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

GrapheneOS · Jan 25, 2025 · d5acab4 · d5acab4
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@@ -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>
                     <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>
@@ -200,13 +200,18 @@ <h2><a href="#flashing-as-non-root">Flashing as non-root</a></h2>
             <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Debian stable and Ubuntu have an outdated fwupd package with a bug breaking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Some Debian, Ubuntu, and derivative distributions have an outdated fwupd package 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>