Same here with an Asus EEE 1000h. It seems like the BIOS sets the backlight direct and does not inform the system about it. "xrandr --prop" detects the correct backlight value but gnome-power-manager seems not to be aware of it. There is also no notify osd while changing the brightness.
-- [Karmic] "dim display when idle" only dims but doesn't restore the previous value when not idle anymore https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/392122 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