Comment 6 for bug 385723

Is it the case that Ubuntu 9.10 might not support brightness hot keys
on my laptop? If so, this is a serious regression from Jaunty.

On Wed, Jul 22, 2009 at 1:10 PM, Martin Pitt<email address hidden> wrote:
> Schmirrwurst [2009-07-22 17:30 -0000]:
>> If this has to be fixed in gnome-power-manager, which package is
>> repsponsible for kde ??  I've seen that the kde power management is
>> still relying on hal-power under karmic....
>
> Well, it really needs to be fixed in X.org (the XBACKLIGHT extension),
> in hal, DevKit, or anywhere else there is simply no way to get it
> right (if you consider multi-monitor setups, xrandr configurations,
> etc., and also the fact that X.org _also_ controls the backlight in
> some way).
>
> Please see
> http://lists.freedesktop.org/archives/devkit-devel/2009-July/000268.html
>
> for some details.
>
> --
> no backlight support for laptop (hal depreciation regression)
> https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/385723
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