>From what I've read it seems the Samsung bios ( > 09ST) is buggy and doesn't allow acpi to take over all the hotkeys correctly so the brightness keys still generate keycodes (repeatedly) and this seems to make X go weird (keyboard unresponsive, display sluggish).
Downgrading the bios to 08ST (using the information at https://wiki.ubuntu.com/LaptopTestingTeam/SamsungQ45) fixes the problem for me. -- no brightness-control on samsung laptop https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/212800 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