** Summary changed:

- [Gutsy] intel driver resets sony laptop brightness to highest after start, 
logout or video play
+ [Gutsy] intel driver resets laptop brightness to highest mode after start, 
logout or video play

** Description changed:

  Binary package hint: xserver-xorg-video-intel
  
  Sony laptop doesn't use standard acpi brightness so it isn't possible to 
change brightness with the brightness keys without sony-laptop module and the 
acpi-support script sonybright.sh. The brightness line of power management 
settings have no effect.
  Sony-laptop has two sys values to change brightness. One for the current 
brightness (/sys/class/backlight/sony/brightness) and one 
(/sys/devices/platform/sony-laptop/brightness_default) for the brightness after 
restart or resume from suspend.  Atm the default value isn't changed 
automatically which is reported at 
https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux-source-2.6.22/+bug/117331  but 
this is no problem since it is possible to change brightness_default value as 
root. To test this I have set both (current and default) to zero.
- If I use new Intel driver the tft shows the highest brightness after gdm 
start but the sys brightness values haven't changed. If I press brightness 
increase key (decrease isn't possible because the lowest value is already used) 
brightness jumps from highest to the second lowest mode which is correct 
according to sys values but not according to real brightness. This isn't so 
hard but the same brightness reset to highest mode happens if I start a video 
(at least under compiz with xv) .
+ If I use new Intel driver the tft shows the highest brightness after gdm 
start but the sys brightness values haven't changed. If I press brightness 
increase key (decrease isn't possible because the lowest value is already used) 
brightness jumps from highest to the second lowest mode which is correct 
according to sys values but not according to real brightness. This isn't so 
hard but the same brightness reset to highest mode happens if I start a video, 
sdl or opengl game.
  If I set both brightness values to 7 (the highest mode) I see no change of 
brightness after video play, logout or restart so Intel driver always resets to 
highest mode.
  This doesn't happen with i810 driver so this seems to be a driver issue.
  I am using a Sony Vaio TX2 Laptop with latest Gutsy.

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[Gutsy] intel driver resets laptop brightness to highest mode after start, 
logout or video play
https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/139954
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