Thanks, Joseph. The 3.6 kernel didn't fix the problem for me. $uname -a Linux umang-laptop 3.6.0-030600rc1-generic #201208022056 SMP Fri Aug 3 01:04:00 UTC 2012 i686 i686 i386 GNU/Linux
In addition to being a little slower to boot, the kernel also may have done something to the hardware. After the 3.6 kernel froze, I forced the laptop to power off by holding the power button (like I normally do when it hangs) and I could smell something odd coming from my laptop. I booted back into the 3.2 kernel immediately and within five minutes the smell seemed to have abated. For future reference, is there anything I can do to shutdown in situation like these without forcing a power off? I hope this helps debug the issue. It has been particularly painful recently. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1007765 Title: brightness adjusting crashes system To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/linux/+bug/1007765/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list [email protected] https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
