Ever since I’ve switched from Gnome to DWM on my main laptop, I have to perform most things on command line now. I know, right? :P Anyway, I need to pair a bluetooth mouse, Logi MX Anywhere 2S, with this Fedora laptop. I had a similar post a while back about connecting Bose QC35 to Fedora 29. So this is quite similar to that post. First, ensure that bluetooth.service is running:...
While newer version of a package on Linux system is generally a good thing, and we should upgrade it, there is times when we should hold on to the older version. For instance, Fedora 32 just released a newer version of the kernel package 5.8.4 recently, and with this version, the zfs module, version 0.8.4, can’t be built. Therefore, if your Fedora system uses ZFS, like some of my machines, you’ll end up not seeing any ZFS dataset or pools....
A quick note to remind ThinkPad X1 Carbon 6 users that Lenovo just released a new firmware for the Thunderbolt on this laptop. And, it’s available via fwupd if you run Fedora (possibly also available on Ubuntu). [root@benji ~]# fwupdmgr update • Thunderbolt Controller has the latest available firmware version Upgrade available for Embedded Controller from 0.1.20 to 0.1.21 20KHCTO1WW must remain plugged into a power source for the duration of the update to avoid damage....
It seems like Lenovo releases a new BIOS firmeware every month for its ThinkPad, at least for the ThinkPad P1 Gen1. On July 21, the BIOS firmware version 1.31 was released. CHANGES IN THIS RELEASE Version 1.31 [Important updates] - Address CVE-2020-0548, (https://cve.mitre.org//cgi-bin//cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2020-0548) - Address CVE-2020-0549, (https://cve.mitre.org//cgi-bin//cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2020-0549) - Address CVE-2020-0543, (https://cve.mitre.org//cgi-bin//cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2020-0543) [New functions or enhancements] - Updated the CPU microcode. [Problem fixes] - Fixed an issue where Force PXE boot by Intel AMT did not work....
Update BIOS firmware version 1.9.1 is available for Dell Latitude 7400. This firmware was released on 30 June 2020. It is marked Urgent and contains the following fixes and enhancements: Fixes: Fixed the issue where the system cannot detect the Intel Software Guard Extensions (SGX) device when SGX is enabled. Firmware updates to address security advisory INTEL-SA-00295 (CVE-2020-0531, CVE-2020-0532, CVE-2020-0533, CVE-2020-0535, CVE-2020-0536, CVE-2020-0537, CVE-2020-0538, CVE-2020-0539, CVE-2020-0540, CVE-2020-0545, CVE-2020-0594, CVE-2020-0595, CVE-2020-0596, and CVE-2020-8674)....