Comment by dmurray
5 days ago
I feel most laptops still don't work completely out of the box with Linux, so you don't have to hunt for old hardware.
Maybe you won't find an issue as simple as fixing a button, though.
5 days ago
I feel most laptops still don't work completely out of the box with Linux, so you don't have to hunt for old hardware.
Maybe you won't find an issue as simple as fixing a button, though.
> Maybe you won't find an issue as simple as fixing a button, though.
Every laptop I've used with linux has had a few non-functioning buttons and keys. I think you underestimate the widespread issue.
If someone wants to tackle this on a laptop where this is the case, WMI is where you want to start.
https://docs.kernel.org/next/wmi/driver-development-guide.ht...
I've never had that problem with a Thinkpad.
Lucky you! There are thousands of ThinkPad models and they're not magically exempt from this issue:
(Not a new issue... here's the problem on an R60) https://unix.stackexchange.com/questions/475968/thinkpad-vol...
E14 Gen4 https://forum.manjaro.org/t/thinkpad-e14-gen4-special-keys-m...
E14 Gen2 issues https://unix.stackexchange.com/questions/609942/thinkpad-spe...
T510 issues https://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php?id=268269
Fn Volume Control Keys Not Working https://forums.linuxmint.com/viewtopic.php?t=412947
It just takes a cursory glance of search results to see that your ThinkPad experience is not everyone's.
We might have a different definition of issue.. I think 100% compatibile working would be launching bloatware installed by the manufacturer. I'm happy not to have the pavlovian training that may some day cause me to click one of these things on someone's windows machine.
> I think 100% compatibile [sic] working would be launching bloatware installed by the manufacturer.
Making a physical button work requires bloatware in your understanding?
> I'm happy not to have the pavlovian training that may some day cause me to click one of these things on someone's windows machine.
Do you know what you're trying to say here? I do not.
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