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acpid package

  1. Bug #285323
  2. Comment #99

Comment 99 for bug 285323

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Satya (satya-bangalore) wrote : Re: Losing keyboard and mouse control when changing screen brightness with fn + arrow under intrepid

I am also facing the same problem on my DELL PRECISION M4300 (ubuntu 8.10 32bit). I came to know the culprit is "Fn+arrow" due to this bug(thanks to google ..)

alteast I am happy that there is workaround (ctrl+alt+f1 and ctrl+alt+f7).. Until now I had no other option than logout and login.. :(

Also since I know the root cause , I might try to avoid it :(

But please release the patch ASAP. If there is one and if it doesn't cause other new problems, please point me to it.