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acpid package

  1. Bug #285323
  2. Comment #82

Comment 82 for bug 285323

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Svenn-Arne Dragly (dragly) wrote : Re: Losing keyboard and mouse control when changing screen brightness with fn + arrow under intrepid

Thanks Guido Vicino!

I had the same problem with the Fn + arrow keys to change brightness on my M1330. I used "blacklist video" in /etc/modprobe.d/blacklist as a workaround for <a href="https://bugs.launchpad.net/dell/+bug/226981">bug #226981</a>.
Removing "blacklist video" fixed the problems with the keys locking up, but <a href="https://bugs.launchpad.net/dell/+bug/226981">bug #226981</a> returned.

At least I can change the brightness without locking up the computer, even though I know change it with 4 increments a time.