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acpid package

  1. Bug #285323
  2. Comment #164

Comment 164 for bug 285323

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Peter Stein (ahobwfvhmfsr) wrote : Re: Losing keyboard and mouse control when changing screen brightness with fn + arrow under intrepid

Hi all

It would be good to know why everything worked perfectly with 7.04, 7.10 and 8.04. If it were a question of BIOS issue/kernel workaround, why should if ever have worked before?

Thanks in advance for solving this problem!

dmidecode -t bios | head -8
# dmidecode 2.9
SMBIOS 2.3 present.

Handle 0x0000, DMI type 0, 20 bytes
BIOS Information
 Vendor: Dell Inc.
 Version: A09
 Release Date: 09/28/2005

# dmidecode -t system | head -8
# dmidecode 2.9
SMBIOS 2.3 present.

Handle 0x0100, DMI type 1, 25 bytes
System Information
 Manufacturer: Dell Inc.
 Product Name: Inspiron 6000
 Version: Not Specified