This particular issue is fixed with the latest update to gnome-power-
manager (2.22.0-0ubuntu1)
** Changed in: gnome-power-manager (Ubuntu)
Status: New = Fix Released
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gnome-power-manager does not handle backlight properly on fujitsu platforms
https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/197253
You
I have now made some tests and the xbacklight utility seems to be completely
irrelevant to this problem.
This is purely a hal issue.
The problem is basically this, to be more consice:
1) The fujitsu-laptop module creates /sys/class/backlight/fujitsu-laptop
2) Hal sees the interface, hence gpm
After running gconftool-2 --recursive-unset /apps/gnome-power-manager,
the brightness applet started to work again. In fact it and gpm's
automatic backlight manipulation worked perfectly fine for a while, but
just now, as I switched to battery power it started to be flaky again,
behaving the way I
** Attachment added: output of lshal
http://launchpadlibrarian.net/12339914/lshal.txt
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gnome-power-manager does not handle backlight properly
https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/197253
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