Public bug reported:

Hello,

The issue is as follows:

Running Ubuntu Gutsy 7.10 on MSI PR200 notebook (Specifications:
http://global.msi.com.tw/index.php?func=prodtmpspec&prod_no=1208&maincat_no=135&cat2_no=&cat3_no=#menu).

The problem is that when the battery is plugged (no matter if it is on
AC power or not) the LCD brightness control changes itself. After i
adjust it from the keyboard Fn+F5 it "resets" itself to some new value
(not set by me, not set in Power Management settings as well). The LCD
brightness control on the panel is inactive after that. The settings in
Power Management are:

Dim display when idle - disabled
Set display brightness to - this value changes itself without my interaction

The other thing that is probably connected is that the battery is
indicated incorrectly. It changes it state from 100% loaded to 0% loaded
(even with power cable plugged in). Once it displayed an error that it
cannot read the battery state and it may be damaged. It also shut the
computer once. The battery is new. On Windows OS it doesn't indicate any
failures. I tested it with software and it didn't show any problems.

When the battery is not plugged and the notebook is working on AC only,
there is no problem.

It seems to me that the Power Manager acts totally chaotic when battery
is plugged.

Here is what's written about the battery in /proc/acpi/battery/BAT1

==State==

present: yes
capacity state: ok
charging state: charged
present rate: unknown
remaining capacity: unknown
present voltage: 10000 mV

==Info==

present: yes
design capacity: 53266 mAh
last full capacity: 49170 mAh
battery technology: rechargeable
design voltage: 46649 mV
design capacity warning: 0 mAh
design capacity low: 0 mAh
capacity granularity 1: 1 mAh
capacity granularity 2: 1 mAh
model number: MS-1221

serial number:

battery type: LION

OEM info: MSI Corp.

==Alarm==

alarm: unsupported

Please advice! I was looking for bugs and solutions but didn't find
anything like this and my knowledge is not enough to fix this myself. If
you need any other info, i'll provide as soon as possible.

Thanks in advance.

** Affects: ubuntu
     Importance: Undecided
         Status: New

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g-p-m does not indicate battery state correctly + changing brightness to random 
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https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/190000
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