Great! I think "Links" may still be flagged "Moderators Only", though.

As to my laptop problem: I was able to build the Omnibook kernel module from
the newest source file using the header files installed with "Hardy", but not
those installed with "Jaunty". That was good enough to test whether or not it
solved my problem. It didn't.

The release notes provided with the kernel module source listed my particular
laptop (M35X) as "status unknown". Not anymore, I guess.

Oh well. Learning how to build and install kernel modules is a small victory in
itself.