[Bug 406515] Re: [Karmic] Brightness fn keys lost functionality (multiple laptops)

[Michael Lustfield]

This is the output I got from screen brightness down:
KeyPress event, serial 35, synthetic NO, window 0x1e00001,
    root 0x110, subw 0x0, time 12140504, (289,478), root:(358,796),
    state 0x0, keycode 232 (keysym 0x1008ff03, XF86MonBrightnessDown), same_screen YES,
    XLookupString gives 0 bytes: 
    XmbLookupString gives 0 bytes: 
    XFilterEvent returns: False

This is the output I got from screen brightness down:
KeyPress event, serial 37, synthetic NO, window 0x1e00001,
    root 0x110, subw 0x0, time 12142853, (289,478), root:(358,796),
    state 0x0, keycode 233 (keysym 0x1008ff02, XF86MonBrightnessUp), same_screen YES,
    XLookupString gives 0 bytes: 
    XmbLookupString gives 0 bytes: 
    XFilterEvent returns: False

Obviously that's only key down, not up.

The setpci command works for me to change brightness. However, the keys
do not change the brightness. I'm also not running gnome-power-manager
so I wouldn't expect this to work.

I was running 9.04 this morning and xev wasn't showing any output for
the keys. However, I upgraded to 10.04 and the issue seems to have gone
away.

Could somebody else try with the daily live cd?
Linux panther 2.6.32-9-generic #13-Ubuntu SMP Thu Dec 17 17:01:59 UTC 2009 x86_64 GNU/Linux

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[Karmic] Brightness fn keys lost functionality (multiple laptops)
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