #943343
fwupd: fwupd-refresh.service failed to start Refresh fwupd metadata and update motd.

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Package: fwupd; Maintainer for fwupd is Debian EFI <[email protected]>; Source for fwupd is src:fwupd (PTS, buildd, popcon).

Reported by: Jean-Marc <[email protected]>

Date: Wed, 23 Oct 2019 16:39:01 UTC

Severity: normal

Found in versions fwupd/1.3.2-2, fwupd/1.3.4-1, fwupd/1.3.9-2, fwupd/1.5.7-3, fwupd/1.5.7-2, fwupd/1.5.7-4

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From: Jean-Marc <[email protected]>
To: Debian Bug Tracking System <[email protected]>
Subject: fwupd: fwupd-refresh.service failed to start Refresh fwupd metadata and update motd.
Date: Wed, 23 Oct 2019 18:36:32 +0200
Package: fwupd
Version: 1.3.2-2
Severity: normal

Dear Maintainer,

On my PC, fwupd-refresh.service failed to start.

$ systemctl status fwupd-refresh.service
● fwupd-refresh.service - Refresh fwupd metadata and update motd
   Loaded: loaded (/lib/systemd/system/fwupd-refresh.service; static; vendor preset: enabled)
   Active: failed (Result: exit-code) since Wed 2019-10-23 16:06:35 CEST; 2h 13min ago
     Docs: man:fwupdmgr(1)
  Process: 4608 ExecStart=/usr/bin/fwupdmgr refresh (code=exited, status=0/SUCCESS)
  Process: 4624 ExecStart=/usr/bin/fwupdmgr get-updates --log 85-fwupd (code=exited, status=1/FAILURE)
 Main PID: 4624 (code=exited, status=1/FAILURE)

oct 23 16:06:35 svrname systemd[1]: Starting Refresh fwupd metadata and update motd...
oct 23 16:06:35 svrname fwupdmgr[4608]: Fetching metadata https://cdn.fwupd.org/downloads/firmware.xml.gz
oct 23 16:06:35 svrname fwupdmgr[4608]: Fetching signature https://cdn.fwupd.org/downloads/firmware.xml.gz.asc
oct 23 16:06:35 svrname systemd[1]: fwupd-refresh.service: Main process exited, code=exited, status=1/FAILURE
oct 23 16:06:35 svrname systemd[1]: fwupd-refresh.service: Failed with result 'exit-code'.
oct 23 16:06:35 svrname systemd[1]: Failed to start Refresh fwupd metadata and update motd.

That's the service definition:
$ systemctl cat fwupd-refresh.service
# /lib/systemd/system/fwupd-refresh.service
[Unit]
Description=Refresh fwupd metadata and update motd
Documentation=man:fwupdmgr(1)
After=network.target network-online.target systemd-networkd.service NetworkManager.service connman.service

[Service]
Type=oneshot
RuntimeDirectory=motd.d
CacheDirectory=fwupdmgr
RuntimeDirectoryPreserve=yes
StandardError=null
ExecStart=/usr/bin/fwupdmgr refresh
ExecStart=/usr/bin/fwupdmgr get-updates --log 85-fwupd
DynamicUser=yes
RestrictAddressFamilies=AF_NETLINK AF_UNIX AF_INET AF_INET6
SystemCallFilter=~@mount
ProtectKernelModules=yes
ProtectControlGroups=yes
RestrictRealtime=yes

And about the runtime directory:
$ ls -ld /run/motd.d
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 14 oct 23 16:06 /run/motd.d -> private/motd.d
$ ls -ld /run/private/
drwx------ 3 root root 60 oct 23 16:06 /run/private/
$ sudo ls -ld /run/private/motd.d
drwxr-xr-x 2 62803 62803 40 oct 23 16:06 /run/private/motd.d
$ sudo ls -l /run/private/motd.d
total 0


Kind Regards,

Jean-Marc


-- System Information:
Debian Release: bullseye/sid
  APT prefers testing
  APT policy: (500, 'testing'), (100, 'unstable'), (1, 'experimental')
Architecture: amd64 (x86_64)

Kernel: Linux 5.2.0-3-amd64 (SMP w/8 CPU cores)
Locale: LANG=fr_BE.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=fr_BE.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8), LANGUAGE=fr_BE:fr (charmap=UTF-8)
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /usr/bin/dash
Init: systemd (via /run/systemd/system)
LSM: AppArmor: enabled

Versions of packages fwupd depends on:
ii  libarchive13           3.4.0-1
ii  libc6                  2.29-2
ii  libefiboot1            37-2
ii  libefivar1             37-2
ii  libelf1                0.176-1.1
ii  libfwupd2              1.3.2-2
ii  libgcab-1.0-0          1.3-1
ii  libglib2.0-0           2.62.1-1
ii  libgnutls30            3.6.9-5
ii  libgpg-error0          1.36-7
ii  libgpgme11             1.13.1-1
ii  libgudev-1.0-0         233-1
ii  libgusb2               0.3.0-1
ii  libjson-glib-1.0-0     1.4.4-2
ii  libpolkit-gobject-1-0  0.105-26
ii  libsmbios-c2           2.4.1-1
ii  libsoup2.4-1           2.68.2-1
ii  libsqlite3-0           3.30.1-1
ii  libtss2-esys0          2.1.0-4+b1
ii  libxmlb1               0.1.13-1
ii  shared-mime-info       1.10-1

Versions of packages fwupd recommends:
ii  bolt                               0.8-4
ii  fwupd-amd64-signed [fwupd-signed]  1.3.2+2
ii  python3                            3.7.5-1

fwupd suggests no packages.

-- no debconf information

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Message #10 received at [email protected] (full text, mbox, reply):

From: <[email protected]>
To: <[email protected]>, <[email protected]>, <[email protected]>
Subject: RE: Bug#943343: fwupd: fwupd-refresh.service failed to start Refresh fwupd metadata and update motd.
Date: Wed, 23 Oct 2019 16:40:37 +0000
Internal Use - Confidential

In 1.3.2-5 the service is disabled by default (and also this issue should be fixed).

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Jean-Marc <[email protected]>
> Sent: Wednesday, October 23, 2019 11:37 AM
> To: Debian Bug Tracking System
> Subject: Bug#943343: fwupd: fwupd-refresh.service failed to start Refresh
> fwupd metadata and update motd.
> 
> 
> [EXTERNAL EMAIL]
> 
> Package: fwupd
> Version: 1.3.2-2
> Severity: normal
> 
> Dear Maintainer,
> 
> On my PC, fwupd-refresh.service failed to start.
> 
> $ systemctl status fwupd-refresh.service ● fwupd-refresh.service - Refresh
> fwupd metadata and update motd
>    Loaded: loaded (/lib/systemd/system/fwupd-refresh.service; static; vendor
> preset: enabled)
>    Active: failed (Result: exit-code) since Wed 2019-10-23 16:06:35 CEST; 2h
> 13min ago
>      Docs: man:fwupdmgr(1)
>   Process: 4608 ExecStart=/usr/bin/fwupdmgr refresh (code=exited,
> status=0/SUCCESS)
>   Process: 4624 ExecStart=/usr/bin/fwupdmgr get-updates --log 85-fwupd
> (code=exited, status=1/FAILURE)  Main PID: 4624 (code=exited,
> status=1/FAILURE)
> 
> oct 23 16:06:35 svrname systemd[1]: Starting Refresh fwupd metadata and
> update motd...
> oct 23 16:06:35 svrname fwupdmgr[4608]: Fetching metadata
> https://cdn.fwupd.org/downloads/firmware.xml.gz
> oct 23 16:06:35 svrname fwupdmgr[4608]: Fetching signature
> https://cdn.fwupd.org/downloads/firmware.xml.gz.asc
> oct 23 16:06:35 svrname systemd[1]: fwupd-refresh.service: Main process
> exited, code=exited, status=1/FAILURE oct 23 16:06:35 svrname systemd[1]:
> fwupd-refresh.service: Failed with result 'exit-code'.
> oct 23 16:06:35 svrname systemd[1]: Failed to start Refresh fwupd metadata
> and update motd.
> 
> That's the service definition:
> $ systemctl cat fwupd-refresh.service
> # /lib/systemd/system/fwupd-refresh.service
> [Unit]
> Description=Refresh fwupd metadata and update motd
> Documentation=man:fwupdmgr(1)
> After=network.target network-online.target systemd-networkd.service
> NetworkManager.service connman.service
> 
> [Service]
> Type=oneshot
> RuntimeDirectory=motd.d
> CacheDirectory=fwupdmgr
> RuntimeDirectoryPreserve=yes
> StandardError=null
> ExecStart=/usr/bin/fwupdmgr refresh
> ExecStart=/usr/bin/fwupdmgr get-updates --log 85-fwupd DynamicUser=yes
> RestrictAddressFamilies=AF_NETLINK AF_UNIX AF_INET AF_INET6
> SystemCallFilter=~@mount ProtectKernelModules=yes
> ProtectControlGroups=yes RestrictRealtime=yes
> 
> And about the runtime directory:
> $ ls -ld /run/motd.d
> lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 14 oct 23 16:06 /run/motd.d -> private/motd.d $ ls -ld
> /run/private/
> drwx------ 3 root root 60 oct 23 16:06 /run/private/ $ sudo ls -ld
> /run/private/motd.d drwxr-xr-x 2 62803 62803 40 oct 23 16:06
> /run/private/motd.d $ sudo ls -l /run/private/motd.d total 0
> 
> 
> Kind Regards,
> 
> Jean-Marc
> 
> 
> -- System Information:
> Debian Release: bullseye/sid
>   APT prefers testing
>   APT policy: (500, 'testing'), (100, 'unstable'), (1, 'experimental')
> Architecture: amd64 (x86_64)
> 
> Kernel: Linux 5.2.0-3-amd64 (SMP w/8 CPU cores)
> Locale: LANG=fr_BE.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=fr_BE.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8),
> LANGUAGE=fr_BE:fr (charmap=UTF-8)
> Shell: /bin/sh linked to /usr/bin/dash
> Init: systemd (via /run/systemd/system)
> LSM: AppArmor: enabled
> 
> Versions of packages fwupd depends on:
> ii  libarchive13           3.4.0-1
> ii  libc6                  2.29-2
> ii  libefiboot1            37-2
> ii  libefivar1             37-2
> ii  libelf1                0.176-1.1
> ii  libfwupd2              1.3.2-2
> ii  libgcab-1.0-0          1.3-1
> ii  libglib2.0-0           2.62.1-1
> ii  libgnutls30            3.6.9-5
> ii  libgpg-error0          1.36-7
> ii  libgpgme11             1.13.1-1
> ii  libgudev-1.0-0         233-1
> ii  libgusb2               0.3.0-1
> ii  libjson-glib-1.0-0     1.4.4-2
> ii  libpolkit-gobject-1-0  0.105-26
> ii  libsmbios-c2           2.4.1-1
> ii  libsoup2.4-1           2.68.2-1
> ii  libsqlite3-0           3.30.1-1
> ii  libtss2-esys0          2.1.0-4+b1
> ii  libxmlb1               0.1.13-1
> ii  shared-mime-info       1.10-1
> 
> Versions of packages fwupd recommends:
> ii  bolt                               0.8-4
> ii  fwupd-amd64-signed [fwupd-signed]  1.3.2+2
> ii  python3                            3.7.5-1
> 
> fwupd suggests no packages.
> 
> -- no debconf information

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Acknowledgement sent to Jean-Marc <[email protected]>:
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Message #15 received at [email protected] (full text, mbox, reply):

From: Jean-Marc <[email protected]>
To: <[email protected]>
Cc: <[email protected]>
Subject: Re: Bug#943343: fwupd: fwupd-refresh.service failed to start Refresh fwupd metadata and update motd.
Date: Wed, 23 Oct 2019 21:34:01 +0200
[Message part 1 (text/plain, inline)]
Wed, 23 Oct 2019 16:40:37 +0000
<[email protected]> wrote :

Hi Mario,

> Internal Use - Confidential
> 
> In 1.3.2-5 the service is disabled by default (and also this issue should be fixed).

Okay.  So, the bug can be closed, I guess.

Jean-Marc <[email protected]>
https://6jf.be/keys/ED863AD1.txt
[Message part 2 (application/pgp-signature, inline)]

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Message #25 received at [email protected] (full text, mbox, reply):

From: Werner Mahr <[email protected]>
To: [email protected]
Subject: Re: Bug#943343: fwupd: fwupd-refresh.service failed to start Refresh fwupd metadata and update motd.
Date: Tue, 03 Dec 2019 13:52:22 +0100
> > Internal Use - Confidential
> > 
> > In 1.3.2-5 the service is disabled by default (and also this issue should 
be fixed).

> Okay.  So, the bug can be closed, I guess.

I'm sorry, but it seems that it at least was reintroduced somewhen. I have 
1.3.4-1 installed on testing and it fails to start. Unfortunately is is not 
that verbose on the logs.

$ service fwupd-refresh status
● fwupd-refresh.service - Refresh fwupd metadata and update motd
Loaded: loaded (/lib/systemd/system/fwupd-refresh.service; static; vendor 
preset: disabled)
Active: failed (Result: exit-code) since Mon 2019-12-02 09:16:34 CET; 2h 8min 
ago
Docs: man:fwupdmgr(1)
Process: 144751 ExecStart=/usr/bin/fwupdmgr refresh --no-metadata-check 
(code=exited, status=1/FAILURE)
Main PID: 144751 (code=exited, status=1/FAILURE)
Dez 02 09:16:34 werner1 systemd[1]: Starting Refresh fwupd metadata and update 
motd...
Dez 02 09:16:34 werner1 systemd[1]: fwupd-refresh.service: Main process 
exited, code=exited, status=1/FAILURE
Dez 02 09:16:34 werner1 systemd[1]: fwupd-refresh.service: Failed with result 
'exit-code'.
Dez 02 09:16:34 werner1 systemd[1]: Failed to start Refresh fwupd metadata and 
update motd.

Called from cmdline directly it still works.

-- 
MfG usw.

Werner Mahr





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Message #30 received at [email protected] (full text, mbox, reply):

From: <[email protected]>
To: <[email protected]>, <[email protected]>
Subject: RE: Bug#943343: fwupd: fwupd-refresh.service failed to start Refresh fwupd metadata and update motd.
Date: Tue, 3 Dec 2019 15:16:59 +0000
Internal Use - Confidential

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Werner Mahr <[email protected]>
> Sent: Tuesday, December 3, 2019 6:52 AM
> To: [email protected]
> Subject: Bug#943343: fwupd: fwupd-refresh.service failed to start Refresh fwupd
> metadata and update motd.
> 
> 
> [EXTERNAL EMAIL]
> 
> > > Internal Use - Confidential
> > >
> > > In 1.3.2-5 the service is disabled by default (and also this issue should
> be fixed).
> 
> > Okay.  So, the bug can be closed, I guess.
> 
> I'm sorry, but it seems that it at least was reintroduced somewhen. I have
> 1.3.4-1 installed on testing and it fails to start. Unfortunately is is not
> that verbose on the logs.
> 
> $ service fwupd-refresh status
> ● fwupd-refresh.service - Refresh fwupd metadata and update motd
> Loaded: loaded (/lib/systemd/system/fwupd-refresh.service; static; vendor
> preset: disabled)
> Active: failed (Result: exit-code) since Mon 2019-12-02 09:16:34 CET; 2h 8min
> ago
> Docs: man:fwupdmgr(1)
> Process: 144751 ExecStart=/usr/bin/fwupdmgr refresh --no-metadata-check
> (code=exited, status=1/FAILURE)
> Main PID: 144751 (code=exited, status=1/FAILURE)
> Dez 02 09:16:34 werner1 systemd[1]: Starting Refresh fwupd metadata and
> update
> motd...
> Dez 02 09:16:34 werner1 systemd[1]: fwupd-refresh.service: Main process
> exited, code=exited, status=1/FAILURE
> Dez 02 09:16:34 werner1 systemd[1]: fwupd-refresh.service: Failed with result
> 'exit-code'.
> Dez 02 09:16:34 werner1 systemd[1]: Failed to start Refresh fwupd metadata and
> update motd.
> 
> Called from cmdline directly it still works.
> 
> --
> MfG usw.
> 
> Werner Mahr

What version of systemd are you running on your local system?  Did you bring that back
from unstable as well?

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Message #35 received at [email protected] (full text, mbox, reply):

From: Ritesh Raj Sarraf <[email protected]>
To: Debian Bug Tracking System <[email protected]>
Subject: Re: fwupd: fwupd-refresh.service failed to start Refresh fwupd metadata and update motd.
Date: Mon, 30 Dec 2019 21:42:07 +0530
Package: fwupd
Version: 1.3.4-1
Followup-For: Bug #943343

This is still broken with current mentioned version in Debian Testing. I
thought this was fixed a couple months ago.

rrs@priyasi:/var/tmp/Debian-Build/Result$ systemctl status fwupd-refresh.service
● fwupd-refresh.service - Refresh fwupd metadata and update motd
     Loaded: loaded (/lib/systemd/system/fwupd-refresh.service; static; vendor preset: disabled)
     Active: failed (Result: exit-code) since Mon 2019-12-30 21:21:11 IST; 10min ago
TriggeredBy: ● fwupd-refresh.timer
       Docs: man:fwupdmgr(1)
    Process: 108303 ExecStart=/usr/bin/fwupdmgr refresh --no-metadata-check (code=exited, status=1/FAILURE)
   Main PID: 108303 (code=exited, status=1/FAILURE)

Dec 30 21:21:06 priyasi systemd[1]: Starting Refresh fwupd metadata and update motd...
Dec 30 21:21:06 priyasi fwupdmgr[108303]: Fetching metadata https://cdn.fwupd.org/downloads/firmware.xml.gz
Dec 30 21:21:11 priyasi systemd[1]: fwupd-refresh.service: Main process exited, code=exited, status=1/FAILURE
Dec 30 21:21:11 priyasi systemd[1]: fwupd-refresh.service: Failed with result 'exit-code'.
Dec 30 21:21:11 priyasi systemd[1]: Failed to start Refresh fwupd metadata and update motd.
21:32 ♒ ॐ   ☹ => 3


-- System Information:
Debian Release: bullseye/sid
  APT prefers testing
  APT policy: (900, 'testing'), (500, 'unstable'), (500, 'stable'), (1, 'experimental')
Architecture: amd64 (x86_64)
Foreign Architectures: i386

Kernel: Linux 5.4.0-1-amd64 (SMP w/8 CPU cores)
Kernel taint flags: TAINT_USER
Locale: LANG=en_IN.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=en_IN.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8), LANGUAGE=en_US (charmap=UTF-8)
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/dash
Init: systemd (via /run/systemd/system)
LSM: AppArmor: enabled

Versions of packages fwupd depends on:
ii  libarchive13           3.4.0-1+b1
ii  libc6                  2.29-3
ii  libefiboot1            37-2
ii  libefivar1             37-2
ii  libelf1                0.176-1.1
ii  libfwupd2              1.3.4-1
ii  libgcab-1.0-0          1.3-1
ii  libglib2.0-0           2.62.3-2
ii  libgnutls30            3.6.11.1-2
ii  libgpg-error0          1.36-7
ii  libgpgme11             1.13.1-1
ii  libgudev-1.0-0         233-1
ii  libgusb2               0.3.0-1
ii  libjson-glib-1.0-0     1.4.4-2
ii  libpolkit-gobject-1-0  0.105-26
ii  libsmbios-c2           2.4.1-1
ii  libsoup2.4-1           2.68.2-1
ii  libsqlite3-0           3.30.1-1
ii  libtss2-esys0          2.3.1-3
ii  libxmlb1               0.1.14-1
ii  shared-mime-info       1.10-1

Versions of packages fwupd recommends:
ii  bolt                               0.8-4
ii  fwupd-amd64-signed [fwupd-signed]  1.3.4+1
ii  python3                            3.7.5-1

fwupd suggests no packages.

-- no debconf information

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From: <[email protected]>
To: <[email protected]>
Date: Mon, 3 Feb 2020 20:19:00 +0000
[Message part 1 (text/plain, inline)]
I expect that this should not be happening with current systemd in testing and fwupd in testing (or unstable).  Can you please confirm?
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From: Diederik de Haas <[email protected]>
To: Debian Bug Tracking System <[email protected]>
Subject: Re: fwupd: fwupd-refresh.service failed to start Refresh fwupd metadata and update motd.
Date: Sat, 14 Mar 2020 13:25:38 +0100
Package: fwupd
Version: 1.3.9-2
Followup-For: Bug #943343

Essentially the same issue as initially reported, but just got version
1.3.9-2 and it's still happening.
Running the 'ExecStart' line manually succeeded successfully.

root@bagend:~# systemctl status fwupd-refresh.service
● fwupd-refresh.service - Refresh fwupd metadata and update motd
     Loaded: loaded (/lib/systemd/system/fwupd-refresh.service; static; vendor preset: disabled)
     Active: failed (Result: exit-code) since Sat 2020-03-14 09:37:54 CET; 3h 32min ago
TriggeredBy: ● fwupd-refresh.timer
       Docs: man:fwupdmgr(1)
   Main PID: 13148 (code=exited, status=1/FAILURE)

mrt 14 09:37:54 bagend systemd[1]: Starting Refresh fwupd metadata and update motd...
mrt 14 09:37:54 bagend systemd[1]: fwupd-refresh.service: Main process exited, code=exited, status=1/FAILURE
mrt 14 09:37:54 bagend systemd[1]: fwupd-refresh.service: Failed with result 'exit-code'.
mrt 14 09:37:54 bagend systemd[1]: Failed to start Refresh fwupd metadata and update motd.
root@bagend:~# systemctl restart fwupd-refresh.service
Job for fwupd-refresh.service failed because the control process exited with error code.
See "systemctl status fwupd-refresh.service" and "journalctl -xe" for details.
root@bagend:~# journalctl -xe
-- A start job for unit fwupd-refresh.timer has finished successfully.
--
-- The job identifier is 5651.
mrt 14 13:08:51 bagend systemd[1]: Reloading.
mrt 14 13:08:51 bagend systemd[1]: /lib/systemd/system/dbus.socket:5: ListenStream= references a path below legacy directory /var/run/, updating /var/run/d>
mrt 14 13:08:52 bagend systemd[1]: Reloading.
mrt 14 13:08:52 bagend systemd[1]: /lib/systemd/system/dbus.socket:5: ListenStream= references a path below legacy directory /var/run/, updating /var/run/d>
mrt 14 13:08:55 bagend dbus-daemon[828]: [system] Reloaded configuration
mrt 14 13:10:24 bagend systemd[1]: Starting Refresh fwupd metadata and update motd...
-- Subject: A start job for unit fwupd-refresh.service has begun execution
-- Defined-By: systemd
-- Support: https://www.debian.org/support
--
-- A start job for unit fwupd-refresh.service has begun execution.
--
-- The job identifier is 5965.
mrt 14 13:10:24 bagend systemd[1]: fwupd-refresh.service: Main process exited, code=exited, status=1/FAILURE
-- Subject: Unit process exited
-- Defined-By: systemd
-- Support: https://www.debian.org/support
--
-- An ExecStart= process belonging to unit fwupd-refresh.service has exited.
--
-- The process' exit code is 'exited' and its exit status is 1.
mrt 14 13:10:24 bagend systemd[1]: fwupd-refresh.service: Failed with result 'exit-code'.
-- Subject: Unit failed
-- Defined-By: systemd
-- Support: https://www.debian.org/support
--
-- The unit fwupd-refresh.service has entered the 'failed' state with result 'exit-code'.
mrt 14 13:10:24 bagend systemd[1]: Failed to start Refresh fwupd metadata and update motd.
-- Subject: A start job for unit fwupd-refresh.service has failed
-- Defined-By: systemd
-- Support: https://www.debian.org/support
--
-- A start job for unit fwupd-refresh.service has finished with a failure.
--
-- The job identifier is 5965 and the job result is failed.
root@bagend:~# cat $(locate fwupd-refresh.service)
[Unit]
Description=Refresh fwupd metadata and update motd
Documentation=man:fwupdmgr(1)
After=network.target network-online.target systemd-networkd.service NetworkManager.service connman.service

[Service]
Type=oneshot
CacheDirectory=fwupdmgr
StandardError=null
DynamicUser=yes
RestrictAddressFamilies=AF_NETLINK AF_UNIX AF_INET AF_INET6
SystemCallFilter=~@mount
ProtectKernelModules=yes
ProtectControlGroups=yes
RestrictRealtime=yes
SuccessExitStatus=2
ExecStart=/usr/bin/fwupdmgr refresh --no-metadata-check
root@bagend:~# /usr/bin/fwupdmgr refresh --no-metadata-check
Fetching metadata https://cdn.fwupd.org/downloads/firmware.xml.gz
Downloading…             [***************************************]
Fetching signature https://cdn.fwupd.org/downloads/firmware.xml.gz.asc

Successfully downloaded new metadata: 1 local device supported



-- System Information:
Debian Release: bullseye/sid
  APT prefers unstable-debug
  APT policy: (500, 'unstable-debug'), (500, 'unstable'), (500, 'testing'), (101, 'experimental'), (1, 'experimental-debug')
Architecture: amd64 (x86_64)

Kernel: Linux 5.4.0-4-amd64 (SMP w/16 CPU cores)
Locale: LANG=en_US.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=en_US.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8), LANGUAGE=en_US:en (charmap=UTF-8)
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/dash
Init: systemd (via /run/systemd/system)
LSM: AppArmor: enabled

Versions of packages fwupd depends on:
ii  libc6                  2.30-2
ii  libefiboot1            37-2
ii  libefivar1             37-2
ii  libelf1                0.176-1.1
ii  libflashrom1           1.2-5
ii  libfwupd2              1.3.9-2
ii  libfwupdplugin1        1.3.9-2
ii  libglib2.0-0           2.64.0-2
ii  libgnutls30            3.6.12-2
ii  libgpg-error0          1.37-1
ii  libgpgme11             1.13.1-7
ii  libgudev-1.0-0         233-1
ii  libgusb2               0.3.0-1
ii  libjson-glib-1.0-0     1.4.4-2
ii  libpolkit-gobject-1-0  0.105-26
ii  libsmbios-c2           2.4.3-1
ii  libsoup2.4-1           2.70.0-1
ii  libsqlite3-0           3.31.1-4
ii  libtss2-esys0          2.3.3-1
ii  libxmlb1               0.1.15-1
ii  shared-mime-info       1.10-1

Versions of packages fwupd recommends:
ii  bolt                               0.8-4
ii  fwupd-amd64-signed [fwupd-signed]  1.3.9+2
ii  python3                            3.8.2-1

fwupd suggests no packages.

-- no debconf information

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From: <[email protected]>
To: <[email protected]>, <[email protected]>
Subject: RE: Bug#943343: fwupd: fwupd-refresh.service failed to start Refresh fwupd metadata and update motd.
Date: Wed, 18 Mar 2020 21:40:22 +0000
I suspect this is related to an upgrade from the intermediary version that had problematic objects/permissions created.

Can you please try to check whether there are broken symlinks in /var/lib/private or /var/cache/private?

Thanks,

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Diederik de Haas <[email protected]>
> Sent: Saturday, March 14, 2020 7:26 AM
> To: Debian Bug Tracking System
> Subject: Bug#943343: fwupd: fwupd-refresh.service failed to start Refresh
> fwupd metadata and update motd.
> 
> 
> [EXTERNAL EMAIL]
> 
> Package: fwupd
> Version: 1.3.9-2
> Followup-For: Bug #943343
> 
> Essentially the same issue as initially reported, but just got version
> 1.3.9-2 and it's still happening.
> Running the 'ExecStart' line manually succeeded successfully.
> 
> root@bagend:~# systemctl status fwupd-refresh.service ● fwupd-
> refresh.service - Refresh fwupd metadata and update motd
>      Loaded: loaded (/lib/systemd/system/fwupd-refresh.service; static; vendor
> preset: disabled)
>      Active: failed (Result: exit-code) since Sat 2020-03-14 09:37:54 CET; 3h 32min
> ago
> TriggeredBy: ● fwupd-refresh.timer
>        Docs: man:fwupdmgr(1)
>    Main PID: 13148 (code=exited, status=1/FAILURE)
> 
> mrt 14 09:37:54 bagend systemd[1]: Starting Refresh fwupd metadata and
> update motd...
> mrt 14 09:37:54 bagend systemd[1]: fwupd-refresh.service: Main process exited,
> code=exited, status=1/FAILURE mrt 14 09:37:54 bagend systemd[1]: fwupd-
> refresh.service: Failed with result 'exit-code'.
> mrt 14 09:37:54 bagend systemd[1]: Failed to start Refresh fwupd metadata and
> update motd.
> root@bagend:~# systemctl restart fwupd-refresh.service Job for fwupd-
> refresh.service failed because the control process exited with error code.
> See "systemctl status fwupd-refresh.service" and "journalctl -xe" for details.
> root@bagend:~# journalctl -xe
> -- A start job for unit fwupd-refresh.timer has finished successfully.
> --
> -- The job identifier is 5651.
> mrt 14 13:08:51 bagend systemd[1]: Reloading.
> mrt 14 13:08:51 bagend systemd[1]: /lib/systemd/system/dbus.socket:5:
> ListenStream= references a path below legacy directory /var/run/, updating
> /var/run/d> mrt 14 13:08:52 bagend systemd[1]: Reloading.
> mrt 14 13:08:52 bagend systemd[1]: /lib/systemd/system/dbus.socket:5:
> ListenStream= references a path below legacy directory /var/run/, updating
> /var/run/d> mrt 14 13:08:55 bagend dbus-daemon[828]: [system] Reloaded
> configuration mrt 14 13:10:24 bagend systemd[1]: Starting Refresh fwupd
> metadata and update motd...
> -- Subject: A start job for unit fwupd-refresh.service has begun execution
> -- Defined-By: systemd
> -- Support: https://www.debian.org/support
> --
> -- A start job for unit fwupd-refresh.service has begun execution.
> --
> -- The job identifier is 5965.
> mrt 14 13:10:24 bagend systemd[1]: fwupd-refresh.service: Main process exited,
> code=exited, status=1/FAILURE
> -- Subject: Unit process exited
> -- Defined-By: systemd
> -- Support: https://www.debian.org/support
> --
> -- An ExecStart= process belonging to unit fwupd-refresh.service has exited.
> --
> -- The process' exit code is 'exited' and its exit status is 1.
> mrt 14 13:10:24 bagend systemd[1]: fwupd-refresh.service: Failed with result
> 'exit-code'.
> -- Subject: Unit failed
> -- Defined-By: systemd
> -- Support: https://www.debian.org/support
> --
> -- The unit fwupd-refresh.service has entered the 'failed' state with result 'exit-
> code'.
> mrt 14 13:10:24 bagend systemd[1]: Failed to start Refresh fwupd metadata and
> update motd.
> -- Subject: A start job for unit fwupd-refresh.service has failed
> -- Defined-By: systemd
> -- Support: https://www.debian.org/support
> --
> -- A start job for unit fwupd-refresh.service has finished with a failure.
> --
> -- The job identifier is 5965 and the job result is failed.
> root@bagend:~# cat $(locate fwupd-refresh.service) [Unit] Description=Refresh
> fwupd metadata and update motd
> Documentation=man:fwupdmgr(1)
> After=network.target network-online.target systemd-networkd.service
> NetworkManager.service connman.service
> 
> [Service]
> Type=oneshot
> CacheDirectory=fwupdmgr
> StandardError=null
> DynamicUser=yes
> RestrictAddressFamilies=AF_NETLINK AF_UNIX AF_INET AF_INET6
> SystemCallFilter=~@mount ProtectKernelModules=yes
> ProtectControlGroups=yes RestrictRealtime=yes
> SuccessExitStatus=2
> ExecStart=/usr/bin/fwupdmgr refresh --no-metadata-check root@bagend:~#
> /usr/bin/fwupdmgr refresh --no-metadata-check Fetching metadata
> https://cdn.fwupd.org/downloads/firmware.xml.gz
> Downloading…             [***************************************]
> Fetching signature https://cdn.fwupd.org/downloads/firmware.xml.gz.asc
> 
> Successfully downloaded new metadata: 1 local device supported
> 
> 
> 
> -- System Information:
> Debian Release: bullseye/sid
>   APT prefers unstable-debug
>   APT policy: (500, 'unstable-debug'), (500, 'unstable'), (500, 'testing'), (101,
> 'experimental'), (1, 'experimental-debug')
> Architecture: amd64 (x86_64)
> 
> Kernel: Linux 5.4.0-4-amd64 (SMP w/16 CPU cores)
> Locale: LANG=en_US.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=en_US.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8),
> LANGUAGE=en_US:en (charmap=UTF-8)
> Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/dash
> Init: systemd (via /run/systemd/system)
> LSM: AppArmor: enabled
> 
> Versions of packages fwupd depends on:
> ii  libc6                  2.30-2
> ii  libefiboot1            37-2
> ii  libefivar1             37-2
> ii  libelf1                0.176-1.1
> ii  libflashrom1           1.2-5
> ii  libfwupd2              1.3.9-2
> ii  libfwupdplugin1        1.3.9-2
> ii  libglib2.0-0           2.64.0-2
> ii  libgnutls30            3.6.12-2
> ii  libgpg-error0          1.37-1
> ii  libgpgme11             1.13.1-7
> ii  libgudev-1.0-0         233-1
> ii  libgusb2               0.3.0-1
> ii  libjson-glib-1.0-0     1.4.4-2
> ii  libpolkit-gobject-1-0  0.105-26
> ii  libsmbios-c2           2.4.3-1
> ii  libsoup2.4-1           2.70.0-1
> ii  libsqlite3-0           3.31.1-4
> ii  libtss2-esys0          2.3.3-1
> ii  libxmlb1               0.1.15-1
> ii  shared-mime-info       1.10-1
> 
> Versions of packages fwupd recommends:
> ii  bolt                               0.8-4
> ii  fwupd-amd64-signed [fwupd-signed]  1.3.9+2
> ii  python3                            3.8.2-1
> 
> fwupd suggests no packages.
> 
> -- no debconf information

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Message #55 received at [email protected] (full text, mbox, reply):

From: Diederik de Haas <[email protected]>
To: [email protected]
Cc: [email protected]
Subject: Re: Bug#943343: fwupd: fwupd-refresh.service failed to start Refresh fwupd metadata and update motd.
Date: Thu, 19 Mar 2020 13:56:47 +0100
[Message part 1 (text/plain, inline)]
On woensdag 18 maart 2020 22:40:22 CET [email protected] wrote:
> I suspect this is related to an upgrade from the intermediary version that
> had problematic objects/permissions created.
 
> Can you please try to check whether there are broken symlinks in
> /var/lib/private or /var/cache/private?

It seems there are no symlinks, so also not broken symlinks. 

root@bagend:~# ls -la /var/lib/private/
total 12
drwx------  3 root root 4096 mei  3  2018 .
drwxr-xr-x 82 root root 4096 mrt 19 08:47 ..
drwxr-xr-x  2 root root 4096 jan 10  2019 systemd
root@bagend:~# ls -la /var/lib/private/systemd/
total 8
drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 jan 10  2019 .
drwx------ 3 root root 4096 mei  3  2018 ..
root@bagend:~# ls -la /var/cache/private/
total 16
drwx------  4 root  root  4096 okt  9 21:36 .
drwxr-xr-x 22 root  root  4096 mrt  9 11:56 ..
drwxr-xr-x  2 62803 62803 4096 jul 30  2019 fwupd
drwxr-xr-x  2 62803 62803 4096 okt  9 21:36 fwupdmgr
root@bagend:~# ls -la /var/cache/private/fwupd/
total 720
drwxr-xr-x 2 62803 62803   4096 jul 30  2019 .
drwx------ 4 root  root    4096 okt  9 21:36 ..
-rw-r--r-- 1 62803 62803 722862 jul 30  2019 metadata.xmlb
-rw-r--r-- 1 62803 62803   1471 jul 30  2019 metainfo.xmlb
root@bagend:~# ls -la /var/cache/private/fwupdmgr/
total 8
drwxr-xr-x 2 62803 62803 4096 okt  9 21:36 .
drwx------ 4 root  root  4096 okt  9 21:36 ..


FTR: My system is a fully up-to-date Sid system 
# systemd --version
systemd 245 (245.2-1)
+PAM +AUDIT +SELINUX +IMA +APPARMOR +SMACK +SYSVINIT +UTMP +LIBCRYPTSETUP 
+GCRYPT +GNUTLS +ACL +XZ +LZ4 +SECCOMP +BLKID +ELFUTILS +KMOD +IDN2 -IDN 
+PCRE2 default-hierarchy=hybrid
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Message #60 received at [email protected] (full text, mbox, reply):

From: <[email protected]>
To: <[email protected]>
Cc: <[email protected]>
Subject: RE: Bug#943343: fwupd: fwupd-refresh.service failed to start Refresh fwupd metadata and update motd.
Date: Thu, 19 Mar 2020 13:42:56 +0000
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Diederik de Haas <[email protected]>
> Sent: Thursday, March 19, 2020 7:57 AM
> To: Limonciello, Mario
> Cc: [email protected]
> Subject: Re: Bug#943343: fwupd: fwupd-refresh.service failed to start
> Refresh fwupd metadata and update motd.
> 
> On woensdag 18 maart 2020 22:40:22 CET [email protected] wrote:
> > I suspect this is related to an upgrade from the intermediary version
> > that had problematic objects/permissions created.
> 
> > Can you please try to check whether there are broken symlinks in
> > /var/lib/private or /var/cache/private?
> 
> It seems there are no symlinks, so also not broken symlinks.
> 
> root@bagend:~# ls -la /var/lib/private/
> total 12
> drwx------  3 root root 4096 mei  3  2018 .
> drwxr-xr-x 82 root root 4096 mrt 19 08:47 ..
> drwxr-xr-x  2 root root 4096 jan 10  2019 systemd root@bagend:~# ls -la
> /var/lib/private/systemd/ total 8 drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 jan 10  2019 .
> drwx------ 3 root root 4096 mei  3  2018 ..
> root@bagend:~# ls -la /var/cache/private/ total 16
> drwx------  4 root  root  4096 okt  9 21:36 .
> drwxr-xr-x 22 root  root  4096 mrt  9 11:56 ..
> drwxr-xr-x  2 62803 62803 4096 jul 30  2019 fwupd drwxr-xr-x  2 62803 62803
> 4096 okt  9 21:36 fwupdmgr root@bagend:~# ls -la
> /var/cache/private/fwupd/ total 720
> drwxr-xr-x 2 62803 62803   4096 jul 30  2019 .
> drwx------ 4 root  root    4096 okt  9 21:36 ..
> -rw-r--r-- 1 62803 62803 722862 jul 30  2019 metadata.xmlb
> -rw-r--r-- 1 62803 62803   1471 jul 30  2019 metainfo.xmlb
> root@bagend:~# ls -la /var/cache/private/fwupdmgr/ total 8 drwxr-xr-x 2
> 62803 62803 4096 okt  9 21:36 .
> drwx------ 4 root  root  4096 okt  9 21:36 ..
> 
> 
> FTR: My system is a fully up-to-date Sid system # systemd --version systemd
> 245 (245.2-1)
> +PAM +AUDIT +SELINUX +IMA +APPARMOR +SMACK +SYSVINIT +UTMP
> ++LIBCRYPTSETUP GCRYPT +GNUTLS +ACL +XZ +LZ4 +SECCOMP +BLKID
> +ELFUTILS
> ++KMOD +IDN2 -IDN
> +PCRE2 default-hierarchy=hybrid

Has your system been rebooted recently?  
I check on my (working) system and I don't have /run/motd.d as a symlink to /run/private/motd.d.
For my system /run/motd.d is a real directory with a subdirectory "fwupd".

I have a suspicion this is related to the issue.




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Message #65 received at [email protected] (full text, mbox, reply):

From: Diederik de Haas <[email protected]>
To: [email protected]
Cc: [email protected]
Subject: Re: Bug#943343: fwupd: fwupd-refresh.service failed to start Refresh fwupd metadata and update motd.
Date: Thu, 19 Mar 2020 14:53:10 +0100
[Message part 1 (text/plain, inline)]
On donderdag 19 maart 2020 14:42:56 CET [email protected] wrote:
> Has your system been rebooted recently?

Yes. I usually shutdown my system at night.

> I check on my (working) system and I don't have /run/motd.d as a symlink to
> /run/private/motd.d. For my system /run/motd.d is a real directory with a
> subdirectory "fwupd".
> 
> I have a suspicion this is related to the issue.

I don't have a /run/private directory and also no /run/motd.d.
I do have /run/motd.dynamic which is the same as "uname -nrsvm" (uname -a 
minus the GNU/Linux part)
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Message #70 received at [email protected] (full text, mbox, reply):

From: <[email protected]>
To: <[email protected]>
Cc: <[email protected]>
Subject: RE: Bug#943343: fwupd: fwupd-refresh.service failed to start Refresh fwupd metadata and update motd.
Date: Thu, 19 Mar 2020 13:57:30 +0000
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Diederik de Haas <[email protected]>
> Sent: Thursday, March 19, 2020 8:53 AM
> To: Limonciello, Mario
> Cc: [email protected]
> Subject: Re: Bug#943343: fwupd: fwupd-refresh.service failed to start
> Refresh fwupd metadata and update motd.
> 
> On donderdag 19 maart 2020 14:42:56 CET [email protected]
> wrote:
> > Has your system been rebooted recently?
> 
> Yes. I usually shutdown my system at night.
> 
> > I check on my (working) system and I don't have /run/motd.d as a
> > symlink to /run/private/motd.d. For my system /run/motd.d is a real
> > directory with a subdirectory "fwupd".
> >
> > I have a suspicion this is related to the issue.
> 
> I don't have a /run/private directory and also no /run/motd.d.
> I do have /run/motd.dynamic which is the same as "uname -nrsvm" (uname -
> a minus the GNU/Linux part)

In your first post you had:

And about the runtime directory:
$ ls -ld /run/motd.d
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 14 oct 23 16:06 /run/motd.d -> private/motd.d
$ ls -ld /run/private/
drwx------ 3 root root 60 oct 23 16:06 /run/private/
$ sudo ls -ld /run/private/motd.d
drwxr-xr-x 2 62803 62803 40 oct 23 16:06 /run/private/motd.d
$ sudo ls -l /run/private/motd.d
total 0



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From: <[email protected]>
To: <[email protected]>
Cc: <[email protected]>
Subject: RE: Bug#943343: fwupd: fwupd-refresh.service failed to start Refresh fwupd metadata and update motd.
Date: Thu, 19 Mar 2020 13:59:56 +0000
> From: Limonciello, Mario
> Sent: Thursday, March 19, 2020 8:58 AM
> To: Diederik de Haas
> Cc: [email protected]
> Subject: RE: Bug#943343: fwupd: fwupd-refresh.service failed to start
> Refresh fwupd metadata and update motd.
> 
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Diederik de Haas <[email protected]>
> > Sent: Thursday, March 19, 2020 8:53 AM
> > To: Limonciello, Mario
> > Cc: [email protected]
> > Subject: Re: Bug#943343: fwupd: fwupd-refresh.service failed to start
> > Refresh fwupd metadata and update motd.
> >
> > On donderdag 19 maart 2020 14:42:56 CET [email protected]
> > wrote:
> > > Has your system been rebooted recently?
> >
> > Yes. I usually shutdown my system at night.
> >
> > > I check on my (working) system and I don't have /run/motd.d as a
> > > symlink to /run/private/motd.d. For my system /run/motd.d is a real
> > > directory with a subdirectory "fwupd".
> > >
> > > I have a suspicion this is related to the issue.
> >
> > I don't have a /run/private directory and also no /run/motd.d.
> > I do have /run/motd.dynamic which is the same as "uname -nrsvm"
> (uname
> > - a minus the GNU/Linux part)
> 
> In your first post you had:
> 
> And about the runtime directory:
> $ ls -ld /run/motd.d
> lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 14 oct 23 16:06 /run/motd.d -> private/motd.d $ ls -ld
> /run/private/
> drwx------ 3 root root 60 oct 23 16:06 /run/private/ $ sudo ls -ld
> /run/private/motd.d drwxr-xr-x 2 62803 62803 40 oct 23 16:06
> /run/private/motd.d $ sudo ls -l /run/private/motd.d total 0

Sorry - I see now that was from a while back.



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Subject: Re: Bug#943343: fwupd: fwupd-refresh.service failed to start Refresh fwupd metadata and update motd.
Date: Thu, 19 Mar 2020 15:02:13 +0100
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> Sorry - I see now that was from a while back.

And also a different user (OP).
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Date: Tue, 19 Jan 2021 18:03:37 +0000
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On Thu, 19 Mar 2020 15:02:13 +0100 Diederik de Haas <[email protected]> wrote:
> On donderdag 19 maart 2020 14:59:56 CET [email protected] wrote:
> > Sorry - I see now that was from a while back.
>
> And also a different user (OP).

After some upstream discussion, any remaining issues with 1.3.x this is expected to be root caused in a CDN caching problem that will be transient.  The architecture was changed in the 1.4.x series, so please if this is still present in 1.4.x or 1.5.x please notify.
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From: Thomas Stewart <[email protected]>
To: [email protected]
Subject: Re: Bug#943343: fwupd: fwupd-refresh.service failed to start Refresh fwupd metadata and update motd.
Date: Wed, 27 Jan 2021 11:42:26 +0000
Hi,

I'm running testing/sid and have fwupd-1.5.5-2 installed. I have found
that when fwupd-refresh.service restarts either with the timer or
manually that if DynamicUser=yes is enabled then the service fails to
start[0]. When I remove DynamicUser from the unit it restarts fine.

I noticed that the unit has: CacheDirectory=fwupdmgr but the
metadata seems to live in /var/cache/fwupd[1].

After purging the package and removing /var/cache/fwup* /var/lib/fwupd
/var/cache/private/fwupd and reinstalling I can see the /var/cache dirs
created[2] but the service does not start.

When removing the "StandardError=null" directive from the unit I get an
additional error[3], which seems to indicate it's having trouble
talking to dbus.

Kind Regards
--
Tom

[0]
$ sudo systemctl restart fwupd-refresh.service
Job for fwupd-refresh.service failed because the control process exited with error code.
See "systemctl status fwupd-refresh.service" and "journalctl -xe" for details.
$

$ sudo journalctl -f 
Jan 27 10:09:30 systemd[1]: Starting Refresh fwupd metadata and update motd...
Jan 27 10:09:31 fwupdmgr[176638]: (fwupdmgr:176638): GLib-DEBUG: 10:09:31.089: setenv()/putenv() are not thread-safe and should not be used after threads are created
Jan 27 10:09:31 systemd[1]: fwupd-refresh.service: Main process exited, code=exited, status=1/FAILURE
Jan 27 10:09:31 systemd[1]: fwupd-refresh.service: Failed with result 'exit-code'.
Jan 27 10:09:31 systemd[1]: Failed to start Refresh fwupd metadata and update motd.
$

[1]
$ find /var/cache/fw*
/var/cache/fwupd
/var/cache/fwupd/metadata.xmlb
/var/cache/fwupd/quirks.xmlb
/var/cache/fwupd/metainfo.xmlb
/var/cache/fwupdmgr
$

[2]
$ sudo ls -la /var/cache/fwupdmgr /var/cache/private/fwupdmgr
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root  root    16 Jan 27 10:57 /var/cache/fwupdmgr -> private/fwupdmgr

/var/cache/private/fwupdmgr:
total 8
drwxr-xr-x 2 62803 62803 4096 Jan 27 10:57 .
drwx------ 3 root  root  4096 Jan 27 10:57 ..
$

[3]
Jan 27 11:09:30 fwupdmgr[189035]: Failed to connect to daemon: Exhausted all available authentication mechanisms (tried: EXTERNAL) (available: EXTERNAL)




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From: Thomas Stewart <[email protected]>
To: "Limonciello, Mario" <[email protected]>
Cc: "[email protected]" <[email protected]>
Subject: Re: Bug#943343: fwupd: fwupd-refresh.service failed to start Refresh fwupd metadata and update motd.
Date: Wed, 27 Jan 2021 14:32:32 +0000
On 27 Jan 2021, at 14:18, Limonciello, Mario wrote:
> Can you check if fwupdmgr works as a standard user to talk to the daemon for you?

As a normal user I can run "fwupdmgr --version" fine[0].

However if I amend the unit to run the above[1] the output stops before
daemon version[2].

Kind Regards
--
Tom

[0]
$ id
uid=1000(thomas) gid=1000(thomas) groups=1000(thomas),20(dialout),27(sudo),128(docker)
$
$ /usr/bin/fwupdmgr --version
client version: 1.5.5
compile-time dependency versions
        gusb:   0.3.5

        daemon version: 1.5.5
$

[1]
ExecStart=/usr/bin/fwupdmgr --version

[2]
Jan 27 14:24:38 systemd[1]: Starting Refresh fwupd metadata and update motd...
Jan 27 14:24:38 fwupdmgr[199579]: client version:        1.5.5
Jan 27 14:24:38 fwupdmgr[199579]: compile-time dependency versions
Jan 27 14:24:38 fwupdmgr[199579]:         gusb:        0.3.5
Jan 27 14:24:38 fwupdmgr[199579]: Failed to connect to daemon: Exhausted all available authentication mechanisms (tried: EXTERNAL) (available: EXTERNAL)
Jan 27 14:24:38 systemd[1]: fwupd-refresh.service: Main process exited, code=exited, status=1/FAILURE
Jan 27 14:24:38 systemd[1]: fwupd-refresh.service: Failed with result 'exit-code'.
Jan 27 14:24:38 systemd[1]: Failed to start Refresh fwupd metadata and update motd.



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From: "Limonciello, Mario" <[email protected]>
To: Thomas Stewart <[email protected]>, "[email protected]" <[email protected]>
Subject: RE: Bug#943343: fwupd: fwupd-refresh.service failed to start Refresh fwupd metadata and update motd.
Date: Wed, 27 Jan 2021 14:17:56 +0000
Can you check if fwupdmgr works as a standard user to talk to the daemon for you?

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Thomas Stewart <[email protected]>
> Sent: Wednesday, January 27, 2021 5:42
> To: [email protected]
> Subject: Bug#943343: fwupd: fwupd-refresh.service failed to start Refresh
> fwupd metadata and update motd.
> 
> 
> [EXTERNAL EMAIL]
> 
> Hi,
> 
> I'm running testing/sid and have fwupd-1.5.5-2 installed. I have found
> that when fwupd-refresh.service restarts either with the timer or
> manually that if DynamicUser=yes is enabled then the service fails to
> start[0]. When I remove DynamicUser from the unit it restarts fine.
> 
> I noticed that the unit has: CacheDirectory=fwupdmgr but the
> metadata seems to live in /var/cache/fwupd[1].
> 
> After purging the package and removing /var/cache/fwup* /var/lib/fwupd
> /var/cache/private/fwupd and reinstalling I can see the /var/cache dirs
> created[2] but the service does not start.
> 
> When removing the "StandardError=null" directive from the unit I get an
> additional error[3], which seems to indicate it's having trouble
> talking to dbus.
> 
> Kind Regards
> --
> Tom
> 
> [0]
> $ sudo systemctl restart fwupd-refresh.service
> Job for fwupd-refresh.service failed because the control process exited with
> error code.
> See "systemctl status fwupd-refresh.service" and "journalctl -xe" for details.
> $
> 
> $ sudo journalctl -f
> Jan 27 10:09:30 systemd[1]: Starting Refresh fwupd metadata and update motd...
> Jan 27 10:09:31 fwupdmgr[176638]: (fwupdmgr:176638): GLib-DEBUG: 10:09:31.089:
> setenv()/putenv() are not thread-safe and should not be used after threads are
> created
> Jan 27 10:09:31 systemd[1]: fwupd-refresh.service: Main process exited,
> code=exited, status=1/FAILURE
> Jan 27 10:09:31 systemd[1]: fwupd-refresh.service: Failed with result 'exit-
> code'.
> Jan 27 10:09:31 systemd[1]: Failed to start Refresh fwupd metadata and update
> motd.
> $
> 
> [1]
> $ find /var/cache/fw*
> /var/cache/fwupd
> /var/cache/fwupd/metadata.xmlb
> /var/cache/fwupd/quirks.xmlb
> /var/cache/fwupd/metainfo.xmlb
> /var/cache/fwupdmgr
> $
> 
> [2]
> $ sudo ls -la /var/cache/fwupdmgr /var/cache/private/fwupdmgr
> lrwxrwxrwx 1 root  root    16 Jan 27 10:57 /var/cache/fwupdmgr ->
> private/fwupdmgr
> 
> /var/cache/private/fwupdmgr:
> total 8
> drwxr-xr-x 2 62803 62803 4096 Jan 27 10:57 .
> drwx------ 3 root  root  4096 Jan 27 10:57 ..
> $
> 
> [3]
> Jan 27 11:09:30 fwupdmgr[189035]: Failed to connect to daemon: Exhausted all
> available authentication mechanisms (tried: EXTERNAL) (available: EXTERNAL)




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From: "Limonciello, Mario" <[email protected]>
To: Thomas Stewart <[email protected]>
Cc: "[email protected]" <[email protected]>
Subject: RE: Bug#943343: fwupd: fwupd-refresh.service failed to start Refresh fwupd metadata and update motd.
Date: Thu, 28 Jan 2021 02:12:11 +0000
Are you by chance using NFS mounted directories?  Or external entity for authentication such as LDAP or SSSD?

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Thomas Stewart <[email protected]>
> Sent: Wednesday, January 27, 2021 8:33
> To: Limonciello, Mario
> Cc: [email protected]
> Subject: Re: Bug#943343: fwupd: fwupd-refresh.service failed to start Refresh
> fwupd metadata and update motd.
> 
> 
> [EXTERNAL EMAIL]
> 
> On 27 Jan 2021, at 14:18, Limonciello, Mario wrote:
> > Can you check if fwupdmgr works as a standard user to talk to the daemon for
> you?
> 
> As a normal user I can run "fwupdmgr --version" fine[0].
> 
> However if I amend the unit to run the above[1] the output stops before
> daemon version[2].
> 
> Kind Regards
> --
> Tom
> 
> [0]
> $ id
> uid=1000(thomas) gid=1000(thomas)
> groups=1000(thomas),20(dialout),27(sudo),128(docker)
> $
> $ /usr/bin/fwupdmgr --version
> client version: 1.5.5
> compile-time dependency versions
>         gusb:   0.3.5
> 
>         daemon version: 1.5.5
> $
> 
> [1]
> ExecStart=/usr/bin/fwupdmgr --version
> 
> [2]
> Jan 27 14:24:38 systemd[1]: Starting Refresh fwupd metadata and update motd...
> Jan 27 14:24:38 fwupdmgr[199579]: client version:        1.5.5
> Jan 27 14:24:38 fwupdmgr[199579]: compile-time dependency versions
> Jan 27 14:24:38 fwupdmgr[199579]:         gusb:        0.3.5
> Jan 27 14:24:38 fwupdmgr[199579]: Failed to connect to daemon: Exhausted all
> available authentication mechanisms (tried: EXTERNAL) (available: EXTERNAL)
> Jan 27 14:24:38 systemd[1]: fwupd-refresh.service: Main process exited,
> code=exited, status=1/FAILURE
> Jan 27 14:24:38 systemd[1]: fwupd-refresh.service: Failed with result 'exit-
> code'.
> Jan 27 14:24:38 systemd[1]: Failed to start Refresh fwupd metadata and update
> motd.



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From: Thomas Stewart <[email protected]>
To: "Limonciello, Mario" <[email protected]>
Cc: "[email protected]" <[email protected]>
Subject: RE: Bug#943343: fwupd: fwupd-refresh.service failed to start Refresh fwupd metadata and update motd.
Date: Thu, 28 Jan 2021 07:35:32 +0000
Yes, I'm using sssd against FreeIPA.

Tom


On 28 January 2021 02:12:11 GMT, "Limonciello, Mario" <[email protected]> wrote:
>Are you by chance using NFS mounted directories?  Or external entity
>for authentication such as LDAP or SSSD?



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To: Thomas Stewart <[email protected]>
Cc: "[email protected]" <[email protected]>
Subject: RE: Bug#943343: fwupd: fwupd-refresh.service failed to start Refresh fwupd metadata and update motd.
Date: Fri, 29 Jan 2021 03:28:51 +0000
I'm unsure what to do here, it seems to me that there is a problem with systemd using DynamicUser and sssd when the service uses dbus.
Perhaps this should be re-assigned to systemd.

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Thomas Stewart <[email protected]>
> Sent: Thursday, January 28, 2021 1:36
> To: Limonciello, Mario
> Cc: [email protected]
> Subject: RE: Bug#943343: fwupd: fwupd-refresh.service failed to start Refresh
> fwupd metadata and update motd.
> 
> 
> [EXTERNAL EMAIL]
> 
> Yes, I'm using sssd against FreeIPA.
> 
> Tom
> 
> 
> On 28 January 2021 02:12:11 GMT, "Limonciello, Mario"
> <[email protected]> wrote:
> >Are you by chance using NFS mounted directories?  Or external entity
> >for authentication such as LDAP or SSSD?

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From: Thomas Stewart <[email protected]>
To: "Limonciello, Mario" <[email protected]>
Cc: "[email protected]" <[email protected]>
Subject: Re: Bug#943343: fwupd: fwupd-refresh.service failed to start Refresh fwupd metadata and update motd.
Date: Fri, 29 Jan 2021 09:33:03 +0000
On 29 Jan 2021, at 03:29, Limonciello, Mario wrote:
> I'm unsure what to do here, it seems to me that there is a problem with systemd using DynamicUser and sssd when the service uses dbus.
> Perhaps this should be re-assigned to systemd.

I will attempt to reproduce on a non freeipa joined machine.

Kind Regards
--
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From: Amit <[email protected]>
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Subject: Re: Bug#943343: fwupd: fwupd-refresh.service failed to start Refresh fwupd metadata and update motd.
Date: Fri, 12 Feb 2021 20:43:01 -0800
Just chiming in here. I see this issue on Debian Testing with
fwupd-1.5.3.-2. Removing DynamicUser=yes resolves the issue.



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From: Ross Vandegrift <[email protected]>
To: Debian Bug Tracking System <[email protected]>
Subject: Re: fwupd: fwupd-refresh.service failed to start Refresh fwupd metadata and update motd.
Date: Wed, 21 Apr 2021 15:54:02 -0700
Package: fwupd
Version: 1.5.7-3
Followup-For: Bug #943343
X-Debbugs-Cc: [email protected]

I have a pair of laptops, one where fwupd-refresh.service is broken and one
where it works.  Both are running bullseye with the same versions of fwupd,
systemd, and dbus.  No remote users, nfs, freeipa, etc.


I've run both with this config:
  $ cat /etc/systemd/system/fwupd-refresh.service.d/override.conf
  [Service]
  StandardError=
  StandardError=journal
  ExecStart=
  ExecStart=/usr/bin/strace -ff /usr/bin/fwupdmgr -v refresh


The results aren't too enlightening - the broken one cannot auth to dbus as
it's systemd dynamic user:

  socket(AF_UNIX, SOCK_STREAM|SOCK_CLOEXEC, 0) = 7
  fcntl(7, F_GETFL)          = 0x2 (flags O_RDWR)
  fcntl(7, F_SETFL, O_RDWR|O_NONBLOCK) = 0
  connect(7, {sa_family=AF_UNIX, sun_path="/var/run/dbus/system_bus_socket"}, 110) = 0
  sendmsg(7, {msg_name=NULL, msg_namelen=0, msg_iov=[{iov_base="\0", iov_len=1}], msg_iovlen=1, msg_control=[{cmsg_len=28, cmsg_level=SOL_SOCKET, cmsg_type=SCM_CREDENTIALS, cmsg_data={pid=128515, uid=62803, gid=62803}}], msg_controllen=32, msg_flags=0}, MSG_NOSIGNAL) = 1
  sendto(7, "AUTH\r\n", 6, MSG_NOSIGNAL, NULL, 0) = 6
  recvfrom(7, "REJECTED EXTERNAL\r\n", 4096, 0, NULL, NULL) = 19
  sendto(7, "AUTH EXTERNAL 3632383033\r\n", 26, MSG_NOSIGNAL, NULL, 0) = 26
  recvfrom(7, "REJECTED EXTERNAL\r\n", 4096, 0, NULL, NULL) = 19


I don't know why that would fail.  If I could provide more details or test
something, please let me know.

Ross



-- System Information:
Debian Release: bullseye/sid
  APT prefers testing
  APT policy: (500, 'testing'), (40, 'unstable')
Architecture: amd64 (x86_64)

Kernel: Linux 5.10.0-6-amd64 (SMP w/4 CPU threads)
Locale: LANG=en_US.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=en_US.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8), LANGUAGE not set
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/dash
Init: systemd (via /run/systemd/system)
LSM: AppArmor: enabled

Versions of packages fwupd depends on:
ii  libc6                  2.31-11
ii  libcurl3-gnutls        7.74.0-1.2
ii  libefiboot1            37-6
ii  libelf1                0.183-1
ii  libflashrom1           1.2-5
ii  libfwupd2              1.5.7-2
ii  libfwupdplugin1        1.5.7-2
ii  libglib2.0-0           2.66.8-1
ii  libgnutls30            3.7.1-3
ii  libgudev-1.0-0         234-1
ii  libgusb2               0.3.5-1
ii  libjcat1               0.1.3-2
ii  libjson-glib-1.0-0     1.6.2-1
ii  libpolkit-gobject-1-0  0.105-30
ii  libsmbios-c2           2.4.3-1
ii  libsqlite3-0           3.34.1-3
ii  libsystemd0            247.3-3
ii  libtss2-esys-3.0.2-0   3.0.3-2
ii  libxmlb1               0.1.15-2
ii  shared-mime-info       2.0-1

Versions of packages fwupd recommends:
ii  bolt                               0.9.1-1
ii  dbus                               1.12.20-2
ii  fwupd-amd64-signed [fwupd-signed]  1.5.7+3
ii  python3                            3.9.2-2
pn  secureboot-db                      <none>
ii  udisks2                            2.9.2-1

Versions of packages fwupd suggests:
pn  gir1.2-fwupd-2.0  <none>

-- no debconf information



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Message #135 received at [email protected] (full text, mbox, reply):

From: Matthew Gabeler-Lee <[email protected]>
To: Debian Bug Tracking System <[email protected]>
Subject: Re: fwupd: fwupd-refresh.service failed to start Refresh fwupd metadata and update motd.
Date: Mon, 21 Jun 2021 13:07:33 -0400
Package: fwupd
Version: 1.5.7-2
Followup-For: Bug #943343

This started out as what I thought may be the same essential data as Ross
Vandergrift reported above, but I think I've figured out the problem.

I'm seeing this same issue on a bullseye system.  Interestingly, not on
_all_ of my bullseye systems, even though I thought they were all configured
equivalently as far as this package would be concerned.

On the failing system, if I use `systemctl edit fwupd-refresh.service` to
change `StandardError` from `null` to `inherit`, I see this error when it
fails:

Jun 21 12:15:26 myhostname systemd[1]: Starting Refresh fwupd metadata and update motd...
Jun 21 12:15:26 myhostname fwupdmgr[3874480]: Failed to connect to daemon: Exhausted all available authentication mechanisms (tried: EXTERNAL) (available: EXTERNAL)
Jun 21 12:15:26 myhostname systemd[1]: fwupd-refresh.service: Main process exited, code=exited, status=1/FAILURE
Jun 21 12:15:26 myhostname systemd[1]: fwupd-refresh.service: Failed with result 'exit-code'.
Jun 21 12:15:26 myhostname systemd[1]: Failed to start Refresh fwupd metadata and update motd.

If I apply a fixed version of Ross' "strace" change to the refresh service
(need to clear ExecStart first), I see the "AUTH EXTERNAL" handshake is
_exactly_ the same ...  which I guess isn't the same because the dynamic
user id is chosen from hashing the same username, and so isn't actually all
that "dynamic".

Looking for other differences between the working and non-working systems, I
notice the working system has a
/etc/dbus-1/system.d/org.freedesktop.fwupd.conf file that is an exact copy
of its /usr/share/ counterpart.  But replicating that on the working system
and doing `systemctl reload dbus` doesn't fix things, and removing it on the
working system doesn't break things.

I resorted to rummaging in the dbus code itself to see why `AUTH EXTERNAL`
might fail, and most of it was pretty basic stuff like not providing a user,
or malloc failures or things like that, which I was pretty sure were not the
problem.  About the only thing left was this block of code:
https://github.com/freedesktop/dbus/blob/ef55a3db0d8f17848f8a579092fb05900cc076f5/dbus/dbus-auth.c#L1152

      if (!_dbus_credentials_add_from_user (auth->desired_identity,
                                            &auth->identity,
                                            DBUS_CREDENTIALS_ADD_FLAGS_NONE,
                                            &error))
        {
            // ...

          _dbus_verbose ("%s: could not get credentials from uid string: %s\n",
                         DBUS_AUTH_NAME (auth), error.message);
          // ...
          return send_rejected (auth);
        }
    }

And thought "OK, so it wants to look up user info from a uid" and thought
"how the heck does that work with dynamic users?" On a lark I went looking
at /etc/nsswitch.conf on the working vs.  non-working systems, and noticed
that the working system has "systemd" listed under "passwd" and "group", and
has `libnss-systemd` installed. The non-working system has neither!

So I installed that package and did `sudo systemctl restart dbus` and ...

Voila! Broken system now works.

So, libnss-systemd is only a Recommends in various places.  This package
seems to _Depend_ on it being installed & configured for its default
installation to work properly.

-- System Information:
Debian Release: 11.0
  APT prefers testing
  APT policy: (990, 'testing'), (500, 'stable'), (500, 'oldstable'), (490, 'unstable'), (1, 'experimental')
Architecture: amd64 (x86_64)

Kernel: Linux 5.10.0-6-amd64 (SMP w/16 CPU threads)
Locale: LANG=en_US.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=en_US.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8), LANGUAGE not set
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/dash
Init: systemd (via /run/systemd/system)

Versions of packages fwupd depends on:
ii  libc6                  2.31-12
ii  libcurl3-gnutls        7.74.0-1.2
ii  libefiboot1            37-6
ii  libelf1                0.183-1
ii  libflashrom1           1.2-5
ii  libfwupd2              1.5.7-2
ii  libfwupdplugin1        1.5.7-2
ii  libglib2.0-0           2.66.8-1
ii  libgnutls30            3.7.1-5
ii  libgudev-1.0-0         234-1
ii  libgusb2               0.3.5-1
ii  libjcat1               0.1.3-2
ii  libjson-glib-1.0-0     1.6.2-1
ii  libpolkit-gobject-1-0  0.105-31
ii  libsmbios-c2           2.4.3-1
ii  libsqlite3-0           3.34.1-3
ii  libsystemd0            247.3-5
ii  libtss2-esys-3.0.2-0   3.0.3-2
ii  libxmlb1               0.1.15-2
ii  shared-mime-info       2.0-1

Versions of packages fwupd recommends:
pn  bolt                               <none>
ii  dbus                               1.12.20-2
ii  fwupd-amd64-signed [fwupd-signed]  1.5.7+2
ii  python3                            3.9.2-3
pn  secureboot-db                      <none>
ii  udisks2                            2.9.2-2

Versions of packages fwupd suggests:
pn  gir1.2-fwupd-2.0  <none>

-- Configuration Files:
/etc/fwupd/uefi_capsule.conf changed [not included]

-- no debconf information



Information forwarded to [email protected], Debian EFI <[email protected]>:
Bug#943343; Package fwupd. (Tue, 19 Oct 2021 10:09:03 GMT) (full text, mbox, link).


Acknowledgement sent to Philipp Huebner <[email protected]>:
Extra info received and forwarded to list. Copy sent to Debian EFI <[email protected]>. (Tue, 19 Oct 2021 10:09:03 GMT) (full text, mbox, link).


Message #140 received at [email protected] (full text, mbox, reply):

From: Philipp Huebner <[email protected]>
To: [email protected]
Subject: Re: fwupd: fwupd-refresh.service failed to start Refresh fwupd metadata and update motd.
Date: Tue, 19 Oct 2021 11:58:22 +0200
Hi there,

looking into the same issues on multiple Bullseye systems,
I can confirm the cause to be an incorrect /etc/nsswitch.conf.

After fixing that I had to reboot for the fix to work,
I guess restarting some systemd or dbus service would have done the
trick as well.


Now for a proper fix: IMHO fwupd should either depend on libnss-systemd
or disable the refresh service and timer in postinst if this recommended
package is not present.


Best wishes
Philipp Huebner



Information forwarded to [email protected], Debian EFI <[email protected]>:
Bug#943343; Package fwupd. (Mon, 27 Dec 2021 16:21:03 GMT) (full text, mbox, link).


Acknowledgement sent to Alban Browaeys <[email protected]>:
Extra info received and forwarded to list. Copy sent to Debian EFI <[email protected]>. (Mon, 27 Dec 2021 16:21:03 GMT) (full text, mbox, link).


Message #145 received at [email protected] (full text, mbox, reply):

From: Alban Browaeys <[email protected]>
To: Debian Bug Tracking System <[email protected]>
Subject: /lib/systemd/system/fwupd-refresh.service: Re: fwupd: fwupd-refresh.service failed to start Refresh fwupd metadata and update motd.
Date: Mon, 27 Dec 2021 17:16:48 +0100
Package: fwupd
Version: 1.5.7-4
Followup-For: Bug #943343

Dear Maintainer,

Note that with an old system with libnss-systemd installed my /etc/nssswitch.conf
 was missing systemd for passwd and group lines. Be it per manual change or my system being
an upgrade from pre stretch time, libnss-systemd only adds the systemd entries to these lines
on the first install.
So a note in the README of the package that this entry is required on those lines seems required, at least
if having an nsswitch.conf customized is supported by Debian.

Cheers,
Alban


-- System Information:
Debian Release: 11.2
  APT prefers unstable-debug
  APT policy: (500, 'unstable-debug'), (500, 'stable-updates'), (500, 'stable-security'), (500, 'stable-debug'), (500, 'stable'), (90, 'unstable')
Architecture: amd64 (x86_64)
Foreign Architectures: i386

Kernel: Linux 5.10.0-10-amd64 (SMP w/4 CPU threads)
Kernel taint flags: TAINT_OOT_MODULE, TAINT_UNSIGNED_MODULE
Locale: LANG=fr_FR.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=fr_FR.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8), LANGUAGE not set
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/dash
Init: systemd (via /run/systemd/system)
LSM: AppArmor: enabled

Versions of packages fwupd depends on:
ii  libc6                  2.31-13+deb11u2
ii  libcurl3-gnutls        7.74.0-1.3+deb11u1
ii  libefiboot1            37-6
ii  libelf1                0.183-1
ii  libflashrom1           1.2-5
ii  libfwupd2              1.5.7-4
ii  libfwupdplugin1        1.5.7-4
ii  libglib2.0-0           2.66.8-1
ii  libgnutls30            3.7.1-5
ii  libgudev-1.0-0         234-1
ii  libgusb2               0.3.5-1
ii  libjcat1               0.1.3-2
ii  libjson-glib-1.0-0     1.6.2-1
ii  libpolkit-gobject-1-0  0.105-31
ii  libsmbios-c2           2.4.3-1
ii  libsqlite3-0           3.34.1-3
ii  libsystemd0            247.3-6
ii  libtss2-esys-3.0.2-0   3.0.3-2
ii  libxmlb1               0.1.15-2
ii  shared-mime-info       2.0-1

Versions of packages fwupd recommends:
ii  bolt                               0.9.1-1
ii  dbus                               1.12.20-2
ii  fwupd-amd64-signed [fwupd-signed]  1.5.7+4
ii  python3                            3.9.2-3
pn  secureboot-db                      <none>
ii  udisks2                            2.9.2-2+deb11u1

Versions of packages fwupd suggests:
ii  gir1.2-fwupd-2.0  1.5.7-4

-- no debconf information



Information forwarded to [email protected], Debian EFI <[email protected]>:
Bug#943343; Package fwupd. (Sun, 10 Apr 2022 12:51:03 GMT) (full text, mbox, link).


Acknowledgement sent to Klaus Kudielka <[email protected]>:
Extra info received and forwarded to list. Copy sent to Debian EFI <[email protected]>. (Sun, 10 Apr 2022 12:51:03 GMT) (full text, mbox, link).


Message #150 received at [email protected] (full text, mbox, reply):

From: Klaus Kudielka <[email protected]>
To: [email protected]
Subject: Re: fwupd: fwupd-refresh.service failed to start Refresh fwupd metadata and update motd.
Date: Sun, 10 Apr 2022 14:49:55 +0200
For the records:

Up to and including systemd 250.3 (testing), the service worked (with 
libnss-systemd installed).
After upgrade to systemd 250.4, yet another failure mechanism seems to 
have popped up:

"DynamicUser is denied access to dbus-daemon after a recent lockup bugfix"
https://github.com/systemd/systemd/issues/22737

End result:
systemd[1]: Failed to start Refresh fwupd metadata and update motd.

Regards, Klaus




Information forwarded to [email protected], Debian EFI <[email protected]>:
Bug#943343; Package fwupd. (Thu, 02 Feb 2023 11:45:03 GMT) (full text, mbox, link).


Acknowledgement sent to Tj <[email protected]>:
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Message #155 received at [email protected] (full text, mbox, reply):

From: Tj <[email protected]>
To: Debian Bug Tracking System <[email protected]>
Subject: fwupd: Workaround using dbus-broker
Date: Thu, 02 Feb 2023 11:32:12 +0000
Package: fwupd
Version: 1.5.7-4
Followup-For: Bug #943343

Following Klaus Kudielka's discovery of the systemd bug and the finding
there that dbus-broker does not suffer the same problem as the dbus
reference implementation I installed "dbus-broker" following the
instructions at

https://github.com/bus1/dbus-broker/wiki

which boils down to:

apt install dbus-broker
systemctl enable dbus-broker.service
systemctl --global enable dbus-broker.service
systemctl reboot

$ sudo systemctl start fwupd-refresh
$ systemctl status fwupd-refresh
○ fwupd-refresh.service - Refresh fwupd metadata and update motd
     Loaded: loaded (/lib/systemd/system/fwupd-refresh.service; static)
     Active: inactive (dead) since Thu 2023-02-02 11:22:20 GMT; 1s ago
TriggeredBy: ● fwupd-refresh.timer
       Docs: man:fwupdmgr(1)
    Process: 4870 ExecStart=/usr/bin/fwupdmgr refresh (code=exited, status=2)
   Main PID: 4870 (code=exited, status=2)
        CPU: 35ms
$ systemctl list-units --state failed
  UNIT LOAD ACTIVE SUB DESCRIPTION
0 loaded units listed.

-- System Information:
Debian Release: 11.6
  APT prefers stable-updates
  APT policy: (500, 'stable-updates'), (500, 'stable-security'), (500, 'stable')
Architecture: amd64 (x86_64)
Foreign Architectures: i386

Kernel: Linux 6.1.7-tj-00007-g94868ba9f924 (SMP w/16 CPU threads; PREEMPT)
Kernel taint flags: TAINT_OOT_MODULE, TAINT_UNSIGNED_MODULE
Locale: LANG=en_GB.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=en_GB.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8), LANGUAGE=en_GB:en
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /usr/bin/dash
Init: systemd (via /run/systemd/system)
LSM: AppArmor: enabled

Versions of packages fwupd depends on:
ii  libc6                  2.31-13+deb11u5
ii  libcurl3-gnutls        7.87.0-2~bpo11+1
ii  libefiboot1            37-6
ii  libelf1                0.183-1
ii  libflashrom1           1.2-5
ii  libfwupd2              1.5.7-4
ii  libfwupdplugin1        1.5.7-4
ii  libglib2.0-0           2.66.8-1
ii  libgnutls30            3.7.1-5+deb11u2
ii  libgudev-1.0-0         234-1
ii  libgusb2               0.3.5-1
ii  libjcat1               0.1.3-2
ii  libjson-glib-1.0-0     1.6.2-1
ii  libpolkit-gobject-1-0  0.105-31+deb11u1
ii  libsmbios-c2           2.4.3-1
ii  libsqlite3-0           3.34.1-3
ii  libsystemd0            252.4-1~bpo11+1
ii  libtss2-esys-3.0.2-0   3.0.3-2
ii  libxmlb1               0.1.15-2
ii  shared-mime-info       2.0-1

Versions of packages fwupd recommends:
ii  bolt                               0.9.1-1
ii  dbus                               1.12.24-0+deb11u1
ii  fwupd-amd64-signed [fwupd-signed]  1.5.7+4
ii  python3                            3.9.2-3
pn  secureboot-db                      <none>
ii  udisks2                            2.9.2-2+deb11u1

Versions of packages fwupd suggests:
pn  gir1.2-fwupd-2.0  <none>

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