Also, I noticed this is a function of the Gnome Power Manager - Power Manager Brightness Applet 2.24.0 so I changed the package from acpi to gpm, as the regular Fn keys method does work.
** Changed in: gnome-power-manager (Ubuntu) Sourcepackagename: acpi => gnome-power-manager -- brightness applet not work correctly https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/310252 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