Same symptoms on an HP dv6565us. Most of the other fn (function) keys
work like they're supposed to, but not brightness control. (Fn + F7/F8)
Running most up to date kernel - 2.6.31rc9
Linux grayhat 2.6.31-9-generic #29-Ubuntu SMP Sun Aug 30 17:39:26 UTC
2009 x86_64 GNU/Linux
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[Karmic alpha 4
Public bug reported:
Binary package hint: evolution
Running evolution causes a segfault immediately.
Here is the debug output of "evolution --debug"
** (evolution:8566): DEBUG: mailto URL command: evolution %s
** (evolution:8566): DEBUG: mailto URL program: evolution
(evolution:8566): camel-WA