Do your laptop brightness keys work fine if you boot with the video module blacklisted and then kill gnome-power-manager? If so, what you're describing is probably a duplicate of bug #257827.
I'm also experiencing several brightness level changes (like 5 out of 7) with g-p-m loaded in Intrepid, but only 2 if I kill it. -- [Hardy] laptop function key + brightness keys combo activates twice if pressed once. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/215217 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs