This was using the restricted nvidia driver. The keys work fine using standard drivers.
So: The restricted nvidia drivers do not seem to be able to control the display brightness in a laptop using Quadro 1600M cards -- brightness keys don't work on HP 8710w laptop when using nvidia driver https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/207641 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
