How the fuck am I or anyone supposed to do anything when the USB ports
don't work & that's your only way of getting media onto their e
notebooks. You blow your own horns about how great you are, find some
half arse fix that doesn't make sense to new users wanting to try a
Linux system (& selected yours because it's supposed to be the easiest
to install blah blah) & now your done leaving loads of people with
bricked notebook's they can't sodding well use. I used to believe in
you but now all I think about is how you have turned your back on all
those who wanted something special other than windows & how you have
screwed up & walked away with this fix that is impossible for alot of
people to implicate. You should be held accountable for making people
have to in the long run buy new notebooks due to your negligence & lust
for the top spot for leading OS. You should pay for everyone's notebook
etc. that has to be replaced. Hope you have a truly shit new year just
like you've made others have.
** Changed in: linux (Ubuntu Artful)
Assignee: (unassigned) => Derek Ashby (delsubuntu)
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https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1734147
Title:
Ubuntu 17.10 corrupting BIOS - many LENOVO laptops models
Status in Linux:
Unknown
Status in linux package in Ubuntu:
Confirmed
Status in linux-hwe-edge source package in Xenial:
Fix Released
Status in linux-oem source package in Xenial:
Fix Released
Status in linux source package in Artful:
Fix Released
Bug description:
Description: An update to linux kernel on Ubuntu 17.10 that enabled
the intel-spi-* drivers made Insyde BIOS unusable. Main issues were
Settings being not stored, USB Boot impossible and EFI entries read-
only.
Fix: The issue was fixed in Kernel Version 4.13.0-21. But previous
affected machines still suffered from a broken BIOS.
Repair: Boot Linux and Install Kernel Version 4.14.9. Reboot into
Linux and BIOS should be restored to a working state.
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Test Case: Fix has been verified by our HWE team on affected hardware.
Regression Potential: Minimal, it's unlikely anyone is actually doing
anything which requires this driver.
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Affected Machines:
Lenovo B40-70
Lenovo B50-70
Lenovo B50-80
Lenovo Flex-3
Lenovo Flex-10
Lenovo G40-30
Lenovo G50-30
Lenovo G50-70
Lenovo G50-80
Lenovo S20-30
Lenovo U31-70
Lenovo Y50-70
Lenovo Y70-70
Lenovo Yoga Thinkpad (20C0)
Lenovo Yoga 2 11" - 20332
Lenovo Z50-70
Lenovo Z51-70
Lenovo ideapad 100-15IBY
Acer Aspire E5-771G
Acer Aspire ES1-111M-C1LE (not fixed by 4.14.9 and 4.14.10)
Acer TravelMate B113
Acer Swift SF314-52 (Legacy works perfectly, but problems UEFI still persists)
Toshiba Satellite S55T-B5233
Toshiba Satellite L50-B-1R7
Toshiba Satellite S50-B-13G
Dell Inspiron 15-3531 (not fixed by 4.14.9)
Mediacom Smartbook 14 Ultra M-SB14UC
Acer Aspire E3-111-C0UM
HP 14-r012la
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Original Description:
Basically on Lenovo Y50-70 after installing Ubuntu 17.10, many users
reported a corrupted BIOS.
It's not possible to save new settings in BIOS anymore and after
rebooting, the system starts with the old settings.
Moreover (and most important) USB booting is not possible anymore
since USB is not recognized. It's very serious, since our machines do
not have a CDROM.
Lenovo forums at the moment are full of topics regading this issue.
Thank you!!
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