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ityt

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Registered: 2019-12-06

Posts: 2

[SOLVED] fwupd.shutdown failed with exit status 2

Hello arch users.
When my laptop (Dell Inspiron) is turning off this message is displayed:

/usr/lib/systemd/system-shutdown/fwupd.shutdown failed with exit status 2

It doesn't cause any real problem but it's still bothering me.

My system is up to date.

Last edited by ityt (2019-12-06 22:51:10)

xerxes_

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Registered: 2018-04-29

Posts: 676

Re: [SOLVED] fwupd.shutdown failed with exit status 2

I'm not sure this is it, but according to 'man systemctl' exit status table: "program is dead and /var/lock lock file exists".

Last edited by xerxes_ (2019-12-06 22:21:20)

ityt

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Registered: 2019-12-06

Posts: 2

Re: [SOLVED] fwupd.shutdown failed with exit status 2

Ok, I've just uninstalled the fwupd package and the problem is solved (of course). My computer is still working correctly.
Thanks for the help xerxes_...

m-svo

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Registered: 2018-09-22

Posts: 10

Re: [SOLVED] fwupd.shutdown failed with exit status 2

Just FYI this is absolutely harmless message (just a wrong exit code, nothing hangs) and is going to be fixed soon with some future update.
Source: https://github.com/fwupd/fwupd/issues/1635

hoschi

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From: Ulm (Germany)

Registered: 2008-11-03

Posts: 458

Re: [SOLVED] fwupd.shutdown failed with exit status 2

Thanks. I wondered already for some time about the awkward message