Nope, wasn't that change, instead this one: ACPI: video: Ignore ACPI video devices that aren't present in hardware 50bcae78c21bf5c69d72ede68c8a00e12ab95618
I built the latest kernel without that commit, and now the backlight control works ok. ** Changed in: linux (Ubuntu) Assignee: (unassigned) => Ubuntu Kernel Team (ubuntu-kernel-team) -- Backlight adjustment no longer works on Thinkpad X61s https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/197929 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs