Comment 31 for bug 197929

Hello, i came from same bug #176888. I have vaio VGN-FZ210CE, todays intrepid live cd i386. I confirm that after login, hotkeys do work, but backlight is not changed really, only bars in OS. after swtiching to any other backlight control, i have fully working backlight. all native, legacy and combination do work, kernel does not.

I found also some problem, but applet from gnome-power-manager applet called gnome-brightness-applet. Until i change method using xrandr, it does respond, moves bar up or down. It does not however dim the screen. After xrandr, when i try raise or lower brightness using applet, all desktop hangs. I can still switch to text terminal or use control+alt+backspace to terminate X, but no keys or clicking work in any application, nor can i switch apps using alt+tab. I have simple compiz effect enabled by default.