Ubuntu
gnome-power-manager package

  1. Bug #535097
  2. Comment #29

Comment 29 for bug 535097

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David Robertson (dir2000) wrote :

Workaround:

Click on the icon.
Use the up and down KEYBOARD arrows to adjust brightness (slider moves appropriately).
Click anywhere to close the slider.

There's nothing wrong with the applets ability to handle brightness. There's something wrong with passing mouse clicks to the slider.