I solved this problem by adding a gconf key, named brightness_in_hardware (reminiscent of HAL), for setting whether or not to use xrandr for stepping the brightness up/down. Please test my patch (agaist gpm 2.30.1) and see if it works for you.
** Patch added: "14-brightness-in-hardware.patch" http://launchpadlibrarian.net/52070036/14-brightness-in-hardware.patch -- Brightness controls skips Levels. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/527157 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
