Howto enable thinkpad hotkeys in Ubuntu 10

This tutorial shows how to fix thinkpad hotkeys not working in Ubuntu (can’t change screen brightness, the volume, or the power scheme).

Here is a package called tpb can easily fix this problem.Just install this in your Ubuntu and make it auto-run at log-in.

Open up a terminal window from Applications->Accessories menu and run:

sudo aptitude install tpb

After the installation,you will get Loading nvram module problem,which can be fixed by this way:

edit /etc/init.d/tpb by command:

gksudo gedit /etc/init.d/tpb

make its content looks like this:

#!/bin/sh
#

test -f /lib/lsb/init-functions || exit 1
. /lib/lsb/init-functions

case “$1″ in
start)
/sbin/lsmod | /bin/grep nvram > /dev/null
if [ $? != 0 ]
then
log_begin_msg “Loading nvram module”
modprobe nvram
chown %username /dev/nvram
log_end_msg 0
fi
tpb -d
;;
stop)
;;
restart|force-reload)
;;
*)
echo “Usage: tpb {start|stop|restart|force-reload}” >&2
exit 1
;;
esac

exit 0

Note:Just add the red line into original /etc/init.d/tpb file,where change “%username” into the user-name you currently log-in.

Now,reboot and try those thinkpad hotkeys.

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