Re: Debian Jessie on Thinkpad X220

I have had many (fixable)issues with thinkpads and buttons, but not on x220 specifically. First,
it is advised specifically for the x220 to update to a recent bios, 
http://www.thinkwiki.org/wiki/How_to_make_ACPI_work
... and then install a package called tpb (ThinkPadButtons), I checked and it is still in stable(jessie)
here is some more good stuff on the thinkpad x220...
http://www.thinkwiki.org/wiki/Category:X220

david
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---- Kirill Shilov <[email protected]> wrote: 
> Very strange, i have X220 and X230 and all functional working correctly out
> of the box.(not a mic led of course).
> 
> maybe you have a hardware issue? try to update/reset bios?
> 
> 2017-02-28 10:26 GMT+05:00 Bob Proulx <[email protected]>:
> 
> > I am trying to set up Debian Jessie on a Thinkpad X220.  Most things
> > work fine out of a fresh install.  There are a few things that are not
> > working however and I am hoping that one of the other folks here have
> > already solved the problems.
> >
> > The laptop buttons for audio have no reaction.  Also not the monitor
> > brightness up and down keys.  They do generate X key events.  I recall
> > that they should produce acpi events.  The keyboard light key toggles
> > the light okay.  The sleep suspend to ram works okay.
> >
> > Also I had to disable the fingerprint reader from the BIOS or the
> > kernel spewed endless cycles of usb errors.
> >
> > Has anyone else already fought through these battles?
> >
> > Bob
> >