This appears to have gotten rid of the flickering, but the side effect is that I'm now unable to adjust brightness at all. http://www.voria.org/forum/viewtopic.php?f=3&t=821&hilit=brightness+flicker
In short: 1. edit the "/etc/modprobe.d/blacklist.conf": at the end add this line: blacklist samsung_laptop 2. edit "/etc/default/grub/" (if you are using grub 2): search the line with GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX_DEFAULT=. add the following to the string: acpi_backlight=vendor 3. execute update-grub 4. reboot your os -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/874361 Title: Oneiric introduces severe flickering when adjusting brightness To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/xserver-xorg-video-ati/+bug/874361/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list [email protected] https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
