This bug also happens to me. I'm using Ubuntu 12.04 32-bit on HP mini 5101. The OS is used to freeze at random times almost everyday, so I followed suggestions in another bug report and manually updated the kernel to 3.4.0. Now it freezes when I adjust the brightness setting with the keyboard shortcut, regardless of how much time elapsed after booting, but if and only if I pressed the key more than one time or hold it down. Adjusting the brightless by just a bit does not freeze the system.
-- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to gnome-settings-daemon in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/987630 Title: changing brightness freezes computer Status in “gnome-settings-daemon” package in Ubuntu: Confirmed Bug description: on startup, changing the brightness freezes the computer completely. After I wait around five minutes, I am able to change the brightness without causing it to freeze but until then, if I change it the computer freezes. I am not sure what package handles this. ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 12.04 Package: gnome-settings-daemon 3.4.1-0ubuntu1 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.2.0-23.36-generic 3.2.14 Uname: Linux 3.2.0-23-generic x86_64 ApportVersion: 2.0.1-0ubuntu5 Architecture: amd64 Date: Tue Apr 24 00:47:59 2012 InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 12.04 LTS "Precise Pangolin" - Beta amd64 (20120328) ProcEnviron: PATH=(custom, no user) LANG=en_US.UTF-8 SHELL=/bin/bash SourcePackage: gnome-settings-daemon UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install) To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/gnome-settings-daemon/+bug/987630/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages Post to : desktop-packages@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
