I also agree with Andrea, Seems to be related to the kernel in some way, some kernel updates exhibit the bug, others not.
I'm using a dell xps m1710, bug occurs, with power or battery, and is repeatable using kernel Linux 2.6.24-19-generic #1 SMP i686 GNU/Linux Rolling back to the previous kernel release has provided a work around as I have had no such problems using Linux 2.6.24-18-generic #1 SMP Wed May 28 20:27:26 UTC 2008 i686 GNU/Linux, -- [hardy]computer and touchpad is buggy when running on battery https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/189814 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Desktop Bugs, which is subscribed to gnome-power-manager in ubuntu. -- desktop-bugs mailing list desktop-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/desktop-bugs