Great observations. I now notice that I also experience this as it pertains to dimming/brightening and plugging/unplugging. Could you create a new bug including the information you've gathered to get the ball rolling? Post here with a link to the bug report, so I can subscribe. Thanks!
On Tue, Apr 15, 2008 at 10:49 AM, pelle.k <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Same here. Everytime it goes back up from "dim", it decreases until it > hits some magic bottom. I've got a brightness range of 0-8. I adjust it to > 7. then, let me illustrate; > idle > 7 > dim > 4 > idle > 6 > dim > 4 > idle > 5 > dim > 4 > idle > 5 > dim > 4 > idle > 5 > > And this is what happens when i adjust to 7 (idle) then pull the power and > let it run on battery, then put the AC in again (repeatedly); > power > 7 > battery > 4 > power > 6 > battery > 3 > power > 5 > battery > 2 > power > 4 > battery > 1 > power > 3 > battery > 0 > power > 2 > battery > 0 > power > 2 > battery > 0 > > Also, i have to adjust the brightness level myself at each reboot (i do > it automatically in rc.local with "cat 7 > > /sys/devices/virtual/backlight/acpi_video0/brightness). > > gnome-power-manager: > Installed: 2.22.1-1ubuntu4 > Candidate: 2.22.1-1ubuntu4 > Version table: > *** 2.22.1-1ubuntu4 0 > 500 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com hardy/main Packages > 100 /var/lib/dpkg/status > > -- > Dim on idle does not brighten with activity > https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/199522 > You received this bug notification because you are a direct subscriber > of the bug. > > Status in Source Package "gnome-power-manager" in Ubuntu: Fix Released > > Bug description: > Running up to date Hardy alpha. My laptop LCD dims, today, if left alone > for some time, but I have to manually turn the brightness back up (using the > keys on my keyboard) when I come back to the computer. In the gconf-editor, > my default brightness was set to 100, and the caption notes that the > possible values are between 1 and 100, but full brightness for me is > actually a value of around 350. After correcting the default max brightness > value in gconf-editor, it re-brightens fine. > ** Attachment added: "unnamed" http://launchpadlibrarian.net/13467961/unnamed -- 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