This is the situation with fwupd 1.0.2 installed: ******************************************************************************** [user@PC ~]$ fwupdmgr --version client version: 1.0.2 daemon version: 1.0.2 compile-time dependency versions appstream-glib: 0.7.4 gusb: 0.2.11 [user@PC ~]$ systemctl status fwupd ● fwupd.service - Firmware update daemon Loaded: loaded (/usr/lib/systemd/system/fwupd.service; static; vendor preset: Active: active (running) since Sun 2018-01-28 23:46:51 CET; 9s ago Docs: http://www.fwupd.org/ Main PID: 1409 (fwupd) Tasks: 6 (limit: 4915) CGroup: /system.slice/fwupd.service └─1409 /usr/lib/fwupd/fwupd gen 28 23:46:50 PC systemd[1]: Starting Firmware update daemon... gen 28 23:46:50 PC fwupd[1409]: disabling plugin because: failed to startup gen 28 23:46:50 PC fwupd[1409]: disabling plugin because: failed to coldplu gen 28 23:46:50 PC fwupd[1409]: disabling plugin because: failed to coldplu gen 28 23:46:50 PC fwupd[1409]: disabling plugin because: failed to coldplu gen 28 23:46:50 PC fwupd[1409]: disabling plugin because: failed to coldplu gen 28 23:46:51 PC fwupd[1409]: disabling plugin because: failed to coldplu gen 28 23:46:51 PC fwupd[1409]: using plugins: ebitdo, unifying, udev, upow gen 28 23:46:51 PC fwupd[1409]: Daemon ready for requests gen 28 23:46:51 PC systemd[1]: Started Firmware update daemon. [user@PC ~]$ systemctl status fwupd ● fwupd.service - Firmware update daemon Loaded: loaded (/usr/lib/systemd/system/fwupd.service; static; vendor preset: disabled) Active: active (running) since Sun 2018-01-28 23:46:51 CET; 27s ago Docs: http://www.fwupd.org/ Main PID: 1409 (fwupd) Tasks: 5 (limit: 4915) CGroup: /system.slice/fwupd.service └─1409 /usr/lib/fwupd/fwupd gen 28 23:46:50 PC systemd[1]: Starting Firmware update daemon... gen 28 23:46:50 PC fwupd[1409]: disabling plugin because: failed to startup dell: Firmware updating not supported gen 28 23:46:50 PC fwupd[1409]: disabling plugin because: failed to coldplug raspberrypi: Raspberry PI firmware updating not supported, no /boot/start.elf gen 28 23:46:50 PC fwupd[1409]: disabling plugin because: failed to coldplug amt: Unable to find a ME interface gen 28 23:46:50 PC fwupd[1409]: disabling plugin because: failed to coldplug thunderbolt_power: missing kernel support for intel-wmi-thunderbolt gen 28 23:46:50 PC fwupd[1409]: disabling plugin because: failed to coldplug synapticsmst: MST firmware updating not supported by OEM gen 28 23:46:51 PC fwupd[1409]: disabling plugin because: failed to coldplug uefi: UEFI firmware updating not supported gen 28 23:46:51 PC fwupd[1409]: using plugins: ebitdo, unifying, udev, upower, steelseries, nitrokey, altos, colorhug, dfu, thunderbolt gen 28 23:46:51 PC fwupd[1409]: Daemon ready for requests gen 28 23:46:51 PC systemd[1]: Started Firmware update daemon. [user@PC ~]$ sdl2-jstest --list Found 1 joystick(s) Joystick Name: 'Sony Computer Entertainment Wireless Controller' Joystick GUID: 030000004c050000c405000011810000 Joystick Number: 0 Number of Axes: 6 Number of Buttons: 13 Number of Hats: 1 Number of Balls: 0 GameController: Name: 'PS4 Controller' Mapping: '030000004c050000c405000011810000,PS4 Controller,a:b0,b:b1,back:b8,dpdown:h0.4,dpleft:h0.8,dpright:h0.2,dpup:h0.1,guide:b10,leftshoulder:b4,leftstick:b11,lefttrigger:a2,leftx:a0,lefty:a1,rightshoulder:b5,rightstick:b12,righttrigger:a5,rightx:a3,righty:a4,start:b9,x:b3,y:b2,' [user@PC ~]$ ***************************************************************************************************************************** After upgrading to the 1.0.3 version of the same package the situation becomes the following one: ***************************************************************************************************************************** ● fwupd.service - Firmware update daemon Loaded: loaded (/usr/lib/systemd/system/fwupd.service; static; vendor preset: disabled) Active: active (running) since Sun 2018-01-28 23:52:01 CET; 18s ago Docs: http://www.fwupd.org/ Main PID: 1189 (fwupd) Tasks: 5 (limit: 4915) CGroup: /system.slice/fwupd.service └─1189 /usr/lib/fwupd/fwupd gen 28 23:52:00 PC fwupd[1189]: disabling plugin because: failed to startup dell: Firmware updating not supported gen 28 23:52:00 PC fwupd[1189]: disabling plugin because: failed to coldplug raspberrypi: Raspberry PI firmware updating not supported, no /boot/start.elf :gen 28 23:52:00 PC fwupd[1189]: disabling plugin because: failed to coldplug amt: Unable to find a ME interface gen 28 23:52:00 PC fwupd[1189]: disabling plugin because: failed to coldplug thunderbolt_power: missing kernel support for intel-wmi-thunderbolt gen 28 23:52:00 PC fwupd[1189]: disabling plugin because: failed to coldplug synapticsmst: MST firmware updating not supported by OEM gen 28 23:52:00 PC fwupd[1189]: disabling plugin because: failed to coldplug uefi: UEFI firmware updating not supported gen 28 23:52:00 PC fwupd[1189]: using plugins: ebitdo, csr, unifying, udev, upower, steelseries, nitrokey, altos, colorhug, dfu, thunderbolt gen 28 23:52:00 PC fwupd[1189]: failed to add USB device: failed to send to device on ep 0x01: USB error on device 054c:05c4 : Input/output error [-1] gen 28 23:52:00 PC fwupd[1189]: Daemon ready for requests gen 28 23:52:01 PC systemd[1]: Started Firmware update daemon. [user@PC ~]$ fwupdmgr get-devices GF108 [GeForce GT 420] DeviceId: 8e5e2722183462284e8eaa972ef21138395b6adc Guid: f4efc432-13cc-5578-b7f2-7f5673f04fb5 Plugin: udev Flags: internal|registered Vendor: NVIDIA Corporation VendorId: PCI:0x10DE Icon: audio-card Created: 2018-01-28 [user@PC ~]$ fwupdmgr --version client version: 1.0.3 daemon version: 1.0.3 compile-time dependency versions appstream-glib: 0.7.4 gusb: 0.2.11 [user@PC ~]$ sdl2-jstest --list No joysticks were found [user@PC ~]$ **************************************************************************************************************** The systemctl log contains the following: **************************************************************************************************************** gen 23 21:25:14 PC kernel: usb 2-1.4: new full-speed USB device number 5 using ehci-pci gen 23 21:25:14 PC mtp-probe[1431]: checking bus 2, device 5: "/sys/devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:1d.0/usb2/2-1/2-1.4" gen 23 21:25:14 PC mtp-probe[1431]: bus: 2, device: 5 was not an MTP device gen 23 21:25:14 PC fwupd[1219]: failed to add USB device: failed to send to device on ep 0x01: USB error on device 054c:05c4 : Input/output error [-1]