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Title: Backlight control for "dell_backlight" is missing in gsd-backlight- helper Status in Gnome Settings Daemon: New Status in “gnome-settings-daemon” package in Ubuntu: Fix Released Status in “gnome-settings-daemon” source package in Oneiric: Fix Released Bug description: Hi, Since a quite a while backlight management on my notebook (Dell Latitude D830) is quite broken. It started when a patch to manage the backlight in the kernel intel-driver was introduced. Here is the deal: My notebook normally uses the kernel interface "dell_backlight". This worked perfectly until the above patch was introduced. New gsd- backlight-helper chooses "intel_backlight" as the standard interface. When using this, i can still control the backlight but because "intel_backlight" assumes 255 steps instead of the correct 7 steps of "dell_backlight", "gnome-settings-daemon" can't correctly set and get the values. After patching the file "gsd-backlight-helper.c" (Adding "dell_backlight as an additional kernel-interface) the backlight management is back to normal. Please see the attachment for more details. To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/gnome-settings-daemon/+bug/862474/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages Post to : [email protected] Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
