I can verify the problem exists in Karmic in a clean installation with
no optional repositories activated or additional repositories added.
The package eeepc-acpi-scripts version 1.0.10 exists in section
"Utilities (universe)" and depends on acpi-support-base, which does not
exist in the Ubuntu repositories.

I tried installing this package to see if it would solve a problem I am
having with using the Fn-F2 (wireless switch) function key combination.
Fn-F2 disables the wireless card and turns off the blue indicator light,
but when pressed a second time the blue light comes back on but the
wireless fails to restart properly.  This problem turns out to be
solvable with the kernel parameters "pciehp.pciehp_force=1
pciehp.pciehp_poll_mode=1", so I doubt eeepc-acpi-scripts would have
solved that particular problem.

For my Asus Eee PC 900A at least, with the exception of the Fn-F6 (the
Windows Task Manager launcher) key combination all the special function
keys appear to work properly without eeepc-acpi-scripts, including Fn-F5
(internal/external monitor switch).  I don't know if this package was
necessary for other models of the Eee PC, but for the 900A it seems to
be unnecessary.

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[jaunty] acpi-support does not support all ACPI keys in EeePC
https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/356335
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