I rebooted into the kernel you suggested and the behavior is still the same. F5/F6 do not work, but for some strange reason only change my chosen Faenza icon theme to the default one, also affecting the look of context menus, etc. Very strange
uname -r 3.2.0-18-generic -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/960417 Title: Keyboard backlight cannot be adjusted To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux/+bug/960417/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs