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A workaround is to downgrade gnome-settings-daemon to version
3.2.2-0ubuntu7

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Title:
  Changing brightness request root (super user) permission

Status in “gnome-settings-daemon” package in Ubuntu:
  Confirmed

Bug description:
  After today upgrade, any time the brightness change, by manual action
  or by the power settings to dim the screen on battery I get a popup to
  authorize gsd-backlight-helper  to run as superuser, looking at the ps
  output I see:

  pkexec /usr/lib/gnome-settings-daemon/gsd-backlight-helper --set-
  brightness 15

  
  Let me know if there is any extra info I can provide.

  ProblemType: Bug
  DistroRelease: Ubuntu 12.04
  Package: gnome-settings-daemon 3.2.2-0ubuntu8
  ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.2.0-8.15-generic-pae 3.2.0
  Uname: Linux 3.2.0-8-generic-pae i686
  NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia wl
  ApportVersion: 1.90-0ubuntu1
  Architecture: i386
  Date: Thu Jan 12 17:14:49 2012
  EcryptfsInUse: Yes
  ExecutablePath: /usr/lib/gnome-settings-daemon/gnome-settings-daemon
  InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 12.04 LTS "Precise Pangolin" - Alpha i386 (20111130.1)
  ProcEnviron:
   PATH=(custom, user)
   LANG=en_US.UTF-8
   SHELL=/bin/bash
  SourcePackage: gnome-settings-daemon
  UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)

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