If this is occuring with Maverick and later and you are seeing the keycodes reported in dmesg as per the original reporter then this can be adjusted in userspace via udev. Passing over there for review.
** Also affects: udev (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided Status: New ** Changed in: linux (Ubuntu) Status: Triaged => Invalid -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/338182 Title: Samsung P560 brightness keys block keyboard and produce all-or-nothing effect -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs