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[Bug 1270579] Re: On laptops, screen brightness isn't memorized between sessions

 

** Also affects: gnome-settings-daemon (Ubuntu)
   Importance: Undecided
       Status: New

** Also affects: mate-settings-daemon (Ubuntu)
   Importance: Undecided
       Status: New

** Also affects: cinnamon-settings-daemon (Ubuntu)
   Importance: Undecided
       Status: New

** Summary changed:

- On laptops, screen brightness isn't memorized between sessions
+ On laptops, screen brightness and keyboard backlight isn't memorized between sessions

** Also affects: upower (Ubuntu)
   Importance: Undecided
       Status: New

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Title:
  On laptops, screen brightness and keyboard backlight isn't memorized
  between sessions

Status in Dell Sputnik:
  New
Status in One Hundred Papercuts:
  Won't Fix
Status in The Linux Mint Distribution:
  Confirmed
Status in Upstart:
  Confirmed
Status in cinnamon-settings-daemon package in Ubuntu:
  New
Status in gnome-settings-daemon package in Ubuntu:
  New
Status in mate-settings-daemon package in Ubuntu:
  New
Status in upower package in Ubuntu:
  New
Status in upstart package in Ubuntu:
  Won't Fix

Bug description:
  HOW TO REPRODUCE:
  1. Boot a laptop.
  2. Set a different screen brightness level.
  3. Reboot.

  RESULT:
  Backlight is not memorized.

  FIX:
    Install package from PPA
      sudo add-apt-repository ppa:nrbrtx/sysvinit-backlight
      sudo apt-get update
      sudo apt-get install sysvinit-backlight

  NOTE:
    If you have installed previous version, please remove it carefully manually
      sudo rm /etc/rc?.d/?25backlight /etc/init.d/brightness /etc/rc?.d/?25brightness

  ProblemType: Bug
  DistroRelease: Ubuntu 14.04
  Package: initscripts 2.88dsf-41ubuntu5
  ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.13.0-4.19-generic 3.13.0-rc8
  Uname: Linux 3.13.0-4-generic i686
  ApportVersion: 2.13.1-0ubuntu1
  Architecture: i386
  CurrentDesktop: GNOME
  Date: Sun Jan 19 17:20:26 2014
  InstallationDate: Installed on 2013-10-20 (91 days ago)
  InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 13.10 "Saucy Salamander" - Release i386 (20131016.1)
  SourcePackage: sysvinit
  UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to trusty on 2013-11-19 (61 days ago)

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