Hi, I'm running 11.10 on the same Macbook model and also have this problem. When I resume from suspend, the screen is completely dimmed. I often can't see the login screen. The laptop screen also dims when I press Fn-F7 to change the multi-monitor mode. In both of these situations, I can bring the brightness back up with Fn-F2. But every time I resume or change monitor modes, it has to be done again. I found the problem resolved for the multi-monitor switch when I chose "Turn off after: Never" in the Screen options. However, the problem returned after another suspend and resume cycle.
-- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to gnome-power-manager in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/876522 Title: black screen when dim scrren to save power Status in “gnome-power-manager” package in Ubuntu: Confirmed Bug description: My macbook 2,1 goes to energy saving mode and dims the screen. But when I touch any key, the screen remains black As workaround, I type my password to unblock with black screen, I don't see what I'm typing, and then I press the brithness up key and then I recover the normal mode. To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/gnome-power-manager/+bug/876522/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages Post to : desktop-packages@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp