** Description changed: Binary package hint: gnome-power-manager The slider brightness Applet has value (%) inverted after the last update. When moves slider to up (plus) the screen brightness goes down. When moves slider to down (minus) the screen brightness goes up. I'm using version is 2.24.0-0ubuntu 8.1. + + + SRU Justification + + Justification: ACPI brightness handling inverted or not functioning for + several systems. acpi fixes committed to the proposed kernels expanded + use of ACPI calls to handle brightness. This however exposes a number + of systems which have broken ACPI brightness handling + + Impact: a number of laptops reported either inverted brightness handling + or totally non-functional brightness control + + Fix Description: the fix adds an ACPI brightness validator which + suppresses use of ACPI calls which are deemed broken. + + Patch: http://kernel.ubuntu.com/git?p=ubuntu/ubuntu- + intrepid.git;a=commit;h=096be4a4f49d781c0e7e8a54f9c0ff086570236a + + Risks: as we are supressing ACPI brightness support we may suppress it + where it is required + + TEST CASE: see bug report
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