Dim on idle seems to be working right now for me too. However I have noticed a problem that is easy to reproduce and is related to some of the posts above:
1) Turn on the laptop on AC 2) After logging in unplug and replug the laptop to AC many times. After each the unplug-replug cycle the final brightness is different, with a clear trend to decrease. Time for a new bug report? -- Dim on idle does not brighten with activity https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/199522 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Desktop Bugs, which is subscribed to gnome-power-manager in ubuntu. -- desktop-bugs mailing list desktop-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/desktop-bugs