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[Neehilo <neehilo@xxxxxxxxx>]

Hi all,

I wrote a little shell script to fix the issue with gnome-power-manager 
in Ubuntu (9.10) restoring the default AC / battery screen brightness 
settings (after some idle or mouse moves) when manually changing the 
screen brightness level with Fn+F5/F6.

Basically, the script :
- backups all modified files,
- installs xbacklight if needed,
- disables gnome-power-manager screen brightness handler,
- replaces the ACPI default files with alternative ones calling xbacklight,
- creates a "lcd" script in a "bin" subdirectory of user's home, which 
should be added to Gnome startup programs to initialize the default 
screen brightness wanted level.

I've tested it with Ubuntu 9.10 (64 bits) for a few days without finding 
any issue.

The script has been published in the community help, on the page I 
created for the UL30A : https://wiki.ubuntu.com/LaptopTestingTeam/AsusUL30A

Hope that will help someone. (It should work in Ubuntu 9.10 for all UL 
models compatible with xbacklight).

      Neehilo