Public bug reported: I have suspend and dim display brightness turned off when plugged in, but still laptop dims the brightness to 0 after a couple of seconds of inactivity. This makes the desktop totally unusable.
ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 11.10 Package: gnome-power-manager 3.2.0-0ubuntu1 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.0.0-12.19-generic 3.0.4 Uname: Linux 3.0.0-12-generic i686 NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia ApportVersion: 1.23-0ubuntu2 Architecture: i386 Date: Sat Oct 1 07:18:26 2011 GnomeSessionIdleInhibited: No GnomeSessionInhibitors: None GnomeSessionSuspendInhibited: No InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 11.10 "Oneiric Ocelot" - Beta i386 (20110901) MachineType: Hewlett-Packard HP Pavilion dv9700 Notebook PC ProcKernelCmdLine: BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-3.0.0-12-generic root=UUID=aa1b7290-849f-4033-ac4f-10167fa1f1df ro quiet splash vt.handoff=7 SourcePackage: gnome-power-manager UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install) dmi.bios.date: 11/25/2008 dmi.bios.vendor: Hewlett-Packard dmi.bios.version: F.59 dmi.board.name: 30CB dmi.board.vendor: Quanta dmi.board.version: 79.2E dmi.chassis.type: 10 dmi.chassis.vendor: Quanta dmi.chassis.version: N/A dmi.modalias: dmi:bvnHewlett-Packard:bvrF.59:bd11/25/2008:svnHewlett-Packard:pnHPPaviliondv9700NotebookPC:pvrRev1:rvnQuanta:rn30CB:rvr79.2E:cvnQuanta:ct10:cvrN/A: dmi.product.name: HP Pavilion dv9700 Notebook PC dmi.product.version: Rev 1 dmi.sys.vendor: Hewlett-Packard gnome-power-bugreport: Error: [Errno 2] No such file or directory ** Affects: gnome-power-manager (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided Status: New ** Tags: apport-bug i386 oneiric running-unity -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Desktop Bugs, which is subscribed to gnome-power-manager in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/863769 Title: Display automatically dims in few seconds of inactivity to a black screen making the desktop unusable To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/gnome-power-manager/+bug/863769/+subscriptions -- desktop-bugs mailing list desktop-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/desktop-bugs