There is a another patch been issued to cover the other 'Dell Computer Corporation' case:
http://marc.info/?t=121868482900003&r=1&w=2 klerfayt: If you see the very same symptoms, maybe you need to mail the LKML with more details - this could be another of these machines that does not report key press release. wolfie2x: I use to see this in Gnome - this is a Gnome visual bug, not the controls. Nixk -- Losing keyboard and mouse control when changing screen brightness with fn + arrow under intrepid https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/285323 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Desktop Bugs, which is subscribed to gnome-power-manager in ubuntu. -- desktop-bugs mailing list desktop-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/desktop-bugs