I can confirm it. When Ubuntu starts up, the backlight is dimmed (battery or no battery, doesn't matter). I have to use the battery applet to put it to normal. It dims back when I start Mplayer or some video player. When I pull the AC plug in (or remove it) nothing happens.
Intel VGA, Lenovo N100, Ubuntu 8.04. -- GNOME desktop brightness automatically dimmed at startup https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/264468 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