Not sure if it will be fixed in Hardy, I used the fix posted above and haven't had any problems since. Brightness works fine in Intrepid, with the power manager resetting the brightness for battery conservation as well.
dov -- Can't change display brightness on Dell Inspiron 1501 https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/105512 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Desktop Bugs, which is subscribed to gnome-power-manager in ubuntu. -- desktop-bugs mailing list desktop-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/desktop-bugs
