Ok, so I am a few days behind, comes with my current age I guess.
That explains the update I have already installed.
I guess I will have to continue looking for a solution, or submit
my own bug report to see if anything gets done. I did try the
9.10 live CD and still saw the same behavior. I still think for some
reason because of this being a laptop some of the xserver software
is loaded which means some of the hardware tools don't work.