Re: [Bug 1936678] Re: Samsung Laptop support module doesn't load

Alex,
Does https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu-cdimage/+bug/1040557 still apply? I'm running under UEFI, not BIOS, and I don't want to brick this machine.

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> On Jul 19, 2021, at 3:30 AM, Alex Hung <1936678@bugs.launchpad.net> wrote:
>
> Please run "sudo modprobe samsung-laptop

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Title:
Samsung Laptop support module doesn't load

Status in linux package in Ubuntu:
New

Bug description:
This is identical to bug # 1170885, which was filed 2013-04-20. The
last comment on that bug was by Kai-Heng Feng (kaihengfeng), who
requested a new bug report.

This is a Samsung laptop NP730QCJ.

$ sudo modprobe samsung-laptop
modprobe: ERROR: could not insert 'samsung_laptop': No such device

About my system:
$ sudo dmidecode | grep -A 2 -i 'base board'
Base Board Information
Manufacturer: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
Product Name: NP730QCJ-K01US

$ cat /etc/lsb-release
DISTRIB_ID=Ubuntu
DISTRIB_RELEASE=20.04
DISTRIB_CODENAME=focal
DISTRIB_DESCRIPTION="Ubuntu 20.04.2 LTS"

$ cat /proc/version_signature
Ubuntu 5.8.0-59.66~20.04.1-generic 5.8.18

$ file /sys/firmware/efi/
/sys/firmware/efi/: directory

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