hal has an entry that fixes this behaviour for Thinkpads, but I don't think the table is sufficiently populated.
** Changed in: hotkey-setup (Ubuntu) Sourcepackagename: hotkey-setup => hal -- brightness keys misfunction by looping on Thinkpads https://launchpad.net/bugs/64082 -- desktop-bugs mailing list desktop-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/desktop-bugs
