Looks like the referenced patch is currently present in both maverick and natty. Testing against natty confirms that the brightness hotkeys do work.
** Changed in: linux (Ubuntu) Status: Incomplete => Fix Released ** Changed in: hwe-popular Status: Incomplete => Fix Released -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/627075 Title: [MAVERICK] brightness (function/hotkey) key does not work. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs