I still see the problem on Intrepid with2.6.27-11.27 on a Thinkpad X61. Neither Fn-keys nor the sliders in System|Preferences|Power Management alter the screen brightness.
-- 2.6.27-11 makes brightness not work [2.6.28-4.10 also affected] https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/315922 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Desktop Bugs, which is subscribed to gnome-power-manager in ubuntu. -- desktop-bugs mailing list desktop-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/desktop-bugs