This seems to be the relevant bit, as I said first I tried (once only) brightness up, then brightness down (again one keypress only). And as I've said before it works fine during bootsplash, seems to stop once X/KDE are up and running. Very odd.
08:24:00.493 [D] hald_dbus.c:2950: udi=/org/freedesktop/Hal/devices/platform_i8042_i8042_KBD_port_logicaldev_input [769]: 08:24:00.495 [D] addon-acpi.c:192: event is 'video LCD 00000086 00000000 ' [769]: 08:24:00.585 [D] addon-acpi.c:192: event is 'video LCD 00000086 00000000 ' 08:24:00.593 [D] hald_dbus.c:2950: udi=/org/freedesktop/Hal/devices/platform_i8042_i8042_KBD_port_logicaldev_input 08:24:05.212 [D] hald_dbus.c:2950: udi=/org/freedesktop/Hal/devices/platform_i8042_i8042_KBD_port_logicaldev_input [769]: 08:24:05.219 [D] addon-acpi.c:192: event is 'video LCD 00000087 00000000 ' [769]: 08:24:05.271 [D] addon-acpi.c:192: event is 'video LCD 00000087 00000000 ' 08:24:05.279 [D] hald_dbus.c:2950: udi=/org/freedesktop/Hal/devices/platform_i8042_i8042_KBD_port_logicaldev_input -- Dell Inspiron 1520 Function Keys LCD Brightness No Longer Work in Gutsy https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/154299 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
