I think this behavior is built into the Thinkpads. I have had several over many years and it always seems to work that way, at least for screen brightness. I have never tried the audio.
David J. Raymond [email protected] http://kestrel.nmt.edu/~raymond On Sat, Mar 14, 2026, 08:51 Thomas de Grivel <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi, misc ! > > I noticed on various OpenBSD versions up to 7.8 that on various > ThinkPads, the volume buttons do not work on first try. I have to > release the Fn key and try again to get a response from the driver. > > Is that intended behavior or just a random bug ? > > Thanks, > > -- > Thomas de Grivel > https://www.kmx.io > >

