Comment 6 for bug 490272

I've recently discovered that i can avoid the problem simply logging out. So:
1) I'm logged in and press just once a brightness fn keys
2) I think: "Oh no, not again! -.- "
3) Close all the applications i have and simply log out the system
4) In the "welcome login display" where i'm supposed to insert my name and my password there i can change the monitor brightness wothout experiencing the problem. So one press -> one change, multiple presses -> multiple changes accordingly to what i asked for (and note: no up&down problem!) .

One more:
If i'm logged in and just close the monitor (as if i closed the whole system and went to bed XD ) the monitor blocks (as i directly chose in the system settings). So if anyone comes around and finds the pc on and opens the monitor, finds it blocked waiting for a password to be inserted. In THIS VERY PHASE i can change without any problem the brightness with the fn keys.
So:
1) I'm logged in and press just once a brightness fn keys
2) I think: "Oh no, not again! -.- "
3) I close the monitor down.
4) I reopen it
5) It asks me for entering my password (but i just wait some seconds)
6) I take advantage of the particular moment for adjusting the brightness intensity without seeing the up&down thing
7) Put the password in and im' back at work!

Hope to help you with this information...

I suppose that actually it doesn't depend on the function keys or some strange thing, it must be something that is activated once the Desktop environment is run ( => when i close the monitor down the system continues running its applications normally, it doesn't freeze or suspend to ram or disk, it just switches the monitor off and nothing more, so all of the processes that were running before i closed the monitor keep running in the meanwhile and after that. Just to be precise).

Hope to hear from you,
thanks