Re: Fedora Laptop?

[Matthew Miller]

On Mon, Mar 14, 2022 at 03:20:23PM -0700, Gordon Messmer wrote:
> > > > I also have 2 firmware updates which don't seem to install.
> > >
> > > I’ve seen this happen if you have the AMT disabled in the BIOS. You can’t
> > > install the BIOS firmware updates without it.
> >
> > Also needs SecureBoot turned off, AIUI (which is unfortunate!).
>
> I'm not *quite* sure what you mean by that.  I don't own any Lenovo
> laptops, but my friend Ian does.  I asked him, and he confirmed that
> fwupdmgr can update firmware as expected with Secure Boot on.  I'd
> be pretty surprised to learn of any systems that couldn't.

On the X1 Carbon Gen 8, in specific, there is (or was... possibly
addressed?) an issue where firmware updates weren't working with
Secure Boot on.