It seems you're mixing things here, the original report is about the applet not being able to work with the UP and DOWN keys there's nothing about FN keys, if you're facing that issue, you should open a new bug rather.
** Changed in: gnome-applets (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided => Low -- Volume control applet does not handle keyboad up and down on Intrepid Ibex https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/268949 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Desktop Bugs, which is subscribed to gnome-applets in ubuntu. -- desktop-bugs mailing list desktop-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/desktop-bugs
