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  1. Bug #222796
  2. Comment #26

Comment 26 for bug 222796

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Matt Zimmerman (mdz) wrote : Re: [Bug 222796] Re: Brightness up not generating ACPI event on Thinkpad T43p, T42, X31, X40, R52

On Mon, Oct 13, 2008 at 01:48:44PM -0000, Lucio Crusca wrote:
> update:
>
> lucio@thinkpad:~$ cat /boot/config-2.6.27-rc9 | grep -i thinkpad
> CONFIG_THINKPAD_ACPI=m
> # CONFIG_THINKPAD_ACPI_DEBUG is not set
> CONFIG_THINKPAD_ACPI_BAY=y
> CONFIG_THINKPAD_ACPI_VIDEO=y
> CONFIG_THINKPAD_ACPI_HOTKEY_POLL=y
>
> # modprobe thinkpad_acpi
> FATAL: Error inserting thinkpad_acpi (/lib/modules/2.6.27-rc9/kernel/drivers/misc/thinkpad_acpi.ko): No such device
>
> So I did not forget any module, it's only that the kernel does not
> recognize the SL500 acpi as a thinkpad acpi. Should I report a bug
> against the kernel (upstream) or is that normal?

I don't know. Your problem seems to be entirely unrelated to the one we're
discussing in this bug, and you're using a custom kernel, so please discuss
it with the upstream developers.

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 - mdz