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Hi Guys,
hopefully, the newbie corner is the right place to post this, at least I am one, just switching from ubuntu to arch.
Essentially I have the problem marked as solved here: https://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php?id=127818
For me, however, it is not solved. I don't think it is related to laptop-mode, but I don't know. I am using my laptop on AC only. If I leave the laptop unattended for a while and then move the mouse or touch any button it lowers LCD brightness. The laptop buttons for brightness do work. I really don't know which program is doing this and neither why.
Since the system is pretty much unusable in this state, I did a workaround by taking away file privileges (chmod 444 /sys/class/backlight/nv_backlight/brightness).this has been overridden by the system after reboot, too.
I am using a fresh install with gnome.
Thank you very much in advance for any clues how to solve this.
Karsten
Last edited by karsten_m (2011-10-19 21:06:01)
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Ok, the / of all the strange behaviour was gnome-power-manager.
Unfortunately I wasn't able to get to core of why it dims the screen, but the workaround is this: define the dimmed brightness as 100..
You can do this by running
dconf write /org/gnome/settings-daemon/plugins/power/idle-brightness 100
It does the trick.
If anyone's got a better idea - let it out...
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