I confirm the same issue with Feisty beta on a Sony Vaio TX3XP - Gnome Power Manager is unable to affect the screen brightness of the device, however keyboard hot keys can.
The following work around appears to make things happen- the issue appears to be caused by bashism in the following two files: /usr/lib/hal/scripts/linux/hal-system-lcd-get-brightness-linux /usr/lib/hal/scripts/linux/hal-system-lcd-set-brightness-linux Substitute the line in each file as follows: #!/bin/sh with: #!/bin/bash I read a more detailed explanation regarding why the above is so important in another bug report back when using 6.10, but I can't lay my hands on the details right now; I hope this gets fixed in a more professional fashion in the near future! -- [feisty beta] screen brightness problem https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/103890 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is the bug contact for Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
