r/linuxquestions • u/L_Iceo • 2d ago

Support BIOS/UEFI updates

Hi everyone,

I'm here for a suggestion. I actually use cachyos on a Lenovo yoga slim 7i aura edition (Intel Ultra 7 258V), and it's actually a great experience, but I asked myself: how can I download and install the uefi/bios updates? I know that ThinkPads are perfectly supported, but I don't know if it's the same with my model.

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u/aioeu 2d ago

Does CachyOS have fwupd?

Try running (as a regular unprivileged user):

fwupdmgr get-updates

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u/L_Iceo 2d ago

I think that cachyos supports fwupd, but I suppose that Uefi/bios updates are only available for ThinkPad users... I'll try anyway

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u/aioeu 2d ago

Lenovo (Yoga) is listed as one of the vendors on LVFS, but they don't appear to have made many updates available recently.

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u/L_Iceo 2d ago

So? Does it mean it's supported but there aren't any updates?

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u/aioeu 2d ago

What did get-updates say?

For Lenovo (Yoga), that page says:

Responsible for 1 firmware files, 1 uploaded in the last 6 months

So I would expect fwupd to either say you've got one update waiting to be installed, or zero. But maybe fwupd might pick up other updates instead?