[Bug 1028151] Re: Samsung Laptops brightness control issue (heavy flickering)

2012-08-11 Thread Kevin McCaughey
As of AUGUST 2012 and after 6 months, this is still a bug and has not been patched. This means that Ubuntu 12.04 FAILS on the Samsung NC10, an extremely popular netbook which has millions of users. If Ubuntu want non-technical users to switch to their operating system then show-stopping fatal

[Bug 919773] Re: The new (2.6.39+) samsung_laptop kernel module causes serious backlight flickering - makes the desktop unusable - part 2

2012-08-11 Thread Kevin McCaughey
*** This bug is a duplicate of bug 1028151 *** https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1028151 As of AUGUST 2012 and after 6 months, this is still a bug and has not been patched. This means that Ubuntu 12.04 FAILS on the Samsung NC10, an extremely popular netbook which has millions of users. If

[Bug 1028151] Re: Samsung Laptops brightness control issue (heavy flickering)

2012-08-11 Thread Kevin McCaughey
As of AUGUST 2012 and after 6 months, this is still a bug and has not been patched. This means that Ubuntu 12.04 FAILS on the Samsung NC10, an extremely popular netbook which has millions of users. If Ubuntu want non-technical users to switch to their operating system then show-stopping fatal

[Bug 980917] Re: Failed to create pty - disabling logging for job

2012-04-30 Thread Kevin McCaughey
The behaviour seems wrong to me - I believe it needs to be changed so that it follows the previous expected (and acceptable) model. As a bit of a metaphor, if Toyota released a new car but all the new cars had a red warning light on them and Toyota's fix was You all have to press a button in the