Comment 9 for bug 327707

OK, I tested this, and it sort of works OK.

Output from one brightness down followed by one brightness up press:

[CODE]~$ xev |grep keycode
    request MappingKeyboard, first_keycode 8, count 247
    request MappingKeyboard, first_keycode 8, count 248
    request MappingKeyboard, first_keycode 8, count 247
    request MappingKeyboard, first_keycode 8, count 248
    request MappingKeyboard, first_keycode 8, count 247
    request MappingKeyboard, first_keycode 8, count 248
    request MappingKeyboard, first_keycode 8, count 247 [/CODE]

In practical terms, each press seems to give one or two steps on the brightness scale, and a bit of a flicker. It is usable, but a bit ugly.

Also, my bluetooth button effects one brightness increment, and if held down smoothly increases the brightness; as such works slightly better than the increase brightness button!

Any thoughts? Standing by to provide more info.

Charlie