Ubuntu
xserver-xorg-input-evdev package

  1. Bug #293642
  2. Comment #19

Comment 19 for bug 293642

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Scott Albertine (mechaphoenix25) wrote : Re: [Intrepid] Fn-key locks up computer

This bug happens as well in Karmic, for volume up/down only, on the Dell Studio 1555, 1557, and 1558 models. See http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=1401746 for a discussion with several confirming reports. A temporary fix I discovered is to turn off key-repeat entirely, which alleviates the problem somewhat. Is there any chance someone can come up with a xmodmap script of some sort to remap the volume keys to a "press and release" action, if such a thing exists? That should solve the issue completely