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
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> 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.
>


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