Unless there should actually be a separate bug, it seems that the most recent comments indicate that brightness control is broken on some machines, regressing from -9. I can also confirm that on my Thinkpad X300.
** Changed in: linux (Ubuntu Intrepid) Status: Fix Released => Confirmed -- The slider brightness Applet has value inverted after the last update (2.6.27-11) https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/311716 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs