[Bug 1645985] Re: ubuntu 1404_HWE_EOL kernel breaks Thinkpad T530 keyboard backlight operation

2017-02-23 Thread rich painter
As I previously reported, my SSD is full and cannot build kernels. I have made several attempts to upgrade to a larger SSD but the grub2 installer refuses to install so I'm still not able to build kernels. Since you don't care to help you will have to wait until I can find someone to help correct

[Bug 1645985] Re: ubuntu 1404_HWE_EOL kernel breaks Thinkpad T530 keyboard backlight operation

2017-02-23 Thread Launchpad Bug Tracker
[Expired for linux (Ubuntu) because there has been no activity for 60 days.] ** Changed in: linux (Ubuntu) Status: Incomplete => Expired -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1645985

[Bug 1645985] Re: ubuntu 1404_HWE_EOL kernel breaks Thinkpad T530 keyboard backlight operation

2016-12-25 Thread Christopher M. Penalver
rich painter, providing a commit string of a kernel version bisect is unfortunately not helpful here, and is not the requested commit bisect. As per comment #25, one would follow https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Kernel/KernelBisection . Folks who have read this from start to finish find it answers the

[Bug 1645985] Re: ubuntu 1404_HWE_EOL kernel breaks Thinkpad T530 keyboard backlight operation

2016-12-25 Thread rich painter
I already read #25 4 or more times and it did not provide sufficient details to tell me what to do in conjunction with your other direction. So I provided the details of what I did and asked my questions when you balked Your reply doesn't help when it doesn't even answer these follow up

[Bug 1645985] Re: ubuntu 1404_HWE_EOL kernel breaks Thinkpad T530 keyboard backlight operation

2016-12-24 Thread Christopher M. Penalver
rich painter, could you please read https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux/+bug/1645985/comments/25 in its entirety, and then advise if this answered your question? ** Changed in: linux (Ubuntu) Status: Confirmed => Incomplete -- You received this bug notification because you

[Bug 1645985] Re: ubuntu 1404_HWE_EOL kernel breaks Thinkpad T530 keyboard backlight operation

2016-12-24 Thread rich painter
I'm not sure how to provide this. You sent me to http://kernel.ubuntu.com/~kernel-ppa/mainline/?C=N;O=D to obtain the various kernels to test. This is the kernel releases I bisected... Note that I do not know "git" and haven't built unix kernels since 1990, only download prebuilt kernels for at

[Bug 1645985] Re: ubuntu 1404_HWE_EOL kernel breaks Thinkpad T530 keyboard backlight operation

2016-12-24 Thread Christopher M. Penalver
rich painter, as noted in https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux/+bug/1645985/comments/25 what is needed is the offending commit (not the version). Could you please advise? ** Changed in: linux (Ubuntu) Status: Confirmed => Incomplete -- You received this bug notification

[Bug 1645985] Re: ubuntu 1404_HWE_EOL kernel breaks Thinkpad T530 keyboard backlight operation

2016-12-23 Thread rich painter
Sorry, I don't know how to edit an entry Previous entry stated "It remains on until manually disabled or when the screen saver exits." It should read: It remains on until manually disabled just the same as when the screen saver exits. -- You received this bug notification because you are

[Bug 1645985] Re: ubuntu 1404_HWE_EOL kernel breaks Thinkpad T530 keyboard backlight operation

2016-12-23 Thread rich painter
4.5-rc1 and above bug exists kernel-bug-exists-upstream-4.5-rc1 ** Changed in: linux (Ubuntu) Status: Incomplete => Confirmed -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1645985 Title:

[Bug 1645985] Re: ubuntu 1404_HWE_EOL kernel breaks Thinkpad T530 keyboard backlight operation

2016-12-23 Thread rich painter
After bisecting the kernel releases I have determined when this bug was injected. Release 4.4.39 is OK Release 4.5-rc1 is BROKEN 64-bit Generic versions were used. After testing many releases I have discovered one additional aspect of this bug of the backlight inappropriately coming on

[Bug 1645985] Re: ubuntu 1404_HWE_EOL kernel breaks Thinkpad T530 keyboard backlight operation

2016-12-22 Thread Christopher M. Penalver
rich painter, the next step is to fully commit bisect from kernel 3.19 to 4.4 in order to identify the last good kernel commit, followed immediately by the first bad one. This will allow for a more expedited analysis of the root cause of your issue. Could you please do this following

[Bug 1645985] Re: ubuntu 1404_HWE_EOL kernel breaks Thinkpad T530 keyboard backlight operation

2016-12-21 Thread rich painter
** Tags added: kernel-fixed-upstream ** Tags removed: kernel-fixed-upstream ** Tags added: kernel-bug-exists-upstream ** Changed in: linux (Ubuntu) Status: Incomplete => Confirmed -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to

[Bug 1645985] Re: ubuntu 1404_HWE_EOL kernel breaks Thinkpad T530 keyboard backlight operation

2016-12-21 Thread rich painter
downloaded into new directory: http://kernel.ubuntu.com/~kernel-ppa/mainline/v4.9/linux-headers-4.9.0-040900_4.9.0-040900.201612111631_all.deb http://kernel.ubuntu.com/~kernel-ppa/mainline/v4.9/linux-headers-4.9.0-040900-generic_4.9.0-040900.201612111631_amd64.deb

Re: [Bug 1645985] Re: ubuntu 1404_HWE_EOL kernel breaks Thinkpad T530 keyboard backlight operation

2016-12-18 Thread rich painter
will do If I can just install a kernel I think I have room. I dont have space for a separate partition for a complete and separate installation. thanks rich On Sun, Dec 18, 2016 at 7:01 PM, Christopher M. Penalver < christopher.m.penal...@gmail.com> wrote: > rich painter, in order to allow

[Bug 1645985] Re: ubuntu 1404_HWE_EOL kernel breaks Thinkpad T530 keyboard backlight operation

2016-12-18 Thread Christopher M. Penalver
rich painter, in order to allow additional upstream developers to examine the issue, at your earliest convenience, could you please test the latest upstream kernel available from http://kernel.ubuntu.com/~kernel-ppa/mainline/?C=N;O=D ? Please keep in mind the following: 1) The one to test is at

[Bug 1645985] Re: ubuntu 1404_HWE_EOL kernel breaks Thinkpad T530 keyboard backlight operation

2016-12-05 Thread rich painter
Kernel 4.4.0-53, the latest kernel update, flowed in today. This kernel also exhibits the keyboard and screen-top illuminators bug. Booting the last 3.x kernel, 3.19.0-77, makes the illuminators to work correctly. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs,

[Bug 1645985] Re: ubuntu 1404_HWE_EOL kernel breaks Thinkpad T530 keyboard backlight operation

2016-12-03 Thread rich painter
Installed "ubuntu 1404_HWE_EOL" update. Other packages updated with it since nothing has been updating since Aug because ubuntu 1404_HWE_EOL update was holding it up. Problem still exists with the keyboard backlight coming on when the screen saver restores the normal desktop upon hitting the

[Bug 1645985] Re: ubuntu 1404_HWE_EOL kernel breaks Thinkpad T530 keyboard backlight operation

2016-12-03 Thread rich painter
apport information ** Tags added: apport-collected ** Description changed: System: Lenovo Thinkpad T530 laptop OS: ubuntu 14.04 LTS, kernel 3.19.0-66-generic 64bit lsb_release -rd Description: Ubuntu 14.04.5 LTS Release: 14.04 With the above configuration the keyboard

Re: [Bug 1645985] Re: ubuntu 1404_HWE_EOL kernel breaks Thinkpad T530 keyboard backlight operation

2016-11-30 Thread rich painter
very fine. my worry is how do I reverse any changes and updates once I do this to collect the apport data... this problem is HIGHLY annoying. I was able to uninstall the 1404_HWE_EOL update immediately after the checkout and discovery of the backlight problem... So I dont know what will happen

[Bug 1645985] Re: ubuntu 1404_HWE_EOL kernel breaks Thinkpad T530 keyboard backlight operation

2016-11-30 Thread Joseph Salisbury
Yes, please run apport after installing the update. Also, check to see if there are any additional updates after installing the one requested. ** Tags added: kernel-da-key ** Changed in: linux (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided => Medium -- You received this bug notification because you are a