Same issue on this Toshiba A50. It appears that kernel 2.6.27 does not include the needed modules.
$ sudo modprobe acpi_toshiba FATAL: Module acpi_toshiba not found. $ uname -a Linux goo 2.6.27-7-generic #1 SMP Fri Oct 24 06:42:44 UTC 2008 i686 GNU/Linux $ cat config-2.6.27-7-generic | grep TOSHIBA # CONFIG_ACPI_TOSHIBA is not set # CONFIG_TOSHIBA is not set Earlier kernels did include the modules. $ cat config-2.6.24-19-generic | grep TOSHIBA CONFIG_ACPI_TOSHIBA=m CONFIG_TOSHIBA=m -- Screen brightness buttons no longer work https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/279324 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs