The easiest fix I found is to just remove power manager. sudo apt-get remove-xfce4-power-manager is what I did. Worked fine. You won't have a power manager, but do you really need it? I keep mine plugged in almost all the time, so its not an issue for me.
On Sat, Dec 12, 2009 at 11:43 AM, Fruchtpfote <matthiasgr...@web.de> wrote: > I am talking about Kubuntu (KDE 4.3) I can't deinstall or fix > gnome-power-manager. > Here is nearly the same problem (flickering when change brightness by key) > The patch is only working for GNOME, isn't it? > > -- > brightness is broken on MSI WIND U100 > https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/415023 > You received this bug notification because you are a direct subscriber > of a duplicate bug. > > Status in Gnome Powermanager: Unknown > Status in KDE Base Workspace: Invalid > Status in Ubuntu Release Notes: Fix Released > Status in “hal-info” package in Ubuntu: Fix Released > Status in “kdebase-workspace” package in Ubuntu: Fix Released > Status in “linux” package in Ubuntu: Triaged > Status in “xfce4-power-manager” package in Ubuntu: Invalid > Status in “hal-info” source package in Lucid: Fix Released > Status in “kdebase-workspace” source package in Lucid: Fix Released > Status in “linux” source package in Lucid: Triaged > Status in “xfce4-power-manager” source package in Lucid: Invalid > Status in Fedora: New > > Bug description: > Binary package hint: gnome-power-manager > > Versions : karmic up to date (08-17-09) with gnome-power-manager version > 2.27.5-0ubuntu2 > > What should happen : brightness should not flash. > > What happens : > > Brightness changing seems broken on my MSI wind U 100. > > First in GDM it starts flashing for a good 30 seconds and then the same > problem happened when the Gnome session begins. > > Whenever I try to manually change the brightness a bit too fast (using > the sliders or the keyboard) it start flashing again. > > > > To unsubscribe from this bug, go to: > https://bugs.launchpad.net/gnome-power/+bug/415023/+subscribe > -- brightness is broken on MSI WIND U100 https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/415023 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Kubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to kdebase-workspace in ubuntu. -- kubuntu-bugs mailing list kubuntu-b...@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/kubuntu-bugs