** Description changed:

- According to RandR X protocol version 1.4.0, the minimum brightness can't be 
0.
- 0 is used to turn off the backlight. The minimum brightness can only be 1.
+ Adjust the minimum brightness level when the maximum >= 100.
  
+ Quotes from
  http://cgit.freedesktop.org/xorg/proto/randrproto/tree/randrproto.txt
+ 
+ "This property controls the brightness on laptop panels and equivalent
+  displays with a backlight controller. The driver specific maximum
+  value MUST turn the backlight to full brightness, 1 SHOULD turn the
+  backlight to minimum brightness, 0 SHOULD turn the backlight off."
+ 
+ Quotes from http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-
+ us/library/windows/hardware/ff569755(v=vs.85).aspx
+ 
+ "Brightness levels are represented as single-byte values in the range
+  from zero to 100 where zero is off and 100 is the maximum brightness
+  that a laptop computer supports. Every laptop computer must report a
+  maximum brightness level of 100; however, a laptop computer is not
+  required to support a level of zero. The only requirement for values
+  from zero to 100 is that larger values must represent higher brightness
+  levels."

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Title:
  gnome-rr: The minimum brightness can not be 0.

Status in GNOME Desktop Common Files:
  New
Status in “gnome-desktop3” package in Ubuntu:
  New

Bug description:
  Adjust the minimum brightness level when the maximum >= 100.

  Quotes from
  http://cgit.freedesktop.org/xorg/proto/randrproto/tree/randrproto.txt

  "This property controls the brightness on laptop panels and equivalent
   displays with a backlight controller. The driver specific maximum
   value MUST turn the backlight to full brightness, 1 SHOULD turn the
   backlight to minimum brightness, 0 SHOULD turn the backlight off."

  Quotes from http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-
  us/library/windows/hardware/ff569755(v=vs.85).aspx

  "Brightness levels are represented as single-byte values in the range
   from zero to 100 where zero is off and 100 is the maximum brightness
   that a laptop computer supports. Every laptop computer must report a
   maximum brightness level of 100; however, a laptop computer is not
   required to support a level of zero. The only requirement for values
   from zero to 100 is that larger values must represent higher brightness
   levels."

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