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Subject: Re: Very strange behavior of the special keys on a IBM T40
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> I have very strange and annoying problem with my T40. Whenever I press
> some "special keys" like volume up/down brightness up/down, Thinklight
> on/off FreeBSD just freezes.
> This is with a current kernel.
>
> Anyone any suggestion what I could do to narrow this down?

Would you by any chance be running with an extra ultra bay battery in place on 
the CD/DVD? If so, try removing it (and rebooting). If you're having the same 
problem I have on my T40p, that should eliminate the hangs. As a result I'm 
almost never using the extra battery :(

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