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How do I update firmware on the latest beta branch of Ubuntu?

Space Lynx

Space Lynx

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When I go to settings on 25.04 err not settings, but when I click on the "firmware" icon that you access through the lower left hand corner, it says I have 4 items that have "updatable firmware" but then there is nowhere for me to click to update them. One is the webcam on my laptop, the other my nvme drive, etc.

Any ideas? Why does it tell me updatable if it doesn't offer to update them? how do i update them?

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oooOOo Linux!


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Can you boot from an external Windows drive, and from there make the firmware updates.
 
Shrek said:
Can you boot from an external Windows drive, and from there make the firmware updates.
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i was running windows 11 on this laptop just two days ago and when i ran win 11 update it had no updates even under the optional updates section, windows 11 is not telling me there are updates for firmware. at least ubuntu does... problem is its not directing me where i actually download and update them... bleh
 
Did you check your laptop web page?
 
Space Lynx said:
i'll pop in a diff nvme drive and do clean install of windows and do that now, thanks

i just assumed ubuntu was capable of updating firmware, why does it even bother checking it if it can't...
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If this is a dual boot machine, run the nvme firmware from the Windows partition.
 
jsfitz54 said:
If this is a dual boot machine, run the nvme firmware from the Windows partition.
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usually i do dual boot, but i have been so pleased with this new beta release of ubuntu i decided to just format my entire laptop and make it dedicated linux once and for all.

i have never had it pop up and say firmware updates are there when i checked in previous months, so i am surprised it said there was this time, and more surprised it tells me but doesn't offer a solution, lol alright then
 
Yeah firmware updates go through a tool called fwupd on linux. Discover on Ubuntu should show you what it has found. Not 100% certain how it works on a laptop like that, but I've heard it is hit and miss on certain laptops. Did my homebuilt desktop just fine (in specs) though... YMMV.
 
Space Lynx said:
yes i check it once every couple months, it doesn't even have firmware listed for the webcam


this is my laptop

it has 5 firmware listings but all for nvme drives i dont own, i have a custom nvme drive in this from kioxia brand, but ubuntu recognizes its that brand and still tells me it has updatable firmware
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If it's working fine don't screw with it, and say you get to download them and use them and windows will not reconnise them any longer or countless other issue's you could have.

If it aint broken, don't break it.
 
In short, you might as well just ignore this Ubuntu nonsense.

If not — Ubuntu is still Linux, after all. You can easily and comprehensively check what this is, what it’s checking, how, and when.

It might not even be the device’s internal firmware, but rather some drivers — I don't know — maybe because they don’t use the newest packages or something.


Code: 
> pacman -Qs firmware

local/linux-firmware 20250408.c1a774f3-1
    Firmware files for Linux

local/nvflash 5.867-3
    A tool to update the the firmware of Nvidia display adapters.
local/qemu-system-arm-firmware 9.2.3-1
    Firmware for QEMU system emulator for ARM
local/qemu-system-x86-firmware 9.2.3-1
    Firmware for QEMU system emulator for x86
 
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yeah, I decided just to ignore it, everything is working fine, so it is what it is
 
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