Eduard: the weird "fading" issue is what happens when the screen goes off, but the backlight stays on for some reason. It's pretty magical when it happens and is usually some interaction between the video drivers (X) and power-management blanking the screen.
-- Usplash sometimes hangs during shutdown/reboot and displays strange characters https://launchpad.net/bugs/72216 -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
