[ltp] Re: Linux-Thinkpad digest, Vol 1 #3760 - 2 msgs

[Nikos Alexandris]

Dear Jules Irenge,

would you be interested to contact me off-line for the laptop you
decided to sell?  I might be interested to buy it just for the sake for
having spare parts.

Thank you, Nikos


* Jules Octave <jbi.octave@gmail.com> [2017-01-04 00:16:34 +0000]:

>I have a lenovo x1 second gen with haswell processor that gave me hard time
>with linux . i just decided to install windows and i am now selling the
>Laptop . to buy some  linux friendly machine.
>
>
>
>Worthy  Jules Irenge
>
>
>2017-01-03 11:01 GMT+00:00 <linux-thinkpad-request@linux-thinkpad.org>:
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>> Subject: Re: [ltp] LID on X260
>> To: linux-thinkpad@linux-thinkpad.org
>> From: Paul Seelig <pseelig@rumbero.es>
>> Organization: rumbero.es
>> Date: Mon, 2 Jan 2017 22:14:41 +0100
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>> On 01/02/2017 05:46 AM, Carles Pina i Estany wrote:
>> >
>> > It happens even before Linux boots.
>> [...]
>> > I'm thinking of some Kernel parameter to stop this happening,
>> [...]
>> >
>> Removing the lines surrounding the factual information should make it
>> clear this is probably rather a hardware issue than anything fixable by
>> software parameters.
>>
>> This maybe still leaves the firmware option: Is this machine running the
>> latest available BIOS from Lenovo?
>>
>> If upgrading to the latest BIOS is not feasible, i'd rather suggest to
>> replace the machine with another proven good one.
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>> Message: 2
>> Date: Tue, 3 Jan 2017 08:42:48 +0400
>> From: Carles Pina i Estany <carles@pina.cat>
>> To: linux-thinkpad@linux-thinkpad.org
>> Subject: Re: [ltp] LID on X260
>> Reply-To: linux-thinkpad@linux-thinkpad.org
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>>
>> Hi,
>>
>> On Jan/02/2017, Paul Seelig wrote:
>> > On 01/02/2017 05:46 AM, Carles Pina i Estany wrote:
>> > >
>> > > It happens even before Linux boots.
>> > [...]
>> > > I'm thinking of some Kernel parameter to stop this happening,
>> > [...]
>> > >
>> > Removing the lines surrounding the factual information should make it
>> > clear this is probably rather a hardware issue than anything fixable by
>> > software parameters.
>>
>> yes I know, but since we are on a ship for another 20 days and then we
>> will stop only for one a half days in Hobart I was wondering if there is
>> a software work around for the hardware problem (like disabling the
>> screen suspending when it things that the lid is closed) (we might have
>> to buy one external screen in the time that we will have in Hobart for
>> the next 2 months of the cruise)
>>
>> > This maybe still leaves the firmware option: Is this machine running the
>> > latest available BIOS from Lenovo?
>>
>> With the internet that we have here it will be difficult to verify but
>> I'll try to have a look, thanks for the idea.
>>
>> > If upgrading to the latest BIOS is not feasible, i'd rather suggest to
>> > replace the machine with another proven good one.
>>
>> We would also like to do it!
>>
>> Thank you!
>>
>> --
>> Carles Pina i Estany
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