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gnome-power-manager package

  1. Bug #392122
  2. Comment #10

Comment 10 for bug 392122

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lofgole (lofgole) wrote : Re: [Karmic] "dim display when idle" only dims but doesn't restore the previous value when not idle anymore

Same here with an Asus EEE 1000h. It seems like the BIOS sets the backlight direct and does not inform the system about it. "xrandr --prop" detects the correct backlight value but gnome-power-manager seems not to be aware of it. There is also no notify osd while changing the brightness.