Same problem on Dell Inspiron 5100 and Ubuntu 8.10. Turning screen brightness up or down with Fn+Up, Fn+Down results in keyboard not working. While keyboard is not working: 1) Mouse is still functional, no problem with pointer moving erratically; 2) however most menus are not responsive (confirming Endolith's point 1.); 3) process hald-addon-dell-backlight hogs CPU (confirming Endolith's point 3.); 4) Fn+Up/Down still works to change screen bightness Following action bring keyboard back to normal: 1) Switching to VM (Ctrl+Alt+F1) and back (Ctrl+Alt+F7); 2) Killing process pgnome-power-manager; 3) Waiting about 10-15 min;
Other combinations of special keys, such as Fn+PageUp (sound volume up), Fn+PageDown (sound volume down), Fn+End (sound mute/unmute), Fn+Ins (Print Screen) are fully functional and do not cause any problem. However, these do not work while keyboard is blocked after using Fn+Up/Down keys. -- Losing keyboard and mouse control when changing screen brightness with fn + arrow under intrepid https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/285323 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Desktop Bugs, which is subscribed to gnome-power-manager in ubuntu. -- desktop-bugs mailing list desktop-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/desktop-bugs
