probably on older kernel Hal does not report brightness setting capability to gnome-power-manager, so the bug is just not triggered. You also loose that functionality if you note.
-- HAL lockups or crashes dell laptops with a BIOS password https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/189814 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
