On Wed, 04 Jul 2007, Alfredo Matos wrote:
> > What does "echo 0x31 N" > /proc/acpi/ibm/ecdump (where N is a number from 0
> > to 7) do in your thinkpad?  Does a cat /proc/acpi/ibm/ecdump show that the
> > value changed as expected?
> 
> Uhmm, it updates the value, but the brightness does not change...

Argh.. And what does 

echo 4 > /proc/acpi/ibm/cmos
and 
echo 5 > /proc/acpi/ibm/cmos

do?

If it does nothing, that means the end of thinkpad-acpi brightness support
for these thinkpads.  Your only hope will be that the standard ACPI
brightness interface works, or that someone reverse engineers whichever new
interface Lenovo decided to use.

-- 
  "One disk to rule them all, One disk to find them. One disk to bring
  them all and in the darkness grind them. In the Land of Redmond
  where the shadows lie." -- The Silicon Valley Tarot
  Henrique Holschuh

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