Ubuntu 7.04, X60T, and Fn+End

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Ubuntu 7.04, X60T, and Fn+End

#1 Post by Tab » Mon Jul 16, 2007 5:52 pm

I've been using Linux on ThinkPads for years (mainly Red Hat/Fedora) and never had this problem.

Now, with Ubuntu on my tablet, when I hit Fn+End the screen goes blank, and there doesn't seem to be a way to get the display back. Is there some workaround for this? I know I will hit the buttons without thinking about it since I've done it for many years. I never had to actively install/configure anything for those buttons to work on other ThinkPads and other Linux installs.
Own: X60T (AJU, 200GB 7200RPM), T40p (100GB 7200RPM, 2GB, Lin/Win)
Used: 700C, 760, T21, T23, T30, T41p, T43, T60p

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#2 Post by Tab » Mon Jul 16, 2007 8:12 pm

Found an answer:

http://andrey.thedotcommune.com/thinkpad_t60.html#4 :
The first problem I noticed was that the screen brightness adjustment buttons (Fn+home and Fn+end) did not work correcly: the screen would turn off when they were pressed. This turned out to be a bug related to the "video" module. This module can simply be blacklisted and the buttons will then work after a reboot. Add the following line to your /etc/modprobe.d/blacklist file to blacklist "video":

blacklist video
Own: X60T (AJU, 200GB 7200RPM), T40p (100GB 7200RPM, 2GB, Lin/Win)
Used: 700C, 760, T21, T23, T30, T41p, T43, T60p

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