I have more or less the same problem. I have a Pc, not a laptop, with Ubuntu 8.10, Radeon X600. In my computer too, the monitor has a problem in mantaining brightness stability. It randomly changes in the first 10 minutes of activity of the computer, going down. I attach the lspci output and the Xorg.0.log.
** Attachment added: "lspci" http://launchpadlibrarian.net/21882145/lspci -- Random change of Screen brightness https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/316567 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs