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gnome-power-manager package

  1. Bug #315985
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Comment 3 for bug 315985

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Ben Trusty (ben-trusty) wrote : Re: [Bug 315985] Re: keyboard and mouse stop functioning

are you using the proposed updates?

On Tue, Mar 24, 2009 at 10:46 PM, glabeliol <email address hidden> wrote:

> *** This bug is a duplicate of bug 261721 ***
> https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/261721
>
> ** This bug has been marked a duplicate of bug 261721
> X never sees brightness key release events on Dell laptops
>
> --
> keyboard and mouse stop functioning
> https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/315985
> You received this bug notification because you are a direct subscriber
> of the bug (via bug 261721).
>
> Status in “gnome-power-manager” source package in Ubuntu: Confirmed
>
> Bug description:
> I have a Dell Inspiron 6000 and when i used the fn + up or down arrows to
> change screen brightness, the keyboard went dead (except i could continue to
> use the fn+up or down keys). I am using ubuntu 8.10 with the latest kernel
> and a fully updated environment.
>