I too am having this problem on a Dell D430. In addition, the stepping on the brightness keys is wrong. It seems to step from the bottom, then from the top etc. etc. So when increasing the brightness, it goes dim, halfbright, dim+1, halfbright+1, dim+2, halfbright+2..........etc.
-- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to gnome-settings-daemon in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/872932 Title: Brightness Status in “gnome-settings-daemon” package in Ubuntu: In Progress Bug description: Brightness will not maintain its settings. Keeps reverting to a dim display. Constantly have to function up ( increase screen brightness) on dell latitude D610. was stable on releases prior to 11.10 ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 11.10 Package: xorg 1:7.6+7ubuntu7 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.0.0-12.20-generic 3.0.4 Uname: Linux 3.0.0-12-generic i686 .tmp.unity.support.test.0: ApportVersion: 1.23-0ubuntu3 Architecture: i386 CompizPlugins: [core,bailer,detection,composite,opengl,decor,regex,compiztoolbox,mousepoll,vpswitch,imgpng,wall,resize,unitymtgrabhandles,move,grid,snap,gnomecompat,place,animation,workarounds,fade,session,expo,scale,ezoom,unityshell] CompositorRunning: compiz Date: Wed Oct 12 10:34:39 2011 DistUpgraded: Log time: 2011-09-19 12:23:14.212126 DistroCodename: oneiric DistroVariant: ubuntu ExtraDebuggingInterest: Yes, if not too technical GraphicsCard: Intel Corporation Mobile 915GM/GMS/910GML Express Graphics Controller [8086:2592] (rev 03) (prog-if 00 [VGA controller]) Subsystem: Dell Device [1028:0182] Subsystem: Dell Device [1028:0182] InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 11.04 "Natty Narwhal" - Release i386 (20110427.1) MachineType: Dell Inc. Latitude D610 PccardctlIdent: Socket 0: no product info available PccardctlStatus: Socket 0: no card ProcEnviron: PATH=(custom, no user) LANG=en_US.UTF-8 SHELL=/bin/bash ProcKernelCmdLine: BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-3.0.0-12-generic root=UUID=e3f817e0-cde5-462b-abaf-f6dc6a84604e ro quiet splash vt.handoff=7 SourcePackage: xorg UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to oneiric on 2011-09-30 (12 days ago) dmi.bios.date: 08/11/2005 dmi.bios.vendor: Dell Inc. dmi.bios.version: A05 dmi.board.name: 0U8082 dmi.board.vendor: Dell Inc. dmi.chassis.type: 8 dmi.chassis.vendor: Dell Inc. dmi.modalias: dmi:bvnDellInc.:bvrA05:bd08/11/2005:svnDellInc.:pnLatitudeD610:pvr:rvnDellInc.:rn0U8082:rvr:cvnDellInc.:ct8:cvr: dmi.product.name: Latitude D610 dmi.sys.vendor: Dell Inc. version.compiz: compiz 1:0.9.6+bzr20110929-0ubuntu3 version.libdrm2: libdrm2 2.4.26-1ubuntu1 version.libgl1-mesa-dri: libgl1-mesa-dri 7.11-0ubuntu3 version.libgl1-mesa-dri-experimental: libgl1-mesa-dri-experimental N/A version.libgl1-mesa-glx: libgl1-mesa-glx 7.11-0ubuntu3 version.xserver-xorg: xserver-xorg 1:7.6+7ubuntu7 version.xserver-xorg-input-evdev: xserver-xorg-input-evdev 1:2.6.0-1ubuntu13 version.xserver-xorg-video-ati: xserver-xorg-video-ati 1:6.14.99~git20110811.g93fc084-0ubuntu1 version.xserver-xorg-video-intel: xserver-xorg-video-intel 2:2.15.901-1ubuntu2 version.xserver-xorg-video-nouveau: xserver-xorg-video-nouveau 1:0.0.16+git20110411+8378443-1 To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/gnome-settings-daemon/+bug/872932/+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
