Right, ubuntu is detecting the key press and it's being interpreted as the correct key -
keycode 233 = (keysym 0x1008ff02, XF86MonBrightnessUp), state = 0x2000 keycode 233 = (keysym 0x1008ff02, XF86MonBrightnessUp), state = 0x2000 keycode 232 = (keysym 0x1008ff03, XF86MonBrightnessDown), state = 0x2000 keycode 232 = (keysym 0x1008ff03, XF86MonBrightnessDown), state = 0x2000 Gnome-power manager is even popping up a notification, but the actual brightness on the screen isn't changing at all. -- Brightness hotkeys not working on MacBook 5,2 and 4,1 https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/434071 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Mactel Support, which is the registrant for Mactel Support. Status in Mactel Support: New Status in “gnome-power-manager” package in Ubuntu: Confirmed Bug description: Binary package hint: hal On a clean install of Ubuntu 9.10, the brightness hotkeys are not working at all on a MacBook5,2. ProblemType: Bug Architecture: amd64 Date: Mon Sep 21 16:17:06 2009 DistroRelease: Ubuntu 9.10 NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia wl Package: hal 0.5.13-1ubuntu4 ProcEnviron: LANG=en_GB.UTF-8 SHELL=/bin/bash ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.31-10.34-generic SourcePackage: hal Uname: Linux 2.6.31-10-generic x86_64 _______________________________________________ Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~mactel-support Post to : [email protected] Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~mactel-support More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp

