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[Seth Forshee <seth.forshee@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Looks like the referenced patch is currently present in both maverick
and natty. Testing against natty confirms that the brightness hotkeys do
work.

** Changed in: linux (Ubuntu)
       Status: Incomplete => Fix Released

** Changed in: hwe-popular
       Status: Incomplete => Fix Released

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Title:
  [MAVERICK] brightness (function/hotkey) key does not work.

Status in Canonical HWE Popular Project:
  Fix Released
Status in The Linux Kernel:
  Fix Released
Status in “linux” package in Ubuntu:
  Fix Released

Bug description:
  Fn+F6/F7 controls the brightness of the screen, but this key
  combination does not work. Similarly, Fn+F8,F9 wifi and mouse control
  also does not work.

  ProblemType: Bug
  DistroRelease: Ubuntu 10.10
  Package: linux-image-2.6.35-19-generic 2.6.35-19.28
  Regression: No
  Reproducible: No
  ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.35-19.28-generic 2.6.35.3
  Uname: Linux 2.6.35-19-generic i686
  AlsaVersion: Advanced Linux Sound Architecture Driver Version 1.0.23.
  AplayDevices:
   **** List of PLAYBACK Hardware Devices ****
   card 0: Intel [HDA Intel], device 0: ALC272 Analog [ALC272 Analog]
     Subdevices: 1/1
     Subdevice #0: subdevice #0
  Architecture: i386
  ArecordDevices:
   **** List of CAPTURE Hardware Devices ****
   card 0: Intel [HDA Intel], device 0: ALC272 Analog [ALC272 Analog]
     Subdevices: 1/1
     Subdevice #0: subdevice #0
  AudioDevicesInUse:
   Cannot stat file /proc/3650/fd/37: Stale NFS file handle
   Cannot stat file /proc/3650/fd/43: Stale NFS file handle
                        USER        PID ACCESS COMMAND
   /dev/snd/controlC0:  ubuntu     3662 F.... pulseaudio
  CRDA: Error: [Errno 2] No such file or directory
  Card0.Amixer.info:
   Card hw:0 'Intel'/'HDA Intel at 0x40a00000 irq 46'
     Mixer name	: 'Realtek ALC272'
     Components	: 'HDA:10ec0272,1179ff30,00100001'
     Controls      : 17
     Simple ctrls  : 10
  Date: Mon Aug 30 16:44:28 2010
  Frequency: Once a day.
  LiveMediaBuild: Ubuntu 10.10 "Maverick Meerkat" - Alpha i386 (20100830)
  MachineType: TOSHIBA TOSHIBA NB305
  ProcCmdLine: BOOT_IMAGE=/casper/vmlinuz noprompt cdrom-detect/try-usb=true persistent file=/cdrom/preseed/hostname.seed boot=casper initrd=/casper/initrd.lz
  ProcEnviron:
   LANG=en_US.UTF-8
   SHELL=/bin/bash
  RelatedPackageVersions: linux-firmware 1.38
  RfKill:
   0: phy0: Wireless LAN
   	Soft blocked: no
   	Hard blocked: no
  SourcePackage: linux
  dmi.bios.date: 03/16/2010
  dmi.bios.vendor: TOSHIBA
  dmi.bios.version: V1.40
  dmi.board.name: NPVAA
  dmi.board.vendor: TOSHIBA
  dmi.board.version: 1.00
  dmi.chassis.asset.tag: *
  dmi.chassis.type: 10
  dmi.chassis.vendor: TOSHIBA
  dmi.chassis.version: N/A
  dmi.modalias: dmi:bvnTOSHIBA:bvrV1.40:bd03/16/2010:svnTOSHIBA:pnTOSHIBANB305:pvrPLL3AU-00L00C:rvnTOSHIBA:rnNPVAA:rvr1.00:cvnTOSHIBA:ct10:cvrN/A:
  dmi.product.name: TOSHIBA NB305
  dmi.product.version: PLL3AU-00L00C
  dmi.sys.vendor: TOSHIBA