I also have "Phoenix Technologies, LTD" on my dmidecode output.. This is on my Dell Studio 1535, I bought it from dell.com/ubuntu w/ Hardy on it originally and the brightness function key combo worked fine on Hardy, but after upgrading to Intrepid, weird things happened with the brightnes function keys and applet.
If I try to change the brightness, the bar on the brightness applet that comes up is not synchronized with the actual brightness of the screen. If i go to lower the brightness, the screen will get dimmer in increments as it's supposed to, but the bar on the applet with drop to the far left like I turned the brightness all the way down. The keyboard also doesn't respond properly after adjusting brightness, and the applet doesn't go away. If I switch to another tty and back again, all is normal, the brightness applet is gone and the keyboard works fine. Handle 0x0000, DMI type 0, 20 bytes BIOS Information Vendor: Phoenix Technologies, LTD Version: 6.00 PG Release Date: 08/03/2005 Address: 0xE0000 Runtime Size: 128 kB ROM Size: 512 kB -- 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 Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs