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[papukaija <840683@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Could someone please explain the meaning/purpose of 'Dim screen to save
power'? This bug's reporter says that it doesn't have any effect on
screen dimming when on idle and on battery. I can also confirm this
behaviour. However, in bug 844241, the screen is dimmed but isn't
restored on activity but the dimming doesn't occur if the checkbox isn't
checked. That bug is also reported against Oneiric.

Would this mean that there are two bugs on screen dimming: one/this bug
about dimming not working at all with misleading description for the
checkbox and the second one about broken brightness restoring on
activity after idle? Or should the misleading description moved to a new
bug?

** Tags added: i386

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Title:
  gnome-control-center is missing 'dim screen brightness when idle and
  on battery'

Status in “gnome-control-center” package in Ubuntu:
  Confirmed

Bug description:
  At least this appears to be the case. Perhaps it is just poor wording
  - in the 'Screen' settings there is a checkbox saying 'Dim screen to
  save power' that apparently does nothing when ticked. Does it really
  mean 'Dim screen to save power when the computer is idle and on
  battery'?

  ProblemType: Bug
  DistroRelease: Ubuntu 11.10
  Package: gnome-control-center 1:3.1.90-0ubuntu2
  Uname: Linux 3.1.0-rc4-git-20110831.1150 x86_64
  Architecture: amd64
  Date: Sun Sep  4 07:46:45 2011
  InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 11.04 "Natty Narwhal" - Beta amd64 (20110330)
  SourcePackage: gnome-control-center
  UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to oneiric on 2011-09-02 (1 days ago)

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