I haven't had the problem on my T42 since upgrading my BIOS by following the instructions posted here: http://www.thinkwiki.org/wiki/BIOS_Upgrade
However, note that the procedure above should be followed with extreme caution as it can brick your laptop. The most reliable method seems to be the CD update one, which is the one I followed. -- thinkpad_acpi: WARNING: Outdated ThinkPad BIOS/EC firmware https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/554265 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is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