Comment 139 for bug 285323

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Kashi Gorton (flash87) wrote : Re: Losing keyboard and mouse control when changing screen brightness with fn + arrow under intrepid

Same issues on a Inspiron 1100, adjust brightness using the hotkeys, OSD level comes up and can adjust brightness but then the rest of the keyboard is unresponsive.

$ uname -a
Linux deformedrabbit 2.6.27-9-generic #1 SMP Thu Nov 20 21:57:00 UTC 2008 i686 GNU/Linux

$ dmidecode | grep -i -a1 -b1 vendor; sudo dmidecode | grep -i -a1 -b1 "Product Name"
1278- Manufacturer: Dell Computer Corporation
1319: Product Name: Inspiron 1100
1367- Version: Not Specified
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1546- Manufacturer: Dell Computer Corporation
1587: Product Name: 09U784
1609- Version:

Additionally, my BIOS version is A32 (the latest available) and this bug did not exist on the standard hardy distribution; the changing brightness (and volume) hotkeys worked perfectly. I upgraded to intrepid today because of the beautiful perl it contains... what's happening with this bug? Can I upload anything helpful?