Fn key doesn't work on Vostro 1500

[Konstantin Svist]

Konstantin Svist wrote:
> Fresh F11 install on Vostro 1500, no proprietary drivers, selinux disabled.
> I can't seem to get Fn key to work. Fn+up/down is supposed to adjust
> brightness, Fn+PrntScrn is SysRq, etc. None of these combinations work
> right now.
> I've found that I can adjust brightness from command line with
> solid-powermanagement.
> Also, when I tried to assign Fn+up/down key to a shortcut, I got a
> message that said Qt doesn't support this key combination.
>   

P.S. the Fn key used to work on previous Fedora 8 install. The change I
had to make from default was setting the keyboard to Dell Laptop
Inspiron* in the keyboard applet.
I've tried doing the same with gnome-keyboard-properties applet in F11,
but no luck