Hi, I found another workaround. I applied the patch from bug 137598 (http://launchpadlibrarian.net/9690288/gpm-backlight.c.diff) and disabled "auto-dimming on AC/battery while idle" in g-p-m preferences.
Now, you can have an OSD, but not auto-dimming. Best regards, Whoopie -- gnome-power-manager brightness control is crazy https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/150086 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is the bug contact for Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs