There is definitely something strange going on in the settings daemon (also). When I select the "screen" settings and slide the "brightness" control, I would expect the screen to get darker or brighter depending on the direction in which I move the slider. This is not happening. When I move it to the left it sometimes gets brighter then darker and brighter again. Very strange. The brightness keys, when they work which is not always the case, have a similar effect. Dimming may actually make the screen brighter.
I still observe the original problem. When the screen dims, it stays dark. Hibernate/resume will bring it back. It's easy enough to reproduce. Let me know if I can help to debug this. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to gnome-settings-daemon in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/850749 Title: Display unreadable after dimming Status in “gnome-settings-daemon” package in Ubuntu: New Bug description: Once my laptop screen is dimmed I can not read it any more. Dimming happens even when "dim" is not selected in the "screen" settings. It also happens before logging in. There is nothing I can do to un-dim the screen (i.e. moving the mouse, keyboard, but also using the contrast/brightness keys). When the screen is not dimmed, it is possible to adjust brightness etc using the contrast/brightness keys. If the laptop is suspended/resumed the screen will be back to normal until it decides to dim the screen again. This is reproducible and can be repeated as many times as necessary. ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 11.10 Package: xorg 1:7.6+7ubuntu7 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.0.0-11.17-generic 3.0.4 Uname: Linux 3.0.0-11-generic i686 .tmp.unity.support.test.0: ApportVersion: 1.22.1-0ubuntu2 Architecture: i386 CompizPlugins: [core,composite,opengl,decor,dbus,compiztoolbox,snap,ring,imgpng,resize,move,screenshot,regex,place,resizeinfo,put,annotate,grid,vpswitch,mousepoll,commands,session,animation,thumbnail,fade,cube,rotate,expo,unityshell] CompositorRunning: compiz Date: Thu Sep 15 11:00:12 2011 DistUpgraded: Log time: 2011-08-22 16:01:49.906813 DistroCodename: oneiric DistroVariant: ubuntu ExtraDebuggingInterest: Yes, whatever it takes to get this fixed in Ubuntu GraphicsCard: Intel Corporation Mobile 915GM/GMS/910GML Express Graphics Controller [8086:2592] (rev 03) (prog-if 00 [VGA controller]) Subsystem: Hewlett-Packard Company NC6220 [103c:308a] Subsystem: Hewlett-Packard Company Device [103c:308a] InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 11.04 "Natty Narwhal" - Alpha i386 (20110131) Lsusb: Bus 001 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub Bus 002 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub Bus 003 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub Bus 004 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub Bus 003 Device 002: ID 03f0:011d Hewlett-Packard Integrated Bluetooth Module MachineType: Hewlett-Packard HP Compaq nc6220 (EA766UC#ABB) PccardctlIdent: Socket 0: no product info available PccardctlStatus: Socket 0: no card ProcEnviron: LC_TIME=en_ZA.utf8 PATH=(custom, no user) LANG=en_US.UTF-8 LC_MESSAGES=en_ZA.utf8 SHELL=/bin/bash ProcKernelCmdLine: BOOT_IMAGE=/vmlinuz-3.0.0-11-generic root=UUID=3cd4d9b5-f50a-41d2-8099-63d1181c43d8 ro crashkernel=384M-2G:64M,2G-:128M quiet splash vt.usernamedoff=7 SourcePackage: xorg Symptom: display UnitySupportTest: Error: command ['/usr/lib/nux/unity_support_test', '-p', '-f'] failed with exit code -11: UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to oneiric on 2011-09-15 (0 days ago) dmi.bios.date: 02/27/2007 dmi.bios.vendor: Hewlett-Packard dmi.bios.version: 68DTU Ver. F.13 dmi.board.name: 308A dmi.board.vendor: Hewlett-Packard dmi.board.version: KBC Version 40.22 dmi.chassis.asset.tag: CNU6082483 dmi.chassis.type: 10 dmi.chassis.vendor: Hewlett-Packard dmi.modalias: dmi:bvnHewlett-Packard:bvr68DTUVer.F.13:bd02/27/2007:svnHewlett-Packard:pnHPCompaqnc6220(EA766UC#ABB):pvrF.13:rvnHewlett-Packard:rn308A:rvrKBCVersion40.22:cvnHewlett-Packard:ct10:cvr: dmi.product.name: HP Compaq nc6220 (EA766UC#ABB) dmi.product.version: F.13 dmi.sys.vendor: Hewlett-Packard version.compiz: compiz 1:0.9.5.94+bzr2803-0ubuntu1 version.libdrm2: libdrm2 2.4.26-1ubuntu1 version.libgl1-mesa-dri: libgl1-mesa-dri 7.11-0ubuntu3 version.libgl1-mesa-dri-experimental: libgl1-mesa-dri-experimental N/A version.libgl1-mesa-glx: libgl1-mesa-glx 7.11-0ubuntu3 version.xserver-xorg: xserver-xorg 1:7.6+7ubuntu7 version.xserver-xorg-input-evdev: xserver-xorg-input-evdev 1:2.6.0-1ubuntu13 version.xserver-xorg-video-ati: xserver-xorg-video-ati 1:6.14.99~git20110811.g93fc084-0ubuntu1 version.xserver-xorg-video-intel: xserver-xorg-video-intel 2:2.15.901-1ubuntu2 version.xserver-xorg-video-nouveau: xserver-xorg-video-nouveau 1:0.0.16+git20110411+8378443-1 To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/gnome-settings-daemon/+bug/850749/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages Post to : [email protected] Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
