FN keys work at a hardware level, so they always work. hald-addon-dell-backlight does this: listen for changes by the FN-keys and notifies software that cares about it (through HAL) lets the brightness be changed by software (through HAL as well), eg, after some inactivity
I think this bug can be closed... -- Revision of hald-addon-dell-backlight needed https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/292778 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