Comment 135 for bug 415023

I upgraded msi wind u-90 bios to 1.0E version and my screen still blinking

2009/11/8 Jonathan <email address hidden>

> For MSI Wind U123 users, the 1.0D BIOS update seems to stop the change in
> brightness.
> You're able to change it via the hot key now
>
> --
> brightness is broken on MSI WIND U100
> https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/415023
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> 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 Committed
> 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 Committed
> 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
>
> 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.
>
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>

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-- Giuseppe