I reported the issue to the intel bug tracker, some guys are helping. I switched to Hardy, but the issue was still there on Intrepid stable, but I switched to Hardy so I don't know if some update has solved it.
this is my lspci | grep VGA: 00:02.0 VGA compatible controller: Intel Corporation Mobile GM965/GL960 Integrated Graphics Controller (rev 03) -- vlc and mplayer reset brightness in Ubuntu Intrepid Ibex on Intel GMAX3100 https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/273685 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs