[Pkg-xfce-devel] Bug#633522: xfce4-power-manager: undims brighter on inactivity when settings level is higher than current

[Thorsten Schulz]

Package: xfce4-power-manager
Version: 1.0.10-4
Severity: normal


When power-manager's setting is to dim the display on inactivity to e.g. 50%, but the display brightness is currently 
lower, e.g. 30%, then pm will actually undim brighter on inactivity and dim darker once activity returns.
This is odd behaviour.
I would rather expect the display to dim *by* another 50% instead of *to* 50%.

Have a thinkpad with acpi functions active, but does not seem to interfere.

thanks for your excellent work!


-- System Information:
Debian Release: wheezy/sid
  APT prefers unstable
  APT policy: (500, 'unstable')
Architecture: amd64 (x86_64)

Kernel: Linux 2.6.39-2-amd64 (SMP w/2 CPU cores)
Locale: LANG=de_DE.utf8, LC_CTYPE=de_DE.utf8 (charmap=UTF-8)
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/dash

Versions of packages xfce4-power-manager depends on:
ii  libc6                        2.13-9      Embedded GNU C Library: Shared lib
ii  libcairo2                    1.10.2-6    The Cairo 2D vector graphics libra
ii  libdbus-1-3                  1.4.12-4    simple interprocess messaging syst
ii  libdbus-glib-1-2             0.94-4      simple interprocess messaging syst
ii  libgdk-pixbuf2.0-0           2.23.5-1    GDK Pixbuf library
ii  libglib2.0-0                 2.28.6-1    The GLib library of C routines
ii  libgtk2.0-0                  2.24.4-3    The GTK+ graphical user interface 
ii  libnotify1 [libnotify1-gtk2. 0.5.0-2     sends desktop notifications to a n
ii  libx11-6                     2:1.4.3-2   X11 client-side library
ii  libxext6                     2:1.3.0-3   X11 miscellaneous extension librar
ii  libxfce4ui-1-0               4.8.0-2     widget library for Xfce
ii  libxfce4util4                4.8.1-3     Utility functions library for Xfce
ii  libxfconf-0-2                4.8.0-3     Client library for Xfce4 configure
ii  libxrandr2                   2:1.3.2-2   X11 RandR extension library
ii  upower                       0.9.11-1+b1 abstraction for power management
ii  xfce4-power-manager-data     1.0.10-4    power manager for Xfce desktop, ar

Versions of packages xfce4-power-manager recommends:
ii  consolekit                    0.4.5-1    framework for defining and trackin

Versions of packages xfce4-power-manager suggests:
ii  udisks                        1.0.3-1    storage media interface
ii  xfce4-power-manager-plugins   1.0.10-4   power manager plugins for Xfce pan

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