Confirming on Dell Vostro 1000: Fn+up/down 'steals' keyboard input.
The "fix" for me was to use the magic SysRq key to reset the keyboard
from a virtual terminal - alt+prtscr+r - I don't know if it's the VT
switching or the magic keycombo that fixes it, but this is clearly an
input layer bug.
$ apt-cache policy gnome-power-manager
gnome-power-manager:
Installed: 2.24.0-0ubuntu8
Candidate: 2.24.0-0ubuntu8
Version table:
*** 2.24.0-0ubuntu8 0
500 http://ca.archive.ubuntu.com intrepid/main Packages
100 /var/lib/dpkg/status
$ apt-cache policy linux-image
linux-image:
Installed: (none)
Candidate: 2.6.27.7.11
Version table:
2.6.27.7.11 0
500 http://ca.archive.ubuntu.com intrepid/main Packages
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X never sees brightness key release events
https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/261721
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