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Generalized install info related to fwupd bug on Debian-based distros #1091

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19 changes: 12 additions & 7 deletions static/install/web.html
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Expand Up @@ -54,7 +54,7 @@ <h2><a href="#table-of-contents">Table of contents</a></h2>
<li><a href="#prerequisites">Prerequisites</a></li>
<li><a href="#enabling-oem-unlocking">Enabling OEM unlocking</a></li>
<li><a href="#flashing-as-non-root">Flashing as non-root</a></li>
<li><a href="#working-around-fwupd-bug-on-linux-distributions">Working around fwupd bug on Linux distributions</a></li>
<li><a href="#working-around--bug-on-linux-distributions">Working around bug on Linux distributions</a></li>
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This looks accidental.

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Huh, I didn't intentionally touch anything there - must have been an accident when Ctrl+F'ing for fwupd. Thanks for catching that.

<li><a href="#booting-into-the-bootloader-interface">Booting into the bootloader interface</a></li>
<li><a href="#connecting-device">Connecting the device</a></li>
<li><a href="#unlocking-the-bootloader">Unlocking the bootloader</a></li>
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<section id="working-around-fwupd-bug-on-linux-distributions">
<h2><a href="#working-around-fwupd-bug-on-linux-distributions">Working around fwupd bug on Linux distributions</a></h2>

<p>Debian stable and Ubuntu have an outdated fwupd package with a bug breaking
connecting to Android's bootloader interface (fastboot) while fwupd is running
since it tries to connect to arbitrary devices. This section can be skipped on
Arch Linux and other distributions with fwupd 1.9.10 or later since we reported
the bug and it was fixed. This never impacted Android or ChromeOS.</p>
<p>Some Debian, Ubuntu, and derivative distributions have an outdated fwupd package
with a bug breaking connecting to Android's bootloader interface (fastboot) while
fwupd is running since it tries to connect to arbitrary devices. This section can
be skipped on Arch Linux and other distributions with fwupd 1.9.10 or later since
we reported the bug and it was fixed. This never impacted Android or ChromeOS.</p>

<p>You can stop fwupd with the following command:</p>
<p>Check your fwupd version with the following command:</p>

<pre>apt-cache policy fwupd</pre>

<p>If you have a fwupd version earlier than 1.9.10, you can stop fwupd with the
following command:</p>

<pre>sudo systemctl stop fwupd.service</pre>

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