Public bug reported: 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 backlights and screen-top illuminator work as they are supposed to. In August I received the 1404_HWE_EOL update popup. Image taken today is attached. I installed the ubuntu 1404_HWE_EOL which installed (I think) some 4.4 kernel. After installing, the keyboard backlights and screen-top illuminator come on without hitting the special keys. When it returns from screen saver when I hit the return key these lights come on also. If I reboot to the old kernel all is well. So something is broken in the kernel that is installed with the 1404_HWE_EOL So I deleted this new kernel for now. The popup comes up constantly for almost 4 months now, many many times per day. This is a huge annoyance. More seriously is that no other updates are coming in. This poses security issues at a minimum. Accepting the update causes the backlights and screen-top illuminator to go on with every screen saver operation which is just as annoying. This was reported here without any response to date: http://askubuntu.com/questions/817383/ubuntu-1404-hwe-eol-kernel-breaks-thinkpad-t530-keyboard-backlight This was reported here without any response to date: https://forums.lenovo.com/t5/Linux-Discussion/T530-Keyboard-backlight-comes-on-when-screen-saver-goes-off-once/m-p/3457674#M112494 Lenovo T530 BIOS info: Package (ID) UEFI BIOS (BIOS ID) ECP (ECP ID) Rev. Issue Date -------------------- ------------------- --------------- ---- ----------- 2.67 (G4UJ31UC) 2.67 (G4ETA7WW) 1.13 (G4HT39WW) 01 2016/09/09 I hope someone can fix this so I can move forward and stop the annoyances to boot. regards oldunixguy ** Affects: linux (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided Status: New ** Attachment added: "1404_HWE_EOL popup update request" https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1645985/+attachment/4785021/+files/1404_HWE_EOL%20popup.png -- 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: ubuntu 1404_HWE_EOL kernel breaks Thinkpad T530 keyboard backlight operation To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux/+bug/1645985/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
