Apparently, there are many ways to control the backlight, and while using the kernel is the default on your hardware, it is possible to change that with xrandr. Take a look at bug 367309 for how to do this. Could you check if you have the same weird behavior with the other settings?
** Tags added: backlight ** Changed in: xserver-xorg-video-intel (Ubuntu) Status: Invalid => Confirmed -- [i965] Wierd backlight brightness behaviour looks like flashes on Amilo Si 2636 https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/356510 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