display dim flickers continuously

[Flavio daCosta]

Binary package hint: gnome-power-manager

Description: Ubuntu karmic (development branch)
Release: 9.10
UNR

gnome-power-manager:
  Installed: 2.28.0-0ubuntu6
  Candidate: 2.28.0-0ubuntu6
  Version table:
 *** 2.28.0-0ubuntu6 0
        500 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com karmic/main Packages
        100 /var/lib/dpkg/status

On initial boot (every time,) display dim flickers continuously bright/dim (with popup message as well) until go into power settings and adjust settings. There may be other methods of breaking the loop, but have not experimented with this.

Attaching output of lshw and screencast of issue (can only see the popup message, obviously cant see the actual display dim/bright)

ProblemType: Bug
Architecture: i386
Date: Thu Oct 15 10:02:14 2009
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 9.10
ExecutablePath: /usr/bin/gnome-power-manager
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu-Netbook-Remix 9.10 "Karmic Koala" - Alpha i386 (20091015)
Package: gnome-power-manager 2.28.0-0ubuntu6
ProcEnviron:
 LANG=en_US.UTF-8
 SHELL=/bin/bash
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.31-14.47-generic
SourcePackage: gnome-power-manager
Tags: ubuntu-unr
Uname: Linux 2.6.31-14-generic i686
XsessionErrors:
 (gnome-settings-daemon:1642): GLib-CRITICAL **: g_propagate_error: assertion `src != NULL' failed
 (gnome-settings-daemon:1642): GLib-CRITICAL **: g_propagate_error: assertion `src != NULL' failed
 (nautilus:1682): Eel-CRITICAL **: eel_preferences_get_boolean: assertion `preferences_is_initialized ()' failed
 (polkit-gnome-authentication-agent-1:1722): GLib-CRITICAL **: g_once_init_leave: assertion `initialization_value != 0' failed

[Flavio daCosta (flav)]

upgraded today and issue seems resolved.

  Installed: 2.28.1-0ubuntu1
  Candidate: 2.28.1-0ubuntu1
  Version table:
 *** 2.28.1-0ubuntu1 0
        500 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com karmic/main Packages
        100 /var/lib/dpkg/status