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smbios-battery-ctl can't change settings when a admin password is set
Even with the --password option, the program returns sucessfully, but changes are not applied. This is fedora 34 on a Dell XPS 13.
% sudo smbios-sys-info :(
Libsmbios version: 2.4.3
Product Name: XPS 13 9380
Vendor: Dell Inc.
BIOS Version: 1.15.0
[......]
For example, I'm trying to set the charging mode to standard. It works if no password is set in the BIOS setup program.
% sudo smbios-battery-ctl --get-charging-cfg
Charging mode: primarily_ac
flo@floprimesign ~
% sudo smbios-battery-ctl --set-charging-mode=standard --trace --password=${PASSWD}
ENTER TokenTable()
ENTER __init__(<libsmbios_c.smbios_token._TokenTable object at 0x7f053f41bf40>, 1, )
ENTER _errorOnNullPtrFN(<libsmbios_c.smbios_token.LP__TokenTable object at 0x7f053f2d81c0>, <_FuncPtr object at 0x7f053f3257c0>, (1,), )
RAN CTYPES FUNCTION: token_table_factory
LEAVE _errorOnNullPtrFN --> <libsmbios_c.smbios_token.LP__TokenTable object at 0x7f053f2d81c0>
LEAVE __init__ --> None
LEAVE TokenTable --> <libsmbios_c.smbios_token._TokenTable object at 0x7f053f41bf40>
ENTER __getitem__(<libsmbios_c.smbios_token._TokenTable object at 0x7f053f41bf40>, 838, )
LEAVE __getitem__ --> <libsmbios_c.Token ID 0x0346>
ENTER activate(<libsmbios_c.Token ID 0x0346>, )
ENTER _errorOnNegativeFN(0, <_FuncPtr object at 0x7f053f325dc0>, (<libsmbios_c.Token ID 0x0346>,), )
RAN CTYPES FUNCTION: token_obj_activate
LEAVE _errorOnNegativeFN --> 0
LEAVE activate --> 0
Charging mode has been set to: standard
% sudo smbios-battery-ctl --get-charging-cfg
Charging mode: primarily_ac
For comparison, that's the trace without a password:
% sudo smbios-battery-ctl --get-charging-cfg
Charging mode: primarily_ac
% sudo smbios-battery-ctl --set-charging-mode=standard --trace
ENTER TokenTable()
ENTER __init__(<libsmbios_c.smbios_token._TokenTable object at 0x7f8255a4af40>, 1, )
ENTER _errorOnNullPtrFN(<libsmbios_c.smbios_token.LP__TokenTable object at 0x7f82559081c0>, <_FuncPtr object at 0x7f82559547c0>, (1,), )
RAN CTYPES FUNCTION: token_table_factory
LEAVE _errorOnNullPtrFN --> <libsmbios_c.smbios_token.LP__TokenTable object at 0x7f82559081c0>
LEAVE __init__ --> None
LEAVE TokenTable --> <libsmbios_c.smbios_token._TokenTable object at 0x7f8255a4af40>
ENTER __getitem__(<libsmbios_c.smbios_token._TokenTable object at 0x7f8255a4af40>, 838, )
LEAVE __getitem__ --> <libsmbios_c.Token ID 0x0346>
ENTER activate(<libsmbios_c.Token ID 0x0346>, )
ENTER _errorOnNegativeFN(0, <_FuncPtr object at 0x7f8255954dc0>, (<libsmbios_c.Token ID 0x0346>,), )
RAN CTYPES FUNCTION: token_obj_activate
LEAVE _errorOnNegativeFN --> 0
LEAVE activate --> 0
Charging mode has been set to: standard
% sudo smbios-battery-ctl --get-charging-cfg
Charging mode: standard
The only diff is the addresses..
I wonder how I could help to resolve this issue?
Does anybody have an idea how to investigate this?
Found something interessting: Altough an admin password is set, smbios-passwd shows NOT installed:
smbios-passwd --info
User password
Password stored as: ASCII
Password MAX length: 32
NOT installed
Admin password
Password stored as: ASCII
Password MAX length: 32
NOT installed
Owner password
Password stored as: ASCII
Password MAX length: 32
NOT installed
Same here: Libsmbios version: 2.4.3 Product Name: XPS 13 9343 Vendor: Dell Inc. BIOS Version: A04 System ID: 0x0665
