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I have tried all the options available on the 'novo-menu' - system recovery don't work. The recovery partition is deleted (small hard drive system). Not sure if the bios...

Here is a link to a video of me attempting to enter BIOS setup in what I suppose should be the 'safest' alternative: the 'novo' button, which in lenovo-speek is a failsafe alternative, should work...

Yes, I have tried all the described alternatives.

The problem doesn't seem to be about selecting 'setup' but what happens after it is selected, when it's supposed to load.
My laptop got a 'novo'...

Yes, got a novo button.

Pressing it gets me to a menu where I can choose setup, but instead of setup it give me boot menu.
Setup is basically not loading.

I'm using an UEFI menu for my dual-boot system.
Windows 8.1 and Ubuntu 21.04. Lenovo ideapad. Secure Boot enabled.

UEFI firmware setup fails to load whether it's called by F2 during boot, or if...

It's a little confusing.

After upgrade to unity, I configured media keys through the unity settings gui.

Volume control (up/down) worked fine. It behaves fine.
Media keys (next/previous) isn't...

Ubuntu 16.10

I want to run commands when switching to battery on my laptop. Got a standard script in /etc/pm/power.d which works fine when I in terminal execute pm-powersave true/false. The...

Had a issue where network card turned itself completely off after resuming from suspend, which was solved by turning it off and then on from BIOS.

However, ever since the incident network manager...

I'm able to install Ubuntu on my Lenovo Yoga 500 but its running so slow that its basically unusable. It hangs all the time. Can't see anything out of the ordinary in the log files but what do I know...

I recently bought a Lenovo Yoga 500 and its basically not compatible with Ubuntu/Linux. I've tried 15.10 but am now running Ubuntu 16.04 from USB and it's slow, so slow that its not usable. Can't see...

I'm trying to connect to campus VPN, which have a Cisco anyconnect solution.

When I connect using network manager (after installing openconnect) it is reported to be successful, however - there is...

KaosuX,

I appreciate your attention and willingness to help. Regarding current malware technology I'm afraid you're a little behind the curve. Regarding BIOS malware not being generic, take for...

matt_symes:

Yeah, you're right. The tone of my wording wasn't friendly, as it should be. Peace bro.

matt_symes:

While I'm the one needing help here, I will of course answer all questions to the best of my ability. Not attempting to be rude, but it'd be more smooth if you just ask instead of...

matt_symes:

Not sure I follow you.

The first sentence said (in context) that my strategy will be to check whether firmware/bios has been changed by someone and restore any changes back to...

It is a targeted attack. He's not been malicious so far and I don't expect any "violent" behavor. I believe the intruder has personal motive and is financially resourceful. My Android phone is also...

Hello.

I'm in the unfortunate position of having my laptop hijacked. How do I know? The intruder told me. Initially he powered off my laptop 10-15 times (in a single day), then he injected...

Finally my Vaio laptop use less power than running on Win7!

I experienced a drop down in power usage to less than 10 watt by doing the following:

- First I followed these instructions to...

Positive it has a BIOS component. Installed Ubuntu using whole HD, also - system is compromised when booting from USB. It's a targeted intrusion for which complete reinstall using a clean LiveCD is...

Sony VAIO E series (SVE14A1S1EB) - American Megatrends R0260V4

The laptop was new with Win7 preinstalled. Shortly after the purchase, the system was compromised (I assume through web/javascript)...

Sony Vaio E

In UEFI-mode, it will _only_ boot the pre-installed windows7 or a DVD with Windows8.

These media will boot in BIOS-mode, but not UEFI:

- DVD with windows7
- Live DVD Ubuntu12...

i915.i915_enable_rc6=1
i915.i915_enable_fbc=1
i915.lvds_downclock=1

These three options in grub made a huge difference for me. Using ~8W now, cool and quiet.

Toshiba satellite c660

I...