Comment 7 for bug 288579

I've same problem.
Fn+VolumeUp or Fn+VolumeDown acts crazy turning volume all the way down or up, Fn+Mute doesn't work unless I press Ctrl-Alt-F1 and Ctrl-Alt-F7.
Discovered that pressing Ctrl-Alt-F1 and Ctrl-Alt-F7 makes desktop usable again - can click on menus, drag windows and type (Fn volume keys disable these activities).
I copied over my xorg.conf with the one I use in kubuntu 7.10, but no change still same problems.
Also I cannot use PgUp or PgDn keys in warsow console (it's a game), neither do arrow keys up and down work (this is useful for repeating commands).
I've tried to change keyboard layout to "us" in gnome applet, doesn't change anything.

ubuntu intrepid ibex 8.10; laptop mitac 8050qda