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#1 2010-04-02 16:55:01
- bcat
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[SOLVED] Brightness on-screen display broken after GNOME 2.30 upgrade
I tried to find an existing thread on this, but I couldn't. This thread is similar, but the issue discussed there seems a bit different than mine. Here's my problem: I have a Dell Studio 1735 running Arch. Last night, I upgraded the system, bringing in a whole slew of package upgrades for GNOME 2.30. Since then, I can still change my display's backlight brightness using the Fn+Up and Fn+Down keyboard shortcuts, but nothing appears on the screen when I do so. Previously, changing the brightness this way would bring up an on-screen overlay notifying me of the new brightness level. These notifications still appear when I use the hotkeys on my keyboard to change the volume. Is anyone else seeing this bug? Also, what package is responsible for those on-screen messages in the first place?
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#2 2010-04-04 19:33:56
- dejavu
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Re: [SOLVED] Brightness on-screen display broken after GNOME 2.30 upgrade
same problem here on my notebook.
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#3 2010-04-04 22:47:25
- Vieira
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Re: [SOLVED] Brightness on-screen display broken after GNOME 2.30 upgrade
This is not new. I reported this a year ago, no reply, no fixes 
https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=578893
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#4 2010-04-06 18:45:37
- eggplantbren
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Re: [SOLVED] Brightness on-screen display broken after GNOME 2.30 upgrade
I'm having this problem too. I see an update for upower is in the offing, I wonder if that has anything to do with it.
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#5 2010-04-06 20:35:56
- novafluxx
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Re: [SOLVED] Brightness on-screen display broken after GNOME 2.30 upgrade
I'm not sure about a solution, but are you using HAL? Does GNOME 2.30 use/require HAL?
Reason I ask is the answers may shed light on the issue, but again, I do not know.
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#6 2010-04-07 07:25:32
- vito45
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Re: [SOLVED] Brightness on-screen display broken after GNOME 2.30 upgrade
i have same problem
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#7 2010-04-13 09:43:24
- Stunts
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Re: [SOLVED] Brightness on-screen display broken after GNOME 2.30 upgrade
Same issue here.
You should report it on flyspray.
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#8 2010-04-21 17:55:48
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Re: [SOLVED] Brightness on-screen display broken after GNOME 2.30 upgrade
gnome-power-manager 2.30.0-2 appears to have fixed this for me.
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#9 2010-04-21 18:32:38
- Stunts
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Re: [SOLVED] Brightness on-screen display broken after GNOME 2.30 upgrade
I can confirm it fixes it for me as well.
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#10 2010-04-24 01:58:23
- bcat
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Re: [SOLVED] Brightness on-screen display broken after GNOME 2.30 upgrade
Sorry, I've been really busy these past couple weeks and haven't had time to update in the meantime. Anyway, I also confirm that the latest gnome-power-manager fixes this.
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