Hi, I can confirm the same problem on my DELL Studio 1555 notebook, but after installing the current mainline kernel (2.6.32-020632rc7-generic - https://wiki.ubuntu.com/KernelTeam/MainlineBuilds) all FN keys now are working fine.
bye bernhard -- [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 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