[Bug 1744782] [NEW] on update, notification in software center that fwupd failed to activate

[Ian Corne]

Public bug reported:

Error occurs every time I update.

{ ~ }  » sudo systemctl status fwupd.service                                                                                                                                                          ~ 1  
● fwupd.service - Firmware update daemon
   Loaded: loaded (/lib/systemd/system/fwupd.service; static; vendor preset: enabled)
   Active: failed (Result: core-dump) since Mon 2018-01-22 20:08:08 CET; 18s ago
     Docs: http://www.fwupd.org/
  Process: 6553 ExecStart=/usr/lib/fwupd/fwupd (code=dumped, signal=SEGV)
 Main PID: 6553 (code=dumped, signal=SEGV)

Jan 22 20:08:08 laptopian systemd[1]: Starting Firmware update daemon...
Jan 22 20:08:08 laptopian systemd[1]: fwupd.service: Main process exited, code=dumped, status=11/SEGV
Jan 22 20:08:08 laptopian systemd[1]: fwupd.service: Failed with result 'core-dump'.
Jan 22 20:08:08 laptopian systemd[1]: Failed to start Firmware update daemon.

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 18.04
Package: fwupd 1.0.2-1
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 4.13.0-25.29-generic 4.13.13
Uname: Linux 4.13.0-25-generic x86_64
ApportVersion: 2.20.8-0ubuntu6
Architecture: amd64
CurrentDesktop: ubuntu:GNOME
Date: Mon Jan 22 20:08:48 2018
InstallationDate: Installed on 2017-10-23 (91 days ago)
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 17.10 "Artful Aardvark" - Release amd64 (20171018)
SourcePackage: fwupd
UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to bionic on 2018-01-10 (11 days ago)

** Affects: fwupd (Ubuntu)
     Importance: Undecided
         Status: New


** Tags: amd64 apport-bug bionic wayland-session

** Attachment added: "error in software"
   https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1744782/+attachment/5041181/+files/Screenshot%20from%202018-01-22%2020-10-58.png

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Title:
  on update, notification in software center that fwupd failed to
  activate

Status in fwupd package in Ubuntu:
  New

Bug description:
  Error occurs every time I update.

  { ~ }  » sudo systemctl status fwupd.service                                                                                                                                                          ~ 1  
  ● fwupd.service - Firmware update daemon
     Loaded: loaded (/lib/systemd/system/fwupd.service; static; vendor preset: enabled)
     Active: failed (Result: core-dump) since Mon 2018-01-22 20:08:08 CET; 18s ago
       Docs: http://www.fwupd.org/
    Process: 6553 ExecStart=/usr/lib/fwupd/fwupd (code=dumped, signal=SEGV)
   Main PID: 6553 (code=dumped, signal=SEGV)

  Jan 22 20:08:08 laptopian systemd[1]: Starting Firmware update daemon...
  Jan 22 20:08:08 laptopian systemd[1]: fwupd.service: Main process exited, code=dumped, status=11/SEGV
  Jan 22 20:08:08 laptopian systemd[1]: fwupd.service: Failed with result 'core-dump'.
  Jan 22 20:08:08 laptopian systemd[1]: Failed to start Firmware update daemon.

  ProblemType: Bug
  DistroRelease: Ubuntu 18.04
  Package: fwupd 1.0.2-1
  ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 4.13.0-25.29-generic 4.13.13
  Uname: Linux 4.13.0-25-generic x86_64
  ApportVersion: 2.20.8-0ubuntu6
  Architecture: amd64
  CurrentDesktop: ubuntu:GNOME
  Date: Mon Jan 22 20:08:48 2018
  InstallationDate: Installed on 2017-10-23 (91 days ago)
  InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 17.10 "Artful Aardvark" - Release amd64 (20171018)
  SourcePackage: fwupd
  UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to bionic on 2018-01-10 (11 days ago)

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