Sorry for the late answer. I've updated the PPA package, it now includes all the relevant patches and uses your suggested method to change the brightness. So far, it works good here.
I've sent an email to Greg Kroah-Hartman. I sent him a link to this bug report, and asked for his opinion on the subject. If any news I'll let you know. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/810093 Title: The new (2.6.39+) samsung_laptop kernel module causes serious backlight flickering - makes the desktop unusable To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux/+bug/810093/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
