(In reply to comment #17)
> The SMBIOS binary works (or did last time I tested it) but *this* bug isn't
> fixed at all. Now that SMBIOS seems to work, gluing it to Dell's brightness keys
> may result in working solution, but that glue hasn't yet been written.
>
> Apologies if I misinterpreted you.
Nope, it was I. That makes sense now. :) I'm really not sure what this "glue"
would look like (I'm only really interested in the gnome-power-manager sexiness
that can come from this), but is there anything I can do to help?
(In reply to comment #17)
> The SMBIOS binary works (or did last time I tested it) but *this* bug isn't
> fixed at all. Now that SMBIOS seems to work, gluing it to Dell's brightness keys
> may result in working solution, but that glue hasn't yet been written.
>
> Apologies if I misinterpreted you.
Nope, it was I. That makes sense now. :) I'm really not sure what this "glue"
would look like (I'm only really interested in the gnome-power-manager sexiness
that can come from this), but is there anything I can do to help?
FWIW, I'm using a Dell Inspiron 6000.