Public bug reported: This may be related to the bug #498974 (https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/gnome-power- manager/+bug/498974)
When the screen is turned to a high brightness, if I haven't touched the keyboard or mouse for a while the display will dim a bit. This is normal. However, when the screen is at a low brightness, at idle the screen will actually brighten instead of dim! It seems like the "brightness to dim to" is a hardcoded value, rather than relative to the current brightness. Hence, the hardcoded "brightness to dim to" is actually brighter than what I have my screen set to. It seems related to that other bug, but the symptoms they report are a little different. Mine just gets a bit brighter. The other bug report describes the screen getting to full brightness before dimming somewhat again, ending off with a higher brightness than when the keyboard and mouse are not idle. ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 11.10 Package: gnome-power-manager 3.1.3-0ubuntu2 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.0.0-9.14-generic 3.0.3 Uname: Linux 3.0.0-9-generic i686 Architecture: i386 Date: Sun Aug 28 18:44:10 2011 GnomeSessionIdleInhibited: No GnomeSessionInhibitors: None GnomeSessionSuspendInhibited: No InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 11.10 "Oneiric Ocelot" - Alpha i386 (20110705.1) MachineType: Acer Aspire one ProcEnviron: PATH=(custom, no user) LANG=en_US.UTF-8 SHELL=/bin/bash ProcKernelCmdLine: BOOT_IMAGE=/@/boot/vmlinuz-3.0.0-9-generic root=UUID=102e52fc-bde4-407b-97a7-a4c8cb0e09bf ro rootflags=subvol=@ quiet splash vt.handoff=7 SourcePackage: gnome-power-manager UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install) dmi.bios.date: 10/14/2009 dmi.bios.vendor: Acer dmi.bios.version: V1.22 dmi.board.asset.tag: Base Board Asset Tag dmi.board.name: Aspire one dmi.board.vendor: Acer dmi.board.version: V1.22 dmi.chassis.type: 10 dmi.chassis.vendor: Acer dmi.chassis.version: V1.22 dmi.modalias: dmi:bvnAcer:bvrV1.22:bd10/14/2009:svnAcer:pnAspireone:pvrV1.22:rvnAcer:rnAspireone:rvrV1.22:cvnAcer:ct10:cvrV1.22: dmi.product.name: Aspire one dmi.product.version: V1.22 dmi.sys.vendor: Acer gnome-power-bugreport: Error: [Errno 2] No such file or directory ** Affects: gnome-power-manager (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided Status: New ** Tags: apport-bug i386 oneiric running-unity -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/835971 Title: screen brightens when idle, rather than dimming To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/gnome-power-manager/+bug/835971/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs