Public bug reported: After today upgrade, any time the brightness change, by manual action or by the power settings to dim the screen on battery I get a popup to authorize gsd-backlight-helper to run as superuser, looking at the ps output I see:
pkexec /usr/lib/gnome-settings-daemon/gsd-backlight-helper --set- brightness 15 Let me know if there is any extra info I can provide. ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 12.04 Package: gnome-settings-daemon 3.2.2-0ubuntu8 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.2.0-8.15-generic-pae 3.2.0 Uname: Linux 3.2.0-8-generic-pae i686 NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia wl ApportVersion: 1.90-0ubuntu1 Architecture: i386 Date: Thu Jan 12 17:14:49 2012 EcryptfsInUse: Yes ExecutablePath: /usr/lib/gnome-settings-daemon/gnome-settings-daemon InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 12.04 LTS "Precise Pangolin" - Alpha i386 (20111130.1) ProcEnviron: PATH=(custom, user) LANG=en_US.UTF-8 SHELL=/bin/bash SourcePackage: gnome-settings-daemon UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install) ** Affects: gnome-settings-daemon (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided Status: New ** Tags: apport-bug i386 precise 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/915600 Title: Changing brightness request root (super user) permission To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/gnome-settings-daemon/+bug/915600/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs