Having some on-screen display update of volume change would definitely be nice. I can confirm that on an X40 (2371GHU) running Hardy Beta+updates, the volume keys cause updates in /proc/acpi/ibm/volume but no change on the volume applet. I can't seem to get any keycodes out of the volume or ThinkVantage/AccessIBM key ( using Keyboard Preferences, acpid, or xev). I did not want to install tpb b/c it removes hotkey-support and ubuntu-desktop.
Having some on-screen display update of volume change would definitely be nice. I can confirm that on an X40 (2371GHU) running Hardy Beta+updates, the volume keys cause updates in /proc/acpi/ ibm/volume but no change on the volume applet. I can't seem to get any keycodes out of the volume or ThinkVantage/ AccessIBM key ( using Keyboard Preferences, acpid, or xev). I did not want to install tpb b/c it removes hotkey-support and ubuntu-desktop.