For those of you who are annoyed, there's a panel applet to control the brightness that updates the setting correctly, unlike the Fn key function. It's the next most convenient way to control the brightness, with the other option being to change it in the gnome-power-manager preferences dialog.
-- Screen brightness resets to default (maximum) on idle with AC plugged in https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/137598 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