Ubuntu 18.04: apt hangs during build of FWTS driver, Secure Boot enabled

[Blibbet]

Hi,

A friend was just trying to install FWTS on a Ubuntu 18.04 system. They said that apt hangs when trying to install FWTS.

It hangs during the build of the kernel module.

Output from 'ps -eaf' includes:

root      4541  4512  0 11:56 pts/1    00:00:00 whiptail --backtitle Package configuration --title Configuring Secure Boot --output-fd 12 --nocancel --msgbox Your system has UEFI Secure Boot enabled.  UEFI Secure Boot requires additional configuration to work with third-party drive

When Secure Boot was disabled, then FWTS was able to successfully install.

Should there not be some dialog that hints to user that they need to disable Secure Boot?

Is this a new change in Ubuntu Secure Boot policy that is causing this?

Thanks for any additional information.

Thanks,
Lee Fisher