It looks like it is receiving an awful lot (many thousands) of brightness key events for a single press.
As for the strangeness on plugging/unplugging: TI:13:36:43 TH:0x8d80640 FI:gpm-brightness-xrandr.c FN:gpm_brightness_xrandr_foreach_screen,414 - using resource 0x8e0e718 TI:13:36:43 TH:0x8d80640 FI:gpm-brightness-xrandr.c FN:gpm_brightness_xrandr_foreach_resource,375 - resource 1 of 3 TI:13:36:43 TH:0x8d80640 FI:gpm-brightness-xrandr.c FN:gpm_brightness_xrandr_foreach_resource,375 - resource 2 of 3 TI:13:36:43 TH:0x8d80640 FI:gpm-brightness-xrandr.c FN:gpm_brightness_xrandr_output_set,322 - percent=50, absolute=7563 TI:13:36:43 TH:0x8d80640 FI:gpm-brightness-xrandr.c FN:gpm_brightness_xrandr_output_set,324 - hard value=15125, min=0, max=15125 [predictable ~42.5 second hang] TI:13:37:26 TH:0x8d80640 FI:gpm-brightness-xrandr.c FN:gpm_brightness_xrandr_foreach_resource,375 - resource 3 of 3 TI:13:37:26 TH:0x8d80640 FI:gpm-backlight.c FN:gpm_backlight_brightness_evaluate_and_set,456 - emitting brightness-changed : 50 TI:13:37:26 TH:0x8d80640 FI:gpm-profile.c FN:ac_adaptor_changed_cb,635 - on battery TI:13:37:26 TH:0x8d80640 FI:gpm-info.c FN:gpm_info_event_log,579 - Adding 1 to the event log -- Brightness OSD doesn't stop adjusting https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/261724 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