diff -Nur gnome-power-manager-2.24.0.orig/src/gpm-brightness-xrandr.c gnome-power-manager-2.24.0/src/gpm-brightness-xrandr.c
--- gnome-power-manager-2.24.0.orig/src/gpm-brightness-xrandr.c	2008-09-04 12:05:15.000000000 +0200
+++ gnome-power-manager-2.24.0/src/gpm-brightness-xrandr.c	2009-01-15 13:11:46.000000000 +0100
@@ -684,21 +684,21 @@
 	display = gdk_display_get_default ();
 
 	/* as we a filtering by a window, we have to add an event type */
-	if (!XRRQueryExtension (GDK_DISPLAY(), &event_base, &ignore)) {
-		egg_error ("can't get event_base for XRR");
-	}
-	gdk_x11_register_standard_event_type (display, event_base, RRNotify + 1);
-	gdk_window_add_filter (window, gpm_brightness_xrandr_filter_xevents, (gpointer) brightness);
+/*	if (!XRRQueryExtension (GDK_DISPLAY(), &event_base, &ignore)) {*/
+/*		egg_error ("can't get event_base for XRR");*/
+/*	}*/
+/*	gdk_x11_register_standard_event_type (display, event_base, RRNotify + 1);*/
+/*	gdk_window_add_filter (window, gpm_brightness_xrandr_filter_xevents, (gpointer) brightness);*/
 
 	/* don't abort on error */
-	gdk_error_trap_push ();
-	XRRSelectInput (GDK_DISPLAY(), GDK_WINDOW_XID (window),
-			RRScreenChangeNotifyMask |
-			RROutputPropertyNotifyMask); /* <--- the only one we need, but see rh:345551 */
-	gdk_flush ();
-	if (gdk_error_trap_pop ()) {
-		egg_warning ("failed to select XRRSelectInput");
-	}
+/*	gdk_error_trap_push ();*/
+/*	XRRSelectInput (GDK_DISPLAY(), GDK_WINDOW_XID (window),*/
+/*			RRScreenChangeNotifyMask |*/
+/*			RROutputPropertyNotifyMask);  <--- the only one we need, but see rh:345551 */
+/*	gdk_flush ();*/
+/*	if (gdk_error_trap_pop ()) {*/
+/*		egg_warning ("failed to select XRRSelectInput");*/
+/*	}*/
 
 	/* create cache of XRRScreenResources as XRRGetScreenResources() is slow */
 	gpm_brightness_xrandr_update_cache (brightness);