Screen Brightness Keys Not Working - Thinkpad W540 & Fedora 20

2014-03-14 Thread CS DBA
Hi All; Just setup a Thinkpad W540, most everything is working well. I did not install any nvidia drivers (kmod-nvidia, nvidia downloaded binaries, etc) just using the default driver - not sure if this has anything to do with it but Fn-F5 / Fn-F6 dont do anything... Thanks in advance -- u

Re: Screen Brightness Keys Not Working - Thinkpad W540 & Fedora 20

2014-03-15 Thread D. Hugh Redelmeier
| From: CS DBA | 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:

Re: Screen Brightness Keys Not Working - Thinkpad W540 & Fedora 20

2014-03-15 Thread Digimer
On 15/03/14 01:44 PM, D. Hugh Redelmeier wrote: | From: CS DBA | 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 e

Re: Screen Brightness Keys Not Working - Thinkpad W540 & Fedora 20

2014-03-15 Thread CS DBA
On 3/15/14, 12:16 PM, Digimer wrote: On 15/03/14 01:44 PM, D. Hugh Redelmeier wrote: | From: CS DBA | 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