[ltp] T61 brightness control - partial solution

[John Jason Jordan]

On Wed, 26 Mar 2008 12:30:17 -0600
Pablo Vera <pvera@vercan.com> dijo:

> I have a new T61 on which I installed Ubuntu Gutsy 64 bits.  Almost 
> everything is working perfect, I've been able to do everything I need 
> (well except open one specific  web page from my bank that uses a Java 
> applet that doesn't initializes).
> 
> But there are two small things that doesn't work: the volume and 
> brightness controls.  The OSD pops up and I see how they are updated by 
> the press of the buttons, but neither volume, nor brightness changes.

I have a T61 and had the same problems. I never need the brightness
controls because I always want it on the highest setting anyway, which
is where it is by default. I did find, however, that the volume
controls work if you upgrade the BIOS. But note that the "speaker with
the slash through it" button is just a mute. And it doesn't toggle.
Hitting it again will not unmute the speakers. To unmute you use the
up-speaker button.