Screen Brightness Keys Not Working - Thinkpad W540 & Fedora 20

Digimer lists at alteeve.ca
Sat Mar 15 18:16:35 UTC 2014


On 15/03/14 01:44 PM, D. Hugh Redelmeier wrote:
> | From: CS DBA <cs_dba at consistentstate.com>
>
> | Just setup a Thinkpad W540, most everything is working well.
>
> I hope you are aware that there is a BIOS bug that can cause Linux to
> brick the machine.  As in: once it happens, the motherboard needs to
> be replaced.
>
> See this, for example:
> <http://forums.lenovo.com/t5/W-Series-ThinkPad-Laptops/HOWTO-Brick-a-W540-in-easy-steps/m-p/1414465/highlight/true#M43530>
>
> Google will tell you more.

Wow, that's major. Thanks for the heads-up!

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