[ubuntu] backlight adjustment hotkeys increment twice

[DΛRK ΘVΞRLΘΛD]

Binary package hint: gnome-power-manager

I am using Ubuntu 10.10 with all current updates. The version of gnome-power-manager I currently have installed is 2.32.0-0ubuntu1. I expected to be able to utilize all 11 brightness levels (0%, 10%, 20%, 30%, 40%, 50%, 60%, 70%, 80%, 90%, and 100%) that my back-light controller supports. Instead I can only set the brightness level in increments of 20% (0%, 20%, 40%, 60%, 80%, and 100%). This bug is not present during boot-up, within GDM, or on tty1 through tty6. This bug is only present after login, after gnome-power-manager has started up.

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 10.10
Package: gnome-power-manager 2.32.0-0ubuntu1
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.35-24.42-generic 2.6.35.8
Uname: Linux 2.6.35-24-generic x86_64
Architecture: amd64
Date: Sat Dec 25 20:45:41 2010
ExecutablePath: /usr/bin/gnome-power-manager
GConfNonDefault:
 /apps/gnome-power-manager/lock/blank_screen=false
 /apps/gnome-power-manager/lock/use_screensaver_settings=false
 /apps/gnome-power-manager/notify/sleep_failed_uri=
 /apps/gnome-power-manager/ui/icon_policy=charge
GnomeSessionIdleInhibited: No
GnomeSessionInhibitors: None
GnomeSessionSuspendInhibited: No
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 10.10 "Maverick Meerkat" - Release amd64 (20101007)
MachineType: Hewlett-Packard HP G62 Notebook PC
ProcCmdLine: BOOT_IMAGE=/vmlinuz-2.6.35-24-generic root=/dev/mapper/hostname-root ro quiet splash
ProcEnviron:
 LANG=en_US.utf8
 SHELL=/bin/bash
SourcePackage: gnome-power-manager
XsessionErrors:
 (polkit-gnome-authentication-agent-1:1874): GLib-CRITICAL **: g_once_init_leave: assertion `initialization_value != 0' failed
 (nautilus:1868): GConf-CRITICAL **: gconf_value_free: assertion `value != NULL' failed
dmi.bios.date: 11/07/2010
dmi.bios.vendor: Hewlett-Packard
dmi.bios.version: F.17
dmi.board.asset.tag: Base Board Asset Tag
dmi.board.name: 1444
dmi.board.vendor: Hewlett-Packard
dmi.board.version: 69.26
dmi.chassis.type: 10
dmi.chassis.vendor: Hewlett-Packard
dmi.chassis.version: N/A
dmi.modalias: dmi:bvnHewlett-Packard:bvrF.17:bd11/07/2010:svnHewlett-Packard:pnHPG62NotebookPC:pvr0595110000242710010020100:rvnHewlett-Packard:rn1444:rvr69.26:cvnHewlett-Packard:ct10:cvrN/A:
dmi.product.name: HP G62 Notebook PC
dmi.product.version: 0595110000242710010020100
dmi.sys.vendor: Hewlett-Packard

[Brian Rogers (brian-rogers)]

If you run 'killall gnome-power-manager', do the brightness keys then adjust by single increments?

[DΛRK ΘVΞRLΘΛD (dark-overload)]

Yes, that was one of the first things I did, just to be sure that it really was gnome-power-manager. Thanks for the e-mail as well.