How to make fwupd detect ESP partition?

When I run any fwupd command, e.g. fwupdmgr get-devices , I get:
x fwupdmgr get-devices
WARNING: UEFI ESP partition not detected or configured
See https://github.com/fwupd/fwupd/wiki/PluginFlag:esp-not-found for more information.
Dell Inc. Latitude 5420

├─System Firmware:
│ │ Device ID: 34bf7e4c173798e36e
│ │ Summary: UEFI System Resource Table device (updated via NVRAM)
│ │ Current version: 1.39.1
│ │ Minimum Version: 1.39.1
│ │ Vendor: Dell (DMI:Dell Inc.)
│ │ Update Error: Not updatable as UEFI ESP partition not detected
├─UEFI Device Firmware:
│ Device ID: ef9c68af09e25eb2
│ Summary: UEFI System Resource Table device (updated via NVRAM)
│ Current version: 184
│ Minimum Version: 184
│ Vendor: DMI:Dell Inc.
│ Update Error: Not updatable as UEFI ESP partition not detected
x fwupdmgr get-devices
WARNING: UEFI ESP partition not detected or configured
See https://github.com/fwupd/fwupd/wiki/PluginFlag:esp-not-found for more information.
Dell Inc. Latitude 5420

├─System Firmware:
│ │ Device ID: 34bf7e4c173798e36e
│ │ Summary: UEFI System Resource Table device (updated via NVRAM)
│ │ Current version: 1.39.1
│ │ Minimum Version: 1.39.1
│ │ Vendor: Dell (DMI:Dell Inc.)
│ │ Update Error: Not updatable as UEFI ESP partition not detected
├─UEFI Device Firmware:
│ Device ID: ef9c68af09e25eb2
│ Summary: UEFI System Resource Table device (updated via NVRAM)
│ Current version: 184
│ Minimum Version: 184
│ Vendor: DMI:Dell Inc.
│ Update Error: Not updatable as UEFI ESP partition not detected
How can we address this?
6 Replies
autumn (password generator)
GitHub
PluginFlag:esp not found
A system daemon to allow session software to update firmware - fwupd/fwupd
krishnakumar
krishnakumarOP6d ago
Yes. It works on all OSes other than blendOS (is it because /boot is not writable?)
autumn (password generator)
afaik /boot is writable? i could be wrong though i'll try to take a look at it later
🎄 Asterisk
🎄 Asterisk6d ago
If it’s not writeable add fwupd commands to system.yaml Do the update during system build
krishnakumar
krishnakumarOP6d ago
I tried it But it still says that ESP partition is not detected How do other blendOS users here update your system's firmware?
🎄 Asterisk
🎄 Asterisk6d ago
Remount the partition as writeable then sudo mount -o remount,rw /boot
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