Thank you Sonoframbo! at least I got the volume issue fixed with that as I remapped the regular F11/F12 keys with the volume control. Now the brightness seems to be a different issue (a hardware signal not going through the system and therefore can't be intercepted by software as I understand)...
sorry I got no answer as I am looking for the solution myself. Telling me it opens all kinds of options for programmers and whats not doesn't help - I need the volume and brightness controls! Especially the volume I have to use TWO hands since the fn and f12 keys are so far apart. It really...