> 2. Does these two command (if run from Konsole) change brightness
> properly on your laptop?
Yes, they do. I get a tooltip over guidance-power-manager's kicker icon
about the brightness as well, instead of the KMilo OSD that it used to
display the last time it worked.
> 3. Does your laptop return same keycodes from brightness up (212) and down (101)
Affirmative
> .. what does "lshal -m" report when key is pressed?
> 1. Exact HW
ThinkPad T60
> cat /var/lib/ acpi-support/ system- product- name
2007C3U
> 2. Does these two command (if run from Konsole) change brightness
> properly on your laptop?
Yes, they do. I get a tooltip over guidance- power-manager' s kicker icon
about the brightness as well, instead of the KMilo OSD that it used to
display the last time it worked.
> 3. Does your laptop return same keycodes from brightness up (212) and down (101)
Affirmative
> .. what does "lshal -m" report when key is pressed?
18:17:49.465: platform_ i8042_i8042_ KBD_port_ logicaldev_ input condition i8042_i8042_ KBD_port_ logicaldev_ input condition
ButtonPressed = brightness-up
18:17:49.848: platform_
ButtonPressed = brightness-down
HTH!