I had this problem on Dell Inspiron 5100, Ubuntu 8.10 and now that I
updated the kernel to 2.6.27-8 the problem persists exactly the same
way as I described it before. Is this update supposed to fix it?
I am not sure if the following is relevant, but here is what I think may be the
reason for
So it is me with Dell Inspiron 5100 again. To answer Lethe's question,
the model is identified as:
sudo dmidecode | grep 5100
Product Name: Inspiron 5100
I attached the output of dmidecode on my laptop previously, I understand
that most info should be there. Please let me know if you
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
The Dell Inspiron 5100 I have has ATI MOBILITY RADEON 7500C card, and I
am using the open source driver that got installed by default.
To Endolith:
The mouse is functional and usable, but occasionally jerks around. Maybe it's
happening for you too, but not as noticeable?
- I really don't see
