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Reproduce by pressing special function key "Fn" plus "F5".

All other hotkey work just fine on my laptop with Dapper (6.06).

What the key should do:
Switch between external monitor, laptop display and both.

Key code:
Unfortunately, I'm not able to retrieve the key code.

Method 1 (Keyboard Shortcuts) and Method 3 ("sudo tail -f
/var/log/acpid") are both followed by a crash-down when I press the
critical key.

Method 2 ("sudo showkey -u | tee -a hotkey-log.txt" in the console)
doesn't give any useable output, but exits with an error message.

My laptop:
Manufacturer:   Acer
Product name:  TravelMate 290
Version:            290

** Affects: xorg (Ubuntu)
     Importance: High
         Status: New

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Acer TravelMate 290: Fn + F5 (CRT/LCD) cause crash-down
https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/70064
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