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So I got a new Lenovo G50. |
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I found all the required drivers in kernel itself. Seems to be quite Linux |
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friendly so far (not installed desktop yet). |
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There's one problem though. The kernel module ideapad-laptop which |
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apparently recognizes the hotkey stuff, backlight and some other things |
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doesn't let me use wireless. rfkill shows it's hard blocked. Is there any |
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way to change this? |
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Some Google results tell me that this is related to the WiFi toggle via |
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windows. The machine never contained windows ( I bought it with freedos). |
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I'm not comfortable with opening it to remove CMOS battery as suggested by |
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yet another Google search result. |
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