AFAIK, the lower bound is machine-dependent. Same software, different hardware, different lower bound. Some machines can achieve full blackness already, and others can't. It's always been this way...
So that also suggests this is a kernel issue. If you want it changed for your particular machine type then a kernel change would probably be necessary. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to gnome-shell in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1686579 Title: Able to set brightness to zero Status in GNOME Settings Daemon: Confirmed Status in gnome-shell package in Ubuntu: Triaged Bug description: Using the slider in the status menu I'm able to set the brightness of my display to zero. Then the screen is completely black and not possible to find the slider again. To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/gnome-settings-daemon/+bug/1686579/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages Post to : desktop-packages@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
