I was experiencing the same problem on a Toshiba A105-S4084 with Phoenix BIOS when running Ubuntu Hardy. I updated the BIOS from 1.70 to 6.00, and my FN keys work, as does the screen brightness.
http://www.csd.toshiba.com/cgi- bin/tais/su/su_sc_modItemList.jsp?moid=1373530&rpn=PSAA8U&ct=DL&BV_SessionID=@@@@0643615367.1209421677@@@@&BV_EngineID=cccjadedmelledicgfkceghdgngdgnj.0 Function Keys that Worked right off the bat: Mute, Suspend, Hibernate, Brightness Down, Brightness Up, Function Key Lock, Numpad Lock, Scroll Lock, Web Browser, Play/Pause, Stop, Previous Track, Next Track I'm still getting "No Such Device" errors when I try to install the modules, however. My screen brightness control works again, so I'm not really worried about that. -- toshset required kernel toshiba support not enabled. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/181374 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