Slightly cleaned-up version of the above workaround. I have had my X session reset a couple times while using this script if I press the brightness Fn keys really fast. But I don't know if that was happening before I was using this script or not. Besides that, it seems stable enough.
** Attachment added: "modified HAL scripts with installation instructions" http://launchpadlibrarian.net/10360631/hal-stepped-brightness_2007-11-14.tar.gz -- LCD backlight turns off when between discrete levels, both from hotkeys and from dim-on-idle. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/121833 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is the bug contact for Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs