[Bug 77984] Changing display brightness kills GDM

[Jeb Benbow]

Public bug reported:

Binary package hint: gdm

On the latest release of Fiesty pressing <Fn>+<Home or End> to modify
the display brightness kills GDM.  GDM does automatically restart.  This
is a ThinkPad Z61t.

$ uname -a
Linux strongbadia 2.6.20-3-generic #2 SMP Tue Dec 26 02:36:13 UTC 2006 x86_64 GNU/Linux

$ cat /var/log/syslog
Jan  4 12:34:59 strongbadia kernel: [  912.962575] ACPI: EC: evaluating _Q14
Jan  4 12:34:59 strongbadia kernel: [  912.964388] video device notify
Jan  4 12:34:59 strongbadia kernel: [  912.966849] set_level status: 0
Jan  4 12:35:00 strongbadia gdm[8101]: Error reinitilizing server
Jan  4 12:35:19 strongbadia gconfd (jbenbow-8160): Error getting value for `/apps/gnome-power-manager/battery_sleep_computer': Failed: Schema `/schemas/apps/gnome-power-manager/battery_sleep_computer' specified for `/apps/gnome-power-manager/battery_sleep_computer' stores a non-schema value

** Affects: gdm (Ubuntu)
     Importance: Undecided
         Status: Unconfirmed

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Changing display brightness kills GDM
https://launchpad.net/bugs/77984