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  1. Intrepid (8.10)
  2. Bug #261721
  3. Comment #17

Comment 17 for bug 261721

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Troy R. (dsm-iv-tr) wrote : Re: X never sees brightness key release events

Confirming on Dell Vostro 1000: Fn+up/down 'steals' keyboard input.

The "fix" for me was to use the magic SysRq key to reset the keyboard from a virtual terminal - alt+prtscr+r - I don't know if it's the VT switching or the magic keycombo that fixes it, but this is clearly an input layer bug.

$ apt-cache policy gnome-power-manager
gnome-power-manager:
  Installed: 2.24.0-0ubuntu8
  Candidate: 2.24.0-0ubuntu8
  Version table:
 *** 2.24.0-0ubuntu8 0
        500 http://ca.archive.ubuntu.com intrepid/main Packages
        100 /var/lib/dpkg/status

$ apt-cache policy linux-image
linux-image:
  Installed: (none)
  Candidate: 2.6.27.7.11
  Version table:
     2.6.27.7.11 0
        500 http://ca.archive.ubuntu.com intrepid/main Packages