Comment 103 for bug 568611

I have posted an updated Maverick kernel (2.6.35-24.40+kamal~mjgbacklight1 for Ubuntu 10.10) in my PPA https://launchpad.net/~kamalmostafa/+archive/linux-kamal-mjgbacklight . Users who have installed the PPA already don't need to take any special action -- your system's "Update Manager" will take care of upgrading the PPA automatically. This note is just for your information.

Official Ubuntu kernel status: This backlight brightness patch is still not yet included in official Ubuntu kernels because it is still being debated upstream on the intel-gfx mailing list. We'll move towards getting this into the officlal Ubuntu kernels once it finally lands upstream.

@Alexw - I am not planning to do any further work on the Lucid 2.6.32 kernel for this issue.

@Tito - I do plan to supply a patched Natty 2.6.36 kernel for this issue in the near future. I will use the same PPA and will announce here when that's available.

People with the "crazy fan speed" problem - Is there reason to think that the fan problem relates to the backlight brightness patch? If not, that problem should be reported separately.