I can confirm this issue. I have a Lenovo Ideapad S12 (with ION) for Ubuntu Lucid too. Pressing Fn+F3 will write...
$ tail -f -n 0 /var/log/messages Mar 5 18:08:30 stein kernel: [ 592.901814] atkbd.c: Unknown key pressed (translated set 2, code 0x8b on isa0060/serio0). Mar 5 18:08:30 stein kernel: [ 592.901835] atkbd.c: Use 'setkeycodes e00b <keycode>' to make it known. Mar 5 18:08:30 stein kernel: [ 592.913037] atkbd.c: Unknown key released (translated set 2, code 0x8b on isa0060/serio0). Mar 5 18:08:30 stein kernel: [ 592.913057] atkbd.c: Use 'setkeycodes e00b <keycode>' to make it known. to /var/log/messages. Because of this it's also not possible to activate wlan. When i press Fn+F5 (which brings up wlan), i get... $ tail -f -n 0 /var/log/messages Mar 5 18:09:31 stein kernel: [ 654.079774] atkbd.c: Unknown key pressed (translated set 2, code 0x8e on isa0060/serio0). Mar 5 18:09:31 stein kernel: [ 654.079794] atkbd.c: Use 'setkeycodes e00e <keycode>' to make it known. Mar 5 18:09:31 stein kernel: [ 654.090495] atkbd.c: Unknown key released (translated set 2, code 0x8e on isa0060/serio0). Mar 5 18:09:31 stein kernel: [ 654.090514] atkbd.c: Use 'setkeycodes e00e <keycode>' to make it known. and the wlan led is still black. $ iwconfig wlan0 IEEE 802.11bg ESSID:off/any Mode:Managed Access Point: Not-Associated Tx-Power=off Retry long limit:7 RTS thr:off Fragment thr:off Power Management:off $ sudo iwlist scan wlan0 Interface doesn't support scanning : Network is down -- lenovo ideapad S12 XF86Display hotkey gives Unknown key pressed https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/483590 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