No. Despite not directly causing the bricking, the samsung-laptop driver will only work in CMS mode and will cause random and potentially very bad problems when running under UEFI. The driver support issue is separate from this bug.
On 23 May 2014 22:59, Val <1040...@bugs.launchpad.net> wrote: > @Aki Rossi: if handling of UEFI variables was changed in Ubuntu 13.10 to > prevent tickling this bug and (supposedly) the newer Samsung firmware is > not vulnerable to this bug, is it now good time to remove the samsung- > laptop driver from blacklist? > > -- > You received this bug notification because you are subscribed to the bug > report. > https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1040557 > > Title: > UEFI boot live-usb bricks SAMSUNG 530U3C,np700z5c laptop > > To manage notifications about this bug go to: > https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu-cdimage/+bug/1040557/+subscriptions > -- Aki Rossi -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Kernel Packages, which is subscribed to linux in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1040557 Title: UEFI boot live-usb bricks SAMSUNG 530U3C,np700z5c laptop Status in Ubuntu CD image build software: Fix Released Status in Release Notes for Ubuntu: Fix Released Status in Release Notes for Ubuntu quantal series: Fix Released Status in “linux” package in Ubuntu: Fix Released Status in “linux” source package in Oneiric: Fix Released Status in “linux” source package in Precise: Fix Released Status in “linux” source package in Quantal: Fix Released Bug description: I cannot provide detailed log massages because laptop is bricked right now. If you have courage to try it select UEFI boot from bios and than try to boot laptop using liveusb (made form Precise Pangolin 12.04.1 amd64). Laptop hangs up in black screen. If you force power-off, after it, laptop wont start. I mean it not event start bios, just black screen no sounds nothing. I filing this report, because i already bricked second laptop. At first i thought it was unrelated issue and laptop was fixed by warranty service (replaced motherboard), but after second time i quite sure. To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu-cdimage/+bug/1040557/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~kernel-packages Post to : kernel-packages@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~kernel-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
