I asked the gf whose laptop it is to run another update tonight to see if there were any fixes committed of any sort that might have made a difference. She did so, and went into power manager and confirmed that the sliders are working again. So, on her specific model the sliders work again.
-- [regression] gnome-power-manager laptop backlight not working on VAIO VGN-FSxxx https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/152731 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