The one thing that troubled me was one of the firmware<\/a> updates that appeared in the Software Center.<\/p>\n Clicking on the Update button resulted in an error a few seconds later.<\/p>\n The error message was:<\/p>\n Unable to update \u201cThunderbolt NVM for Xps Notebook 9360\u201d: could not detect device after update: timed out while waiting for device<\/em><\/p>\n In this quick tip, I\u2019ll show you how to update the firmware of your system in Ubuntu<\/a>.<\/p>\n One thing you should know that GNOME Software i.e. the software center in Ubuntu 18.04 is also capable of updating the firmware. But in situations when it fails for some reason, you can use the command line tool fwupd.<\/p>\n fwupd<\/a> is an open source daemon that handles firmware upgrades in Linux based systems. It is created by GNOME developer Richard Hughes<\/a>. Developers from Dell also contributed to the development of this open source tool.<\/p>\n Basically, it utilizes the LVFS, Linux Vendor Firmware Service. Hardware vendors upload redistributable firmware to the LVFS site and thanks to fwupd, you can upgrade those firmware from inside the operating system itself. fwupd is supported by major Linux distributions like Ubuntu and Fedora.<\/p>\n Since LVFS depends upon hardware vendors, it\u2019s a good idea to check if your system manufacturer supports this feature or not.<\/p>\n Find out your system model and then go to this web page and see if it\u2019s listed:<\/p>\n Normally, fwupd should already be installed on your Linux system. If not, install it using the package manager of your distribution.<\/p>\n Open a terminal and update your system first (commands applicable for Debian and Ubuntu-based distributions):<\/p>\n sudo apt update && sudo apt upgrade -y<\/p>\n After that you can use the following commands one by one to start the daemon, refresh the list of available firmware updates and install the firmware updates.<\/p>\n sudo service fwupd start<\/p>\n Once the daemon is running, check if there are any firmware updates available.<\/p>\n sudo fwupdmgr refresh<\/p>\n The output should look like this:<\/p>\n Fetching metadata https:\/\/cdn.fwupd.org\/downloads\/firmware.xml.gz After this, run the firmware update:<\/p>\n sudo fwupdmgr update<\/p>\n The output of the firmware update could be similar to this:<\/p>\n No upgrades for XPS 13 9360 TPM 2.0, current is 1.3.1.0: 1.3.1.0=same This should handle the firmware update in Ubuntu 18.04. I hope this quick tip helped you with firmware updates in Linux.<\/p>\n If you have questions or suggestions, please feel free to use the comment section below.<\/p>\n I am a professional software developer, and founder of It’s FOSS. I am an avid Linux lover and Open Source enthusiast. I use Ubuntu and believe in sharing knowledge. Apart from Linux, I love classic detective mysteries. I’m a huge fan of Agatha Christie’s work.<\/p>\n![\"Updating](\"https:\/\/4bds6hergc-flywheel.netdna-ssl.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/ubuntu-firmware-update-error-1.png\")
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<\/p>\nUpdating firmware in Ubuntu 18.04<\/h2>\n
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<\/p>\nStep 1: Check if your system is supported by LVFS<\/h3>\n
Step 2: Using fwupd for updating fimrware<\/h3>\n
\nDownloading\u2026 [****************************]
\nFetching signature https:\/\/cdn.fwupd.org\/downloads\/firmware.xml.gz.asc<\/p>\n
\nNo upgrades for XPS 13 9360 System Firmware, current is 0.2.8.1: 0.2.8.1=same, 0.2.7.1=older, 0.2.6.2=older, 0.2.5.1=older, 0.2.4.2=older, 0.2.3.1=older, 0.2.2.1=older, 0.2.1.0=older, 0.1.3.7=older, 0.1.3.5=older, 0.1.3.2=older, 0.1.2.3=older
\nDownloading 21.00 for XPS13 9360 Thunderbolt Controller\u2026
\nUpdating 21.00 on XPS13 9360 Thunderbolt Controller\u2026
\nDecompressing\u2026 [***********]
\nAuthenticating\u2026 [***********]
\nRestarting device\u2026 [***********]<\/p>\n![\"\"](\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/20749c268f5d3e4d2c785499eb6a17c0?s=70&d=mm&r=g\")
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