[ltp] Debian on Thinkpad W540

[José Luis García Pallero]

Thank you for your answer, Tom. Inexplicably, today the network
detection worked and I have reinstalled Debian on the W540. o_O

Almost all works correctly (also the fan -in my T400 I have needed to
install the thinkfan package in order to make it run-). But there are
still some details that do not work:

1. The numeric pad of the keyboard was not detected. In the KDE
systemsettings I don't know which keyboard to select
2. The function keys of the keyboard are disabled by default. In order
to use it, the Fn key must be pressed. I searched an option in the
BIOS (2.11) to activate the function keys by default but apparently it
is not possible
3. I don't know how to activate the wireless card. On my old T400
there is a physical button for activate it, but there is nothing
similar on the W540. I suppose the activation should be done via
keyboard. Apparently, the F8 key could done the task, but it not works
(but the bright and volume keys works)

Any idea?

Thanks

2014-06-26 4:20 GMT+02:00 Tom Roche <Tom_Roche@pobox.com>:
>
> José Luis García Pallero Wed, 25 Jun 2014 20:24:46 +0200
>> Anyone has notiiced problems with W540, Debian and network?
>
> I have a W510, which is probably a much older box. However I recently put=
 debian (jessie/sid) on there, and had the following problem, which is easy to check and fix:
>
> + when /etc/resolv.conf is a symlink to /etc/resolvconf/run/resolv.conf ,=
 I can `nslookup`, and life is good
>
> - when /etc/resolv.conf is "just a file," no DNS. NetworkManager seems ha=
ppy, and I get no error messages ... except when I try to DNS anything :-)
>
> I'm not sure why, but, periodically, the symlink breaks. The fix is easy
>
> $ sudo ln -sf /etc/resolvconf/run/resolv.conf /etc/resolv.conf
>
> and no restart necessary: after that, DNS just works.
>
> hoping that solves your problem, Tom Roche <Tom_Roche@pobox.com>
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