Ubuntu 11.10 - Adjusting the brightness causes the screen to flicker intensely until the user logs out
Bug #873752 reported by
Sam Heitzer
This bug report is a duplicate of:
Bug #810093: The new (2.6.39+) samsung_laptop kernel module causes serious backlight flickering - makes the desktop unusable.
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This bug affects 9 people
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Bug Description
Using a Samsung N130 netbook with Ubuntu 11.10. Adjusting the brightness via the settings or the function keys yields this result. In addition, the brightness indicator comes up in the far right corner and oscilates as the screen flickers. This also causes mild slowdown.
tags: | added: backlight |
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Status changed to 'Confirmed' because the bug affects multiple users.