#1081749 Secure boot disabling dialogue is missing information

Package:
shim-signed
Source:
shim-signed
Description:
Secure Boot chain-loading bootloader (Microsoft-signed binary)
Submitter:
chrysn
Date:
2024-09-14 13:12:02 UTC
Severity:
normal
#1081749#5
Date:
2024-09-14 13:08:13 UTC
From:
To:
When updating kernel modules on secure boot that don't work with it, apt
shows this message that AIU comes from shim-signed:

The user needs to take a decision whether to disable secureboot or to
leave it on, but to make an *informed* decision, the user will need to
know which those third-party drivers are. In my case, I think it was the
v4l loopback, so I stuck with secureboot, but apt dialogues should
preferably not invite guessing.

I have no clue how that information is available at this point, but it
would have helped me to see something like:

thanks for your consideration, and for maintaining this
Christian