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xserver-xorg-video-intel package

  1. Bug #139954
  2. Comment #8

Comment 8 for bug 139954

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dennis1200 (dennis-fiser) wrote : Re: [Hardy] intel driver resets laptop brightness to highest mode after video play

I have this problem in Hardy Beta with an Intel 965GM video card (Intel X3100). My understanding about boot-time brightness is that it's a matter of not saving brightness settings when shutting down (a missing feature, not a bug). But I have the problem mentioned above where the brightness changes to max when playing a video. This seems to be a separate issue from booting up with maximum brightness, discussed in Bug 35223: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/gnome-power-manager/+bug/35223 and GNOME bug 335673: http://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=335673.

I can reproduce the bug with multiple applications (MPlayer, VLC, Xine) and multiple video types (FLV, AVI, OGM, MOV). I am not re-opening this bug, but directing you to https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/xserver-xorg-video-intel/+bug/201933 for further details (and a possible patch).