Sorry for the delayed response. I'm fairly sure firmware updates happened automatically through update-manager. But at the time I had it set up so I had to init

Sorry for the delayed response. I'm fairly sure firmware updates happened automatically through update-manager. But at the time I had it set up so I had to initiate all updates so it wouldn't be fully automatic. You can turn them off. That firmware is issue currently resolved. I had to use an external monitor for months. But that glue problem is still there.