Re: [GTALUG] No keyboard at boot?
Apparently the problems/errors/failures I reported are a known problem that Lenovo has refused to address: http://reddit.com/r/techsupport/comments/ztvro4/lenovo_legion_5_t5_are_seemingly_bricked_with_no/ This is bad enough, and widespread enough, that owners of these computers trying to bring a class-action lawsuit against Lenovo: https://topclassactions.com/lawsuit-settlements/consumer-products/electronics/lenovo-class-action-claims-some-desktops-contain-severe-freezing-crashing-defect/ There is a genuine hardware problem with the motherboard, curable only by swapping out the motherboard for a non-Lenovo equivalent. So, I am simply going to swap the motherboard, take it as a bad decision to have bought this computer, and never do business with Lenovo again. A pity; I have used and enjoyed the ThinkPad series for a long time. But no more dealings with a company that acts like this. On 10/25/23 16:21, D. Hugh Redelmeier via talk wrote: | From: Peter King via talk | Booted from a USB with Arch Linux on it; chroot into the now-working computer; | ran a system update (massive: 500+ packages). Something in there -- likely | the new kernel and firmware -- fixed the keyboard problem. So I didn't have | to reinstall, just get far enough in to do an upgrade. Wow. Heroic measures. | I now have a functional computer to replace the Lenovo T5. For those of you | keeping score, I *still* do not have the replacement MB I ordered from Canada | Computers on 27 September. I'm a broken record: I'd cancel the MB order and get Lenovo Warranty service. -- Peter King peter.k...@utoronto.ca Department of Philosophy 170 St. George Street #521 The University of Toronto (416)-946-3170 ofc Toronto, ON M5R 2M8 CANADA http://individual.utoronto.ca/pking/ = GPG keyID 0x7587EC42 (2B14 A355 46BC 2A16 D0BC 36F5 1FE6 D32A 7587 EC42) gpg --keyserver pgp.mit.edu --recv-keys 7587EC42 OpenPGP_0x1FE6D32A7587EC42.asc Description: OpenPGP public key OpenPGP_signature.asc Description: OpenPGP digital signature --- Post to this mailing list talk@gtalug.org Unsubscribe from this mailing list https://gtalug.org/mailman/listinfo/talk
Re: [GTALUG] No keyboard at boot?
| From: Peter King via talk | Booted from a USB with Arch Linux on it; chroot into the now-working computer; | ran a system update (massive: 500+ packages). Something in there -- likely | the new kernel and firmware -- fixed the keyboard problem. So I didn't have | to reinstall, just get far enough in to do an upgrade. Wow. Heroic measures. | I now have a functional computer to replace the Lenovo T5. For those of you | keeping score, I *still* do not have the replacement MB I ordered from Canada | Computers on 27 September. I'm a broken record: I'd cancel the MB order and get Lenovo Warranty service. I have to admit my experience with warranty service hasn't been stellar. Problems still being resolved. Here are the ones I've dealt with today: - an Asus notebook died (lights on but not POST). Sent it in. They now say that their are going to transfer the patient to the US. In return for the inconvenience, they are extending the warranty 90 days. I hope that isn't an indication of how long they will have my machine. - HP Aero with flaky WiFi. I know how to make it work in Linux (suppressing sleep modes on the card) but I think that that impairs battery life. In Windows, it is unreliable. Talked for hours with support, getting nowhere. Fun fact: asked ChatGPT (through Edge or Bing on Windows). It came up with an answer that was congruent with my beliefs -- impressive. Support Chat fails now. Grrr. - got a Dyson refurbished ed vacuum in July. One broken part and one missing part. They sent a replacement for the broken part promptly. But the missing part was out of stock. I had to phone them today to remind them to send it to me. CSR didn't know what a "wand clip" was (neither do I -- I've never had one). After perhaps half an hour of chat, they will send one.--- Post to this mailing list talk@gtalug.org Unsubscribe from this mailing list https://gtalug.org/mailman/listinfo/talk
Re: [GTALUG] No keyboard at boot?
Booted from a USB with Arch Linux on it; chroot into the now-working computer; ran a system update (massive: 500+ packages). Something in there -- likely the new kernel and firmware -- fixed the keyboard problem. So I didn't have to reinstall, just get far enough in to do an upgrade. I now have a functional computer to replace the Lenovo T5. For those of you keeping score, I *still* do not have the replacement MB I ordered from Canada Computers on 27 September. (And, yes, when I ordered it they listed it as in stock.) I got an email from them yesterday telling me they hoped to have the order ready in a week. I got another email from them today asking if I wanted to cancel my order. I am very tempted to do so and yank the components and build up a new computer from scratch at this point. On 10/10/23 14:29, Peter King via talk wrote: The saga continues. While waiting for a replacement motherboard for my Lenovo T5, I hauled out a computer I had taken out of service about 16 months ago to have a working machine until I finally can install the motherboard. But here's the thing. When it boots up, I can use the keyboard and mouse at the BIOS screen and through most of the process -- but near the end, after enabling the network fails, it loses the keyboard. The mouse stays connected. So I get a login screen but no way to talk to it. Same problem using other keyboards. Eventually I figured out how to boot from a USB stick, and that gets all the way up with the keyboard, so it's something odd in the setup on the computer itself. I haven't tried to ssh in, because at the moment it tries to boot into a static ethernet address which isn't available, and so network connectivity fails. The system runs Arch Linux. The "easy" thing to do is just re-install Arch and start with a clean slate, which is likely what I'll do, but if anyone knows a quick and dirty fix I'd at least be able to save some configuration information from the computer. (Yes, I can do that from an Arch install USB by mounting / chrooting into it, but I'd rather understand the problem first.) Any idea what gives? Obviously a module for running the keyboard isn't being loaded somewhere... --- Post to this mailing listt...@gtalug.org Unsubscribe from this mailing listhttps://gtalug.org/mailman/listinfo/talk -- Peter King peter.k...@utoronto.ca Department of Philosophy 170 St. George Street #521 The University of Toronto (416)-946-3170 ofc Toronto, ON M5R 2M8 CANADA http://individual.utoronto.ca/pking/ = GPG keyID 0x7587EC42 (2B14 A355 46BC 2A16 D0BC 36F5 1FE6 D32A 7587 EC42) gpg --keyserver pgp.mit.edu --recv-keys 7587EC42 OpenPGP_0x1FE6D32A7587EC42.asc Description: OpenPGP public key OpenPGP_signature.asc Description: OpenPGP digital signature --- Post to this mailing list talk@gtalug.org Unsubscribe from this mailing list https://gtalug.org/mailman/listinfo/talk
Re: [GTALUG] intel etherexpress pro 100+ safe driver download?
On Tue, Oct 24, 2023 at 10:38:02PM -0400, Karen Lewellen via talk wrote: > Hi everyone, > My dream machine is being constructed. Thanks to the members here connecting > with James. > There is indeed a DOS packet driver included with the set Intel provides for > the etherexpress pro 100+ > Trick seems to be finding a safe source, with my having access to the way of > putting things on floppies. > For example, I found an option form archive.org, that included a 1.57 .img > file. > Slightly too large for the 1.44 disks I sought to zip..only for pk zip to > suggest the file may have a problem. > Any ideas? Intel briliantly decided a few years ago that old drivers should not be downloadable anymore because they were no longer supported. Apparently no driver is better than an unsupported driver according to intel. Now according to some discussions I saw on vogon, it seems that the 100+ might not ever have had an actual driver for DOS from intel (too new) but someone else has written one themselves. https://gopherproxy.meulie.net/sdf.org/1/users/sethsimon/e100pkt/ Looks like version 0.3 was the newest. They even included source code. The zip file contains drivers/e100pkt/e100pkt.com along with some documentation and the source code. -- Len Sorensen --- Post to this mailing list talk@gtalug.org Unsubscribe from this mailing list https://gtalug.org/mailman/listinfo/talk
