I prodded the kernel guys to get the "Dell Computer Corporation" one in, and it is now queued:
http://marc.info/?t=123056113700003&r=1&w=2 ... but also on my thread in the forums, it appears there is now another bloody option, but the user doesn't state if he has same issues with keyboard quirks: http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?p=6488632#post6488632 261-BIOS Information 278: Vendor: Phoenix Technologies LTD 312- Version: A04 809- Manufacturer: Dell Inc. 834: Product Name: Inspiron 700m 869- Version: -1 -- 1050- Manufacturer: DELL SYSTEM 1077: Product Name: 0D9593 1099- Version: -- Losing keyboard and mouse control when changing screen brightness with fn + arrow under intrepid https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/285323 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Desktop Bugs, which is subscribed to gnome-power-manager in ubuntu. -- desktop-bugs mailing list desktop-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/desktop-bugs