
Intel Thunderbolt safe mode error message. System battery not charging with a USB-C power adapter connected to the USB-C port. USB-C or Thunderbolt docking stations not visible or having connectivity problems. Intel Thunderbolt controller not visible in the OS/Device Manager. Lenovo notes these symptoms on their knowledge base page: If you missed our article about the issue, or you simply just don't know what this article is about, there are a variety of symptoms for this issue. Adjusted the article to reflect official statement. Added Lenovo's official statement about this issue. I'll be updating this article as more information arrives, but here's what we know right now. There's an on-going investigation (and discussion) happening on Reddit about this topic, which can be found here. We're still learning more about this issue as time goes on, but currently we don't have any official information other than what's publicly available (like info from the knowledge base). The third and final new device supported by today's Fwupd release is the Wacom Intuos Bluetooth S Gen 3 drawing tablet.įwupd 1.8.13 downloads and more details on this critically important piece of software for enhancing Linux hardware support can be found via GitHub.Recently, we published an article about a widespread issue with Thunderbolt 3 on certain ThinkPad laptops.
This ThinkPad Thunderbolt 3 Dock Gen 2 joins several other Lenovo devices with Fwupd/LVFS support. In addition to the Framework Audio Card, also new with Fwupd 1.8.13 is supporting the Lenovo ThinkPad TBT3-TR Gen 2 dock. Framework Computer's Daniel Schaefer contributed this support, which relies on IP from Synaptics. When it comes to new hardware support with Fwupd 1.8.13 for firmware updating, the Framework Audio Card as the board for the Framework Laptop is now supported.
Also new to Fwupd 1.8.13 is optionally retaining firmware in a backup remote.įwupd 1.8.13 also resolves a number of bugs in this firmware updater from compiler warnings to better setting AC levels via powerd power type information to other random fixes.
There is also now the ability to dump TPM firmware with Fwupd that can be reserved for future use. Fwupd/LVFS lead developer Richard Hughes of Red Hat released Fwupd 1.8.13 as the newest feature update to this open-source firmware/BIOS updating solution for Linux and other platforms.įwupd 1.8.13 introduces a PCAP converter to allow emulating devices from a Wireshark dump, which should help out the developers involved.