>>>>> Michel Verdier <[email protected]>:
> On 2026-09-12, Steinar Bang wrote:
>>> I have never seen a kernel upgrade breaking the bios. Do you use EFI ?
>>
>> I think the BIOS on the Acer Aspire actually is an UEFI thingy, if
>> that's what you mean?
> Yes. Perhaps an upgrade failed but I don't see how it could break the
> bios. Could you provide
> dpkg -l firmw\* efi\*
root@marquez:~# dpkg -l firmw\* efi\*
Desired=Unknown/Install/Remove/Purge/Hold
| Status=Not/Inst/Conf-files/Unpacked/halF-conf/Half-inst/trig-aWait/Trig-pend
|/ Err?=(none)/Reinst-required (Status,Err: uppercase=bad)
||/ Name Version Architecture
Description
+++-========================-============================-============-============================================================================
ii efibootmgr 18-2 amd64 Interact
with the EFI Boot Manager
un firmware-adi <none> <none> (no
description available)
ii firmware-amd-graphics 20250410-2 all Binary
firmware for AMD/ATI graphics and NPU chips
ii firmware-ath9k-htc 1.4.0-110-ge888634+dfsg1-0.1 all firmware
for AR7010 and AR9271 USB wireless adapters
un firmware-atheros <none> <none> (no
description available)
ii firmware-carl9170 1.9.9-450-gad1c721+dfsg-0.1 all firmware
for AR9170 USB wireless adapters
ii firmware-intel-graphics 20250410-2 all Binary
firmware for Intel iGPUs and IPUs
ii firmware-intel-misc 20250410-2 all Binary
firmware for miscellaneous Intel devices and chips
ii firmware-linux-free 20241210-2 all Binary
firmware for various drivers in the Linux kernel
ii firmware-linux-nonfree 20250410-2 all Binary
firmware for various drivers in the Linux kernel (metapackage)
ii firmware-mediatek 20250410-2 all Binary
firmware for MediaTek and Ralink chips for networking, SoCs and media
ii firmware-misc-nonfree 20250410-2 all Binary
firmware for various drivers in the Linux kernel
ii firmware-nvidia-graphics 20250410-2 all Binary
firmware for Nvidia GPU chips
un firmware-ralink <none> <none> (no
description available)
un firmware-ti-connectivity <none> <none> (no
description available)
>> KeymapNotify event, serial 38, synthetic NO, window 0x0,
>> keys: 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
>> 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
> This is generate when you change focus. Could you also check ESC key with
> xev ?
KeyRelease event, serial 35, synthetic NO, window 0x6400001,
root 0x3c0, subw 0x0, time 355339472, (631,220), root:(635,301),
state 0x0, keycode 36 (keysym 0xff0d, Return), same_screen YES,
" XLookupString gives 1 bytes: (0d) "
XFilterEvent returns: False
KeyPress event, serial 38, synthetic NO, window 0x6400001,
root 0x3c0, subw 0x0, time 355340880, (631,220), root:(635,301),
state 0x0, keycode 9 (keysym 0xff1b, Escape), same_screen YES,
XLookupString gives 1 bytes: (1b) "
mbLookupString gives 1 bytes: (1b) "
FilterEvent returns: False
KeyRelease event, serial 38, synthetic NO, window 0x6400001,
root 0x3c0, subw 0x0, time 355340998, (631,220), root:(635,301),
state 0x0, keycode 9 (keysym 0xff1b, Escape), same_screen YES,
XLookupString gives 1 bytes: (1b) "
FilterEvent returns: False
(not sure if the first KeyRelease belonged or not but all three appeared
when I clicked and released ESC)
Thanks!
- Steinar
