kernel-code says, that you should be contacted, if this msg occures... after updating the kernel, the previous well functioning brightness fails on a thinkpad e145 after commenting out the line: tp_features.bright_unkfw = 1; brighness works again. to have some more info for you, I checked, which value tpacpi_check_std_acpi_brightness_support() returns. it's 101 (decimal) do you need any further info from the machine? best regards w. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Download BIRT iHub F-Type - The Free Enterprise-Grade BIRT Server from Actuate! Instantly Supercharge Your Business Reports and Dashboards with Interactivity, Sharing, Native Excel Exports, App Integration & more Get technology previously reserved for billion-dollar corporations, FREE http://pubads.g.doubleclick.net/gampad/clk?id=157005751&iu=/4140/ostg.clktrk _______________________________________________ ibm-acpi-devel mailing list ibm-acpi-devel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/ibm-acpi-devel