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I noticed this error in dmesg, which might be helpful, but I'm unsure.
Code:
[nathan@laptop ~]$ dmesg | grep Err
[ 2.178935] ata5.00: ACPI cmd ef/02:00:00:00:00:a0 (SET FEATURES) rejected by device (Stat=0x51 Err=0x04)
[ 2.181393] ata5.00: ACPI cmd ef/02:00:00:00:00:a0 (SET FEATURES) rejected by device (Stat=0x51 Err=0x04)
[ 4.475007] ACPI Error: No handler for Region [ECRM] (ffff880136bdc360) [EmbeddedControl] (20110413/evregion-373)
[ 4.475014] ACPI Error: Region EmbeddedControl (ID=3) has no handler (20110413/exfldio-292)
[ 4.475019] ACPI Error: Method parse/execution failed [\_TZ_.RDEC] (Node ffff8801396514b0), AE_NOT_EXIST (20110413/psparse-536)
[ 4.475028] ACPI Error: Method parse/execution failed [\_TZ_.TZS0._TMP] (Node ffff880139651528), AE_NOT_EXIST (20110413/psparse-536)
I've posted on the Arch Linux forums and I haven't gotten any help. I'm running Arch Linux, kernel 3.0.3. Rolling back to 2.6.32 leaves me with the same problem.
As a side note, the wireless is soft blocked, and rfkill unblock doesn't unblock it. I'm not too concerned yet, but if anyone has a fix for that too I'd be happy
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I've posted on the Arch Linux forums and I haven't gotten any help. I'm running Arch Linux, kernel 3.0.3. Rolling back to 2.6.32 leaves me with the same problem.
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I don't think that an older kernel can help, you can try to load the synaptics-driver if it is not yet loaded.
Could you please post the output of
Code:
lsmod | sort
it could be a good idea to try to load the ideapad_acpi module as well.
BTW, I'm using a Thinkpad x100e without any issues.
Hello Nathan Hoad, welcome to LQ,
I don't think that an older kernel can help, you can try to load the synaptics-driver if it is not yet loaded.
Could you please post the output of
Code:
lsmod | sort
it could be a good idea to try to load the ideapad_acpi module as well.
BTW, I'm using a Thinkpad x100e without any issues.
Markus
Thanks for the welcome Markus! I've looked around a lot on various pages, the Think wiki, etc and it appears I'm the first to mention this issue for my specific laptop, which is strange.
I've installed xf86-input-synaptics if that's what you mean, I'm not sure if there's anything else I have to do to get it to work. I'm not using an xorg.conf.
Edit: after some quick snooping, my system has an ideapad_laptop. Modprobing that and restarting X has no effect. I really need to learn Unix properly.
Last edited by Nathan Hoad; 08-23-2011 at 04:54 PM.
I'm not sure about most of them, but the brightness raising/lowering ones do indeed work. The others don't produce quite so visible results, so I haven't tested the others.
Nope, no key for that, sadly. There's media keys, volume keys, projector/webcam keys and a wireless key. I checked the BIOS, and it's very limited, so I can't see if it's enabled in there.
I live booted Ubuntu just now, and it didn't work in there, so at least I can be a little more confident it's not a distro issue.
I'm thinking, is there a chance that the touchpad has to be enabled on Windows through some silly Lenovo program? I'm going to install Windows on here when I get a chance over the weekend, and if the touchpad doesn't work there I can rest assured that it's a hardware problem.
Well, I have never experienced that a touchpad does not work with Linux. And that the function-keys work is actually a hint that the laptop is supported by Linux. So hardware-issues with the touchpad are not unlikely.
Yeah they've usually been pretty good for me too. Well, that sucks! I guess I'll have to send it back. Which is annoying, because this is a work laptop, so of course I won't be able to do any work.
Thanks for the help! Once the issue is resolved I'll post back here for completeness.
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