I have the same problem on my lenovo 3000 v200. I think perhaps it has something to do with KMS?
Before upgrading to Karmic I tried installing the latest kernel and enabling KMS in Jaunty, and then i had the same problem. When i disabled KMS, i could use the fn keys again just fine. I hope this helps in fixing the problem somehow. -- [Karmic] Brightness fn keys lost functionality (multiple laptops) https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/406515 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Gtg developers, which is subscribed to Getting Things GNOME!. Status in Gnome Powermanager: New Status in Getting Things GNOME!: Invalid Status in One Hundred Paper Cuts: New Status in “gnome-power-manager” package in Ubuntu: Confirmed Status in “linux” package in Ubuntu: Confirmed Bug description: Binary package hint: devicekit Worked fine in 9.04 & previous. Brightness keys only have failed; all other fn keys still function as intended. Brightness gnome-panel applet works, but occasionally reports it can't recover data when it can. (not seen since Karmic-RC) Via KeyboardShortcuts debug process there is no determinable response from the brightness keys at all. All other fn keys give expected output. ProblemType: Bug Architecture: i386 Date: Wed Jul 29 18:43:32 2009 DistroRelease: Ubuntu 9.10 Package: devicekit 003-1 ProcEnviron: LANG=en_GB.UTF-8 SHELL=/bin/bash ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.31-4.23-generic SourcePackage: devicekit Uname: Linux 2.6.31-4-generic i686 _______________________________________________ Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~gtg Post to : [email protected] Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~gtg More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
