Firmware drivers will not install

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Firmware drivers will not install #128

Open hozza opened 3 months ago

hozza commented 3 months ago

Issue Description

There are firmware updates available in the Software Center (Vanilla OS 2) for my Thinkpad T480s, but they will not install (even with AC plugged in) during a reboot. BIOS says something along the lines of the firmware update files cannot be found.

Steps to Reproduce

Open Software Center
See Firmware updates in the picture
Download & Reboot
BIOS seems to know files are ready for install but then says it cannot find them

On what version of Vanilla OS this happens?

Unreleased

Additional Information

I'm not sure if this is a Vanilla OS issue or a hardware specific issue TBH.

taukakao commented 3 months ago

You will probably have to add the "EFI system" tag to the boot partition to fix this. (You can do it in the Gnome Disks app) It's a common problem in older installs.

hozza commented 3 months ago

You will probably have to add the "EFI system" tag to the boot partition to fix this. (You can do it in the Gnome Disks app) It's a common problem in older installs.

I can see on Gnome Disks that I have a "vos-boot" and a "vos-efi" partition. This is Vanilla OS 2, installed last week and the laptop was made in 2020.

Where do I find the tag option (I can only see label) and to which volume/partition should I apply it?

taukakao commented 3 months ago

Select vos-boot, choose "Edit Partition" with the settings button beneath it, then choose EFI System under Generic at the top for the Type, tick the box that says "Legacy BIOS Bootable" and apply

mpanhans commented 1 month ago

Seems to duplicate https://github.com/Vanilla-OS/vision/issues/2