On 09/22/2012 08:42 AM, evol wrote: >> think I understand what you're saying, but let me ask this question. >> Do you mean that all only the specific keys and key combinations you >> listed stop working. The rest of the keyboard and the mouse still work? > >> And are you saying that the system can not be forced down by holding the >> power button down? > > but everything else works. > >> Are you able to turn off power management? What happens when you do that? > > did not understand that off? > >> I'll make a suggestion. If you can manage it, you should try booting the >> computer with a live CD of a distro like Ubuntu to see if you see the >> same problems. If not, then at least you probably don't have a hardware >> problem. In that case, then this might be some kind of driver or >> configuration problem. > > install ubuntu 10.11 (another wasn't) > everything works perfectly. > all keys work perfectly and don't vanish. > cooling behaves perfectly. > > this subject I and one more person raised here > https://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=27792 > >
Hi, evol! There's no need to send mail directly to me. Folks just generally reply directly to the list (in this case debian-user@lists.debian.org). I had given up on hearing back from you and deleted the thread from my local cache. So all I have of the thread -- unless I go look up a digest somewhere -- is this message from you. So it sounds as though Debian doesn't work with this system and Ubuntu (at least one version) does work. My first thought in that case is that this must be a firmware issue. Canonical imbues Ubuntu with lots of not free firmware and software that is deliberately left missing in Debian. I suppose you could fix Debian so that it works for you by finding out what hardware isn't being supported properly by firmware / drivers and getting said firmware / drivers from the contrib or non-free repositories. You're going to need hardware gurus (or at least people smarter on the subject than me) to help you. I understand the process of finding the unsupported hardware in general, but don't have practical experience. The reason for that is that I always do the research to make sure that the hardware I buy is supported by Debian's main repository. I totally avoid proprietary and other non-free firmware and drivers these days. (I used to go bonkers every time a system update made all the non-free stuff go wacky.) I do think it's interesting that a Lenovo Thinkpad would have this problem. My experience with Thinkpads (I have a T520i) and Debian has been really good with all free software. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/505dc835.5090...@comcast.net
