2.6.23-rc3 is hopelessly broken on any thinkpad that needs ACPI functions. You need something newer like 2.6.23-rc3-git1. -- "One disk to rule them all, One disk to find them. One disk to bring them all and in the darkness grind them. In the Land of Redmond where the shadows lie." -- The Silicon Valley Tarot Henrique Holschuh