1. Exact HW cat /var/lib/acpi-support/system-product-name Answer: HP Compaq 2510p Notebook PC
2. Do these two commands (if run from Konsole) change brightness properly on your laptop? dcop `dcop | grep power-manager` power-manager brightnessUp dcop `dcop | grep power-manager` power-manager brightnessDown Answer: No. Here's the output: object 'brightnessUp' in application 'power-manager' not accessible object 'brightnessDown' in application 'power-manager' not accessible 3. Does your laptop return same keycodes from brightness up (212) and down (101) as documented on https://wiki.ubuntu.com/KubuntuLaptopKeycodes page? Answer: Here's the output of lshal -m Start monitoring devicelist: ------------------------------------------------- 16:54:21.186: platform_i8042_i8042_KBD_port_logicaldev_input condition ButtonPressed = brightness-down 16:54:24.172: platform_i8042_i8042_KBD_port_logicaldev_input condition ButtonPressed = brightness-up Note: Brightness buttons and Resume after Suspend work fine in Ubuntu7.10 + Gnome. They do not work with Ubuntu7.10 + KDE nor Kubuntu 7.10. -- Brightness key stopped working after update [Gutsy] https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/145337 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Kubuntu Team, which is a bug contact for kdebase in ubuntu. -- kubuntu-bugs mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/kubuntu-bugs