Does Ubuntu 12.10 "Quantal Quetzal" alpha 1 simplify things? It's 3.4-based kernel contains the follwing commit (taken from the upstream kernel changelog):
author Corentin Chary <corenti...@iksaif.net> Thu, 22 Mar 2012 13:08:19 +0000 (14:08 +0100) committer Matthew Garrett <m...@redhat.com> Mon, 26 Mar 2012 19:45:25 +0000 (15:45 -0400) commit a979e2e2af7d5b4bb3b20f6a716c627bb23a6753 tree 02e944b7a63f86947205a9a389a9737cdb2b3099 parent 5719b81988f3c24ff694dc3a37e35b35630a3966 samsung-laptop: unregister ACPI video module for some well known laptops On these laptops, the ACPI video is not functional, and very unlikely to be fixed by the vendor. Note that intel_backlight works for some of these laptops, and the backlight from samsung-laptop always work. The good news is that newer laptops have functional ACPI video device and won't end up growing this list. Signed-off-by: Corentin Chary Signed-off-by: Matthew Garrett ** Tags added: precise -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/949221 Title: powertop incorrectly reports multiple display brightness devices to use power To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/powertop/+bug/949221/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
