Fedora Linux 42 (Workstation Edition).. Linux 6.15.9-201.fc42.x86_64. Gnome 48. I try to install updates. The process starts and ends with a suggestion to update again, the same thing.
Have you installed Flatpak apps on a regular Workstation install? Those packages look like things needed by flatpak apps. I would try updating manually via a terminal with sudo flatpak update.
If the command line says they’re already updated, then it’s simply an issue with gnome-software bugging out. I personally don’t use software centres / package managers for the specific reasons that they often just get in the way, bug out (because they’re reading info from a bunch of different sources) or they make a nuisance of themselves.
I have a classic Workstation.
sudo flatpak update -
Download:
- [✗] org.freedesktop.Platform.openh264 2.5.1 i flathub 295,1 КБ / 971,4 КБ
Warning: While loading http://ciscobinary.openh264.org/libopenh264-2.5.1-linux64.7.so.bz2: Server returned status 403
This is a known issue if you’re in a region that has been blocked. There is a response from a Cisco staffer here.
Now at least it’s clear where the problem is. Thank you!
1. Disable the fedora-cisco-openh264 repo
sudo nano /etc/yum.repos.d/fedora-cisco-openh264.repo
Change:
enabled=1
to:
enabled=0
2. Update system without that repo
sudo dnf update --refresh
3. Install multimedia packages
sudo dnf install ffmpeg ffmpeg-libsecho
4. Enable FFMPEG support for Firefox
echo ‘export MOZ_FFMPEG_AUDIO=1’ | sudo tee -a /etc/environment
echo ‘export MOZ_FFMPEG=1’ | sudo tee -a /etc/environment
Then in Firefox, go to:
about:config
Make sure these are set to true:
media.ffmpeg.enabled
media.navigator.mediadatadecoder_h264_enabled
(copied from the linked github thread so readers dont have to engage with the politics there)
thanks, but that didn’t solve the problem
Maybe this is not the Cisco issue.
I assumed it was as you marked the post solved.
Have you run your update from console / terminal?
sudo dnf update
We recommend to run all updates from terminal, it works better.
If dnf update does not pull in anything, it is just Gnome Software bugging out as previously mentioned. Nothing to worry about.
I also think that the problem is in Cisco, but disabling it did not change the situation. Updating in the terminal does not help.
You could have the Cisco issue, and that should be fixed with my first post.
The other issue is Gnome Software. Dont worry about that one, simply always use dnf update.
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