No, it just means that HAL call to change brightness succeeded (no error by powermanager), but it silently failed (did not change brightness). So this is more likely HAL or kernel issue.
Changing module to hal. ** Changed in: hal (Ubuntu) Sourcepackagename: kde-guidance => hal ** Summary changed: - guidance-power-manager doesn't change screen brightness + cannot change screen brightness on Sony VAIO VGN-FS285M -- cannot change screen brightness on Sony VAIO VGN-FS285M https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/102294 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