This for me seems fixed, although my Samsung laptop brightness buttons cause the screen to flicker and thus are useless now :)
uname -a Linux jaytec 3.2.0-27-generic #43-Ubuntu SMP Fri Jul 6 14:25:57 UTC 2012 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux
Kernel has not updated, not quite sure what update fixed it, possibly a driver update from Ubuntu http://ppa.launchpad.net/ubuntu-x-swat/x-updates/ Ubuntu PPA which offers updated X drivers.
This for me seems fixed, although my Samsung laptop brightness buttons cause the screen to flicker and thus are useless now :)
uname -a
Linux jaytec 3.2.0-27-generic #43-Ubuntu SMP Fri Jul 6 14:25:57 UTC 2012 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux
Kernel has not updated, not quite sure what update fixed it, possibly a driver update from Ubuntu http:// ppa.launchpad. net/ubuntu- x-swat/ x-updates/ Ubuntu PPA which offers updated X drivers.