xrandr --prop sets backlight to 100%

[Tomasz Kontusz]

OS Version:
    Description: Ubuntu 12.10
    Release: 12.10
$ uname -a
Linux beast 3.5.0-17-generic #28-Ubuntu SMP Tue Oct 9 19:31:23 UTC 2012 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux

Hardware:
Samsung NP300V5-S06PL (but Samsung doesn't know they made it - don't bother asking them about it. It's like somebody took a non-polish i7 300V5 and slapped polish software on it)
CPU: i7-2670QM
GPU:
 - Intel Corporation 2nd Generation Core Processor Family Integrated Graphics Controller (rev 09)
 - NVIDIA Corporation GF119 [GeForce GT 520MX] (by Optimus, this one is actually disabled with bumblebee)

xrandr --prop is setting backlight to 100%. This has some interesting effects:
 - xbacklight -set X always fades from 100% to requested brightness
 - xbacklight -dec X always works relatively to 100%
 - after switching the screen off and on (for example by a lockscreen), the brightness is set to 100%
 - before upgrade (on 12.04), using fn buttons under Unity was putting it into an endless loop of jumping between max/just a step lower brightness (while eating as much CPU cycles as a single core could give it :-))

sysfs acts funny too:
# cat /sys/class/backlight/acpi_video0/max_brightness
7
# echo 2 > /sys/class/backlight/acpi_video0/brightness # this actually sets the brightness
# cat /sys/class/backlight/acpi_video0/actual_brightness # shouldn't this be 2?
7
# cat /sys/class/backlight/acpi_video0/brightness
2

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