[Bug 720717] Re: lcd brightness changes unwanted

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** Tags added: apport-collected

** Description changed:

- I'm using ubuntu maverick with latest updates on a Dell Latitude E6400
- laptop. Since some days the brightness of the LCD is changed non-
- deterministically to a certain value. After that it is possible to
- change the brightness to my previously set value as normal. There are
- several scripts/ways in ubuntu to change the LCD brightness. Please help
- me to provide more information to uncover this strange behaviour.
+ I'm using ubuntu maverick with latest updates on a Dell Latitude E6400 laptop. Since some days the brightness of the LCD is changed non-deterministically to a certain value. After that it is possible to change the brightness to my previously set value as normal. There are several scripts/ways in ubuntu to change the LCD brightness. Please help me to provide more information to uncover this strange behaviour.
+ --- 
+ Architecture: i386
+ CheckboxSubmission: d28351f2c4faee44ce1a05f92a36800a
+ CheckboxSystem: d00f84de8a555815fa1c4660280da308
+ DistroRelease: Ubuntu 10.10
+ EcryptfsInUse: Yes
+ InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 9.10 "Karmic Koala" - Release i386 (20091028.5)
+ NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia
+ Package: acpid 1.0.10-5ubuntu4
+ PackageArchitecture: i386
+ ProcEnviron:
+  LANGUAGE=en_GB:en
+  PATH=(custom, user)
+  LANG=en_GB.utf8
+  SHELL=/bin/bash
+ ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.35-30.59-generic 2.6.35.13
+ Tags: maverick
+ Uname: Linux 2.6.35-30-generic i686
+ UserGroups: adm admin cdrom dialout lpadmin plugdev sambashare vboxusers video

** Attachment added: "Dependencies.txt"
   https://bugs.edge.launchpad.net/bugs/720717/+attachment/2538283/+files/Dependencies.txt

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Title:
  lcd brightness changes unwanted

Status in “acpid” package in Ubuntu:
  Expired

Bug description:
  I'm using ubuntu maverick with latest updates on a Dell Latitude E6400 laptop. Since some days the brightness of the LCD is changed non-deterministically to a certain value. After that it is possible to change the brightness to my previously set value as normal. There are several scripts/ways in ubuntu to change the LCD brightness. Please help me to provide more information to uncover this strange behaviour.
  --- 
  Architecture: i386
  CheckboxSubmission: d28351f2c4faee44ce1a05f92a36800a
  CheckboxSystem: d00f84de8a555815fa1c4660280da308
  DistroRelease: Ubuntu 10.10
  EcryptfsInUse: Yes
  InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 9.10 "Karmic Koala" - Release i386 (20091028.5)
  NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia
  Package: acpid 1.0.10-5ubuntu4
  PackageArchitecture: i386
  ProcEnviron:
   LANGUAGE=en_GB:en
   PATH=(custom, user)
   LANG=en_GB.utf8
   SHELL=/bin/bash
  ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.35-30.59-generic 2.6.35.13
  Tags: maverick
  Uname: Linux 2.6.35-30-generic i686
  UserGroups: adm admin cdrom dialout lpadmin plugdev sambashare vboxusers video

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