Same bug here. Ubuntu Maverick 10.10 2.6.35-22-generic Sony Vaio F13Z with GeForce GT 425M
a) $ killall gnome-settings-daemon gnome-power-manager $ xev | sed -n 's/^.*state \([0-9].*\), keycode *\([0-9]\+\) *\(.*\), .*$/keycode \2 = \3, state = \1/p' The brightness keys are NOT recognized. The sound keys are recognized. b) $ acpi_listen The brightness keys ARE REPORTING events, but nothing happens. (brightness--) sony/hotkey SNC 00000001 00000010 sony/hotkey SNC 00000001 0000003b (brightness++) sony/hotkey SNC 00000001 00000011 sony/hotkey SNC 00000001 0000003b Is this a kernel bug, not transmitting the events? The attachment contains: udevadm info --export-db > udev-db.txt dmesg > dmesg.log xkbcomp -xkb :0 - > xkbcomp.txt setxkbmap -print > xkbmap.txt tar cvzf output.txt.tgz * ** Attachment added: "log messages" https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/udev/+bug/498706/+attachment/1732054/+files/output.txt.tgz -- Sony vaio brightness key doesn't work https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/498706 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