I am having the same problems that Tom has (same kernels result in same functionality) but with a Thinkpad X61s. I first noticed it a couple of days before Xmas and tried to upgrade my BIOS from the almost oldest to the current one. Did not make a difference though.
dmesg, /proc/acpi/video and dsdt are attached ** Attachment added: "dmesg.txt" http://launchpadlibrarian.net/21285245/dmesg.txt -- The slider brightness Applet has value inverted after the last update (2.6.27-11) https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/311716 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs