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[Konstantin Kletschke <konsti@xxxxxxxxx>]

Hello to you all!
I am showing up here because I have the same issue. I found this thread this morning after blaming the hardware on my notebook for a year but rethinking this to be a software issue this morning. I will try out the solutions here to contribute on this this evening.

Please, how are the actual informations on pinning down this issue to a
subsystem?

What I want to contribute at first is technical stuff. I have exactly
the same issue on this constellation (all tried out in 2013):

Dell Studio 1558 with BIOS A04 and A12, HD4500 ATI 
debian or archlinux installed
several installed linux-3.1n.x versions
several recent fglrx catalyst legacy drivers
several recent open source radeon drivers

Yes, no ubuntu launchpad issue at all!

Yes, all the same crash but the pattern on screen after crash is
different: fglrx is flashing a couple of chars in the pattern, radeon
displays a mor simple pattern with no flashing chars.

Kind Regards
Konsti

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https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1007765

Title:
  brightness adjusting crashes system

Status in “fglrx-installer” package in Ubuntu:
  Confirmed
Status in “linux” package in Ubuntu:
  Incomplete

Bug description:
  When adjusting my laptops brightness the system crashes.

  what logs do in need to add and how to get them?

  System:
  -- Dell Studio 1558
  -- Ubuntu 12.04

  Video showing the process: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vxp_rWXHnrg
  --- 
  .tmp.unity.support.test.0:
   
  ApportVersion: 2.0.1-0ubuntu8
  Architecture: amd64
  CompizPlugins: [core,composite,opengl,neg,commands,put]
  CompositorRunning: None
  DistUpgraded: 2012-01-26 12:27:33,165 DEBUG enabling apt cron job
  DistroCodename: precise
  DistroRelease: Ubuntu 12.04
  DistroVariant: ubuntu
  DkmsStatus:
   bcmwl, 5.100.82.38+bdcom, 3.2.0-23-generic, x86_64: installed
   bcmwl, 5.100.82.38+bdcom, 3.2.0-24-generic, x86_64: installed
   fglrx, 8.960, 3.2.0-20-generic, x86_64: installed
   fglrx, 8.960, 3.2.0-23-generic, x86_64: installed
   fglrx, 8.960, 3.2.0-24-generic, x86_64: installed
  ExtraDebuggingInterest: Yes, whatever it takes to get this fixed in Ubuntu
  GraphicsCard:
   Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] nee ATI RV710 [Mobility Radeon HD 4500/5100 Series] [1002:9553] (prog-if 00 [VGA controller])
     Subsystem: Dell Device [1028:0413]
  InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 11.10 "Oneiric Ocelot" - Release amd64 (20111012)
  JockeyStatus:
   xorg:fglrx_updates - ATI/AMD proprietary FGLRX graphics driver (post-release updates) (Proprietary, Disabled, Not in use)
   kmod:wl - Broadcom STA wireless driver (Proprietary, Enabled, In use) [auto-install]
   xorg:fglrx - ATI/AMD proprietary FGLRX graphics driver (Proprietary, Enabled, In use)
  MachineType: Dell Inc. Studio 1558
  NonfreeKernelModules: fglrx wl
  Package: xorg 1:7.6+12ubuntu1
  PackageArchitecture: amd64
  ProcKernelCmdLine: BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-3.2.0-24-generic root=UUID=cd6ba6ea-6e63-41cc-b872-c101873444c6 ro quiet splash
  ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.2.0-24.39-generic 3.2.16
  Tags:  precise ubuntu
  Uname: Linux 3.2.0-24-generic x86_64
  UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to precise on 2012-01-26 (129 days ago)
  UserGroups: adm admin cdrom dialout lpadmin plugdev sambashare
  dmi.bios.date: 09/13/2010
  dmi.bios.vendor: Dell Inc.
  dmi.bios.version: A10
  dmi.board.vendor: Dell Inc.
  dmi.board.version: A10
  dmi.chassis.type: 8
  dmi.chassis.vendor: Dell Inc.
  dmi.chassis.version: A10
  dmi.modalias: dmi:bvnDellInc.:bvrA10:bd09/13/2010:svnDellInc.:pnStudio1558:pvrA10:rvnDellInc.:rn:rvrA10:cvnDellInc.:ct8:cvrA10:
  dmi.product.name: Studio 1558
  dmi.product.version: A10
  dmi.sys.vendor: Dell Inc.
  version.compiz: compiz 1:0.9.7.8-0ubuntu1
  version.fglrx-installer: fglrx-installer N/A
  version.ia32-libs: ia32-libs 20090808ubuntu36
  version.libdrm2: libdrm2 2.4.32-1ubuntu1
  version.libgl1-mesa-dri: libgl1-mesa-dri 8.0.2-0ubuntu3
  version.libgl1-mesa-dri-experimental: libgl1-mesa-dri-experimental N/A
  version.libgl1-mesa-glx: libgl1-mesa-glx 8.0.2-0ubuntu3
  version.xserver-xorg-core: xserver-xorg-core 2:1.11.4-0ubuntu10.2
  version.xserver-xorg-input-evdev: xserver-xorg-input-evdev 1:2.7.0-0ubuntu1
  version.xserver-xorg-video-ati: xserver-xorg-video-ati 1:6.14.99~git20111219.aacbd629-0ubuntu2
  version.xserver-xorg-video-intel: xserver-xorg-video-intel 2:2.17.0-1ubuntu4
  version.xserver-xorg-video-nouveau: xserver-xorg-video-nouveau 1:0.0.16+git20111201+b5534a1-1build2

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