• masterofn001@lemmy.ca
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    3 months ago

    Probably because your hardware’s firmware is up to date or there’s nothing available.

    It’s rare that it’s updated.

    Check your journal or

    systemctl status fwupd.service

    fwupdmgr get-history

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        3 months ago

        No problem.

        The only reason i know this is because systemd throws degraded warnings because fwupd keeps failing. On several machines. (Because DNS, proxies, VPN, etc.)

        In xfce there’s a panel tool called genmon I use.

        I have 2 specifically for monitoring systemd status

        First is just the status

        systemctl is-system-running

        The other lists the failed units using a script

        #!/bin/sh
        failedd (){ systemctl --failed | grep -o -E "●.{0,35}\<failed" 2>/dev/null }
        echo $(failedd)

        Mint cinnamon has a similar “spice” (panel plugin) that I also use.