I've made a little patch to tpb that makes it show volume and brightness levels in xosd when they are changed, which is closer to the original IBM OSD in windoze (it's more convenient in any case). Reproducible: Always Steps to Reproduce: 1. 2. 3. tested on my thinkpad r51, works great
Good for you. Care to share the patch, or was this purely informational? Have you submitted said patch to upstream?