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Bug 661656 - after screen dims (idle / screensaver), cannot rebrighten it
after screen dims (idle / screensaver), cannot rebrighten it
Status: RESOLVED NOTGNOME
Product: gnome-settings-daemon
Classification: Core
Component: power
3.2.x
Other Linux
: Normal normal
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Assigned To: Richard Hughes
gnome-settings-daemon-maint
Depends on:
Blocks:
 
 
Reported: 2011-10-13 12:19 UTC by Andriopoulos Nikolaos
Modified: 2014-07-14 10:43 UTC
See Also:
GNOME target: ---
GNOME version: ---


Description Andriopoulos Nikolaos 2011-10-13 12:19:41 UTC 
if I leave my screen for a couple of minutes it dims. When I press a key, it only brightens a little bit. I can hardly see what I'm typing right now.
Before the first such dimming, using the brightness keys works fine to control brightness. AFter the first screensave, they don't work.

The laptop is plugged in.

When I press a key after it's gone into powersaving/screensaving mode, the screen should rebrighten.
Also, the controls for brightness should continue to work.

DistroRelease: Ubuntu 11.10
Package: gnome-screensaver 3.2.0-0ubuntu1
SourcePackage: gnome-screensaver


related link: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/gnome-settings-daemon/+bug/861389
Comment 1 Christopher Barrington-Leigh 2011-10-13 15:23:27 UTC 
By way of confirmation, I also have this exact problem on my HP Mini.
Comment 2 Matthias Clasen 2011-10-14 21:46:55 UTC 
More likely a problem with the power plugin in gnome-settings-daemon. Moving there.
Comment 3 Lars Schotte 2011-10-15 13:19:23 UTC 
I can confirm it, i have the same problem, my macbook of course doesnt show anything because on macbooks the minimum backlight setting = no backlight :-D
Comment 4 Lars Schotte 2011-10-15 13:20:39 UTC 
my report here:
https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=661810
Comment 5 Christopher Barrington-Leigh 2011-10-19 11:51:18 UTC 
launching gnome-control-panel
and then picking "screen"
and changing "turn off after" to "never" does make this problem stop happening, for me.
Comment 6 ikaps 2011-10-22 14:05:23 UTC 
Changing "turn off after" to "never" does not work for me (Asus A3E, Intel i915GM).
Comment 7 Richard Hughes 2012-03-12 10:32:18 UTC 
(In reply to comment #6)
> Changing "turn off after" to "never" does not work for me (Asus A3E, Intel
> i915GM).

Is this Ubuntu? There's no option for this upstream.
Comment 8 mat brown 2012-07-19 23:01:21 UTC 
confirming this on HP Pavilion G6, Intel Core i3 integrated gfx.
Comment 9 Bastien Nocera 2012-10-08 10:09:12 UTC 
Question unanswered from comment 7.
Comment 10 André Klapper 2014-07-12 16:15:00 UTC 
Somebody please answer comment 7, otherwise this ticket will be closed.
Comment 11 Christopher Barrington-Leigh 2014-07-14 00:39:47 UTC 
@Richard Hughes: yes, this was Ubuntu. Probably the latest version at the time. It's been nearly 3 years! and I don't have that machine any more.  Sorry...