Public bug reported: Please backport this patch [1] to Ubuntu kernel (mostly Xenial, as I guess Yakety will include it): it adds support to keyboard backlight in new thinkpads, exposing the sysnode that UPower (and unity/gnome settings daemon) needs to control it.
[1] https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/bb28f3d51ff5e1be541d057708011cc1efe6fae9 ** Affects: linux (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided Status: Incomplete -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1574498 Title: Add support to thinkpad keyboard backlight To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux/+bug/1574498/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list [email protected] https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
