Thanks a lot for reporting this, however a paper cut should be a small design flaw found in all default Ubuntu installations, and should be trivial to fix. This issue is simply a bug that needs fix, presumably at th kernel level where the EEE PC hardware meets the Ubuntu software.
** Also affects: gnome-power-manager (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided Status: New ** Changed in: hundredpapercuts Status: Confirmed => Invalid ** Bug watch added: GNOME Bug Tracker #639866 https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=639866 ** Also affects: gnome-power via https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=639866 Importance: Unknown Status: Unknown -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Desktop Bugs, which is subscribed to gnome-power-manager in ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/387608 Title: Screen brightness in EEE PC keeps changing to default -- desktop-bugs mailing list desktop-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/desktop-bugs