To clarify, there are two interacting bugs here: One is that Radeon doesn't support BACKLIGHT, and the other is that the old HAL-based way no longer works. The preferred action would be to fix the former, rather than the latter.
** Also affects: xserver-xorg-video-ati (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided Status: New -- [lucid] Broken backlight control with Radeon open-source drivers https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/534677 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