BIG FAT ACK! I have here also a Samsung P35 I'm also the reporter of bug #136346 - g-p-m is still absolutely broken. The procedure looks like follows:
reboot gnome, log in while true; do killall gnome-power-manager rm -rf ~/.gconf/apps/gnome-power-manager done more issues: - brightness control with Fn+Up or +Down only one level each time or g-p-m burns CPU with endless change events seen with dbus-monitor --system signal sender=:1.3 -> dest=(null destination) path=/org/freedesktop/Hal/devices/platform_i8042_i8042_KBD_port_logicaldev_input; interface=org.freedesktop.Hal.Device; member=Condition string "ButtonPressed" string "brightness-down" ..... repeat ..... and lshal -m 21:25:55.541: platform_i8042_i8042_KBD_port_logicaldev_input condition ButtonPressed = brightness-up 21:25:55.748: platform_i8042_i8042_KBD_port_logicaldev_input condition ButtonPressed = brightness-up ..... repeat ..... - dim display when idle when on battery causes brightness go down to 0% and back to 100% (or flashes display and burns CPU) -- gnome-power-manager brightness control is crazy https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/150086 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is the bug contact for Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs