FWUPD Timeout Error

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Hi all,

I have recently installed Fwupd. I am on a Thinkpad T480 if that helps.

When running any of the fwupdmgr commands in the terminal I am getting the following error:

“Failed to connect to daemon: Error calling StartServiceByName for org.freedesktop.fwupd: Failed to activate service ‘org.freedesktop.fwupd’: timed out (service_start_timeout=25000ms)”

Any ideas on how to rectify this?

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Did you use sudo?
See also:
man fwupdmgr

Edit: how did you install fwupd?

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Just tried it with sudo and I’m getting the same response.

Installed via pacman and the terminal.

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Is fwupd.service running?

systemctl status fwupd.service

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wupd.service - Firmware update daemon
Loaded: loaded (/usr/lib/systemd/system/fwupd.service; static)
Active: activating (start) since Sat 2023-10-21 08:51:46 BST; 52s ago
Docs: https://fwupd.org/
Main PID: 1978 (fwupd)
Tasks: 6 (limit: 19017)
Memory: 14.9M
CPU: 759ms
CGroup: /system.slice/fwupd.service
└─1978 /usr/lib/fwupd/fwupd

Looks like it is.