I have the same problem on Intel GM965 X3100 running up-to-date 8.10. Upgrading xserver-xorg-video-intel to 2.5.1 and libdrm to 2.4.1 did not help. However, disabling DPMS in Monitor section in xorg.conf helped, and now mplayer does not dim display. So, this looks like a DPMS issue.
-- mplayer brightness reduces on playback https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/201544 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
