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** Description changed:

  HOW TO REPRODUCE:
  1. Boot a laptop.
  2. Set a different screen brightness level.
  3. Reboot.
  
  RESULT:
  Backlight is not memorized.
  
  FIX:
- Into the "Terminal" application, enter the following lines one by one:
-   - wget https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/upstart/+bug/1270579/+attachment/4288756/+files/upstart_brightness.tar.gz
-   - sudo rm /etc/rc?.d/?25backlight /etc/init.d/brightness
-   - sudo tar -zxvf upstart_brightness.tar.gz -C /
-   - rm upstart_brightness.tar.gz
+   Install package from PPA (now only for Ubuntu 12.04)
+     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)

** Description changed:

  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 (now only for Ubuntu 12.04)
-     sudo add-apt-repository ppa:nrbrtx/sysvinit-backlight
-     sudo apt-get update
-     sudo apt-get install sysvinit-backlight
- 
+   Install package from PPA (now only for Ubuntu 12.04 Precise Pangolin LTS)
+     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
- 
+   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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https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1270579

Title:
  On laptops, screen brightness 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 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 (now only for Ubuntu 12.04 Precise Pangolin LTS)
      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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