[Bug 87879] brightness controlls not working on asus VX1 lamborghini

[Roel Thijs]

Public bug reported:

Laptop model: Asus VX1 'Lamborghini'

functions that do not work:

Fn+F2: toggle wireless (antenna symbol)
Fn+F5: Brightness down (full sun symbol)
Fn+F6: Brightness up   (empty sun symbol)

Fn+F2 does not do anything, Fn+F5 and Fn+F6 crash X (or Gnome or Beryl,
I'm not sure) and turn the screen black for a few seconds after witch I
get back to the login screen. My session is lost.

I was unable to record any keycodes with the 3 methods provided on
https://wiki.ubuntu.com/LaptopTestingTeam/HotkeyResearch

At least not for those 3 combinations, other combinations (volume
controls for example) do produce output.

Version: Ubuntu 6.10, fully updated it's a clean install. Problem exists with standard Gnome and with Beryl.
Steps to reproduce: Boot, hit the buttons.

Identifying my laptop:

ASUSTeK Computer Inc.
VX1
1.0 

Please fix at least the brightness controls, it's driving my crazy and
giving my headaches from staring at the full brightness screen all day
(and full brightness on a VX1 is really really bright)

** Affects: hal (Ubuntu)
     Importance: Undecided
         Status: Unconfirmed

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brightness controlls not working on asus VX1 lamborghini
https://launchpad.net/bugs/87879