FS#27664 - Brightness resets in xfce4-power-manager

Attached to Project: Arch Linux
Opened by bassu (bassu) - Wednesday, 21 December 2011, 22:33 GMT
Last edited by Evangelos Foutras (foutrelis) - Sunday, 08 April 2012, 17:00 GMT
Task Type Bug Report
Category Packages: Extra
Status Closed
Assigned To Evangelos Foutras (foutrelis)
Architecture x86_64
Severity Low
Priority Normal
Reported Version
Due in Version Undecided
Due Date Undecided
Percent Complete 100%
Votes 0
Private No

Details

Description:
There seems a bug in main stream xfce4-power-manager resetting the LCD screen brightness to default upon reboot.
Suse has a patch for this http://bit.ly/uWXt2p

Additional info:
extra/xfce4-power-manager 1.0.10-2

Steps to reproduce:
Install xfce4 latest on laptop
Reduce the brightness either with brightness applet or laptop function keys
Reboot and brightness will return back as full
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Closed by  Evangelos Foutras (foutrelis)
Sunday, 08 April 2012, 17:00 GMT
Reason for closing:  No response
Comment by Evangelos Foutras (foutrelis) - Thursday, 23 February 2012, 06:46 GMT
Does this happen in other desktop environments? Also, have you tested that patch yourself and did it solved the issue?

My laptop for example, resets its brightness on boot or after a X server restart; it was happening with Gnome as well.
Comment by Evangelos Foutras (foutrelis) - Wednesday, 28 March 2012, 18:58 GMT
Still an issue with xfce4-power-manager-1.0.11-1?

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