For sh*ts and giggles, I updated my T30's bios to the latest (2.10 from 2006-06-27). I still get the same symptoms. My updated lshal now looks like this:
smbios.chassis.type = 'Notebook' (string) smbios.chassis.manufacturer = 'IBM' (string) smbios.system.uuid = [redacted] smbios.system.serial = [redacted] smbios.system.version = 'Not Available' (string) smbios.system.product = '236697U' (string) smbios.system.manufacturer = 'IBM' (string) smbios.bios.release_date = '06/16/2006' (string) smbios.bios.version = '1IET71WW (2.10 )' (string) smbios.bios.vendor = 'IBM' (string) -- [Feisty] Thinkpad (all models) LCD brightness control cycles between lowest settings only https://launchpad.net/bugs/81407 -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
