K53E volume hardware shortcuts not working

[Jeremy Lincicome]

When I try to use function+f11 and function+f12 to raise and lower the volume of my system, nothing happends. These key strokes worked as expected in beta 1. I have an Asus K53E.

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 12.04
Package: ubuntu-desktop 1.265
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.2.0-21.34-generic 3.2.13
Uname: Linux 3.2.0-21-generic x86_64
ApportVersion: 2.0-0ubuntu1
Architecture: amd64
Date: Fri Mar 30 20:15:23 2012
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 12.04 LTS "Precise Pangolin" - Alpha amd64 (20120321)
ProcEnviron:
 TERM=xterm
 LANG=en_US.UTF-8
 SHELL=/bin/bash
SourcePackage: ubuntu-meta
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)

[Jeremy Lincicome (w0jrl1)]

I found the answer. The fix is here.
http://askubuntu.com/questions/63734/how-to-use-enable-fn-keys-to-adjust-volume-at-my-asus-laptop
If this is not already in the kernel, I think it should be added. The K53E is not the only model with this issue.