A method to repair machines was posted earlier, but may have been missed in the noise.
Paul Sladen in #173 suggests that blacklisting the kernel module, and then doing TWO COMPLETE REBOOTS will allow the BIOS to recover. Looking at the code, this seems plausible. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Kubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to the bug report. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1734147 Title: Ubuntu 17.10 corrupting BIOS - many LENOVO laptops models To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux/+bug/1734147/+subscriptions -- kubuntu-bugs mailing list kubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/kubuntu-bugs