I pulled in the upstream version of the patch from comment #23 and did another test build. Please let me know if it fixes the problem, and if it does I'll work on getting both patches applied to oneiric. Thanks!
http://people.canonical.com/~sforshee/lp810093/linux-3.0.0-14.23~lp810093v201112021425/ ** Changed in: linux (Ubuntu) Status: Triaged => Incomplete ** Changed in: linux (Ubuntu) Assignee: (unassigned) => Seth Forshee (sforshee) -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/810093 Title: The new (2.6.39+) samsung_laptop kernel module causes serious backlight flickering - makes the desktop unusable To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux/+bug/810093/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs