Thanks for your full report. This seems like a feature request. Therefore your idea might get more attention and have the possibility of being implemented if you would submit a specification for this or a Wish on http://bugs.kde.org
You should first check whether it already exists at the Ubuntu specs page (https://launchpad.net/distros/ubuntu/+specs) in Launchpad. Otherwise you can start writing a spec following the steps described in https://wiki.ubuntu.com/FeatureSpecifications. ** Changed in: Ubuntu Status: Unconfirmed => Rejected -- Lenovo T60 Keyboard buttons for suspend/battery/lock do not function in KDE https://launchpad.net/bugs/74191 -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs