Apparently the brightness keys are not strictly tied to the BIOS since I cannot change brightness in virtual consoles or when gnome-power-manager is not running (hardy 64bit)
-- laptop panel brightness changes multiple times when using the Fn keys to adjust it https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/217176 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