I've done some more tests and it seems that this is a X server issue. Running X server only (started from root console) exhibits the same behavior - the brightness changes for a subsecond and it is restored. After pressing Fn+Home the following lines appear in Xorg.log:
(II) PM Event received: Capability Changed I830PMEvent: Capability change -- hardware brightness keys on lenovo R60e are working "strange" in gnome https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/90925 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
