during boot i noticed the screen goes dim. i thought nothing of it untill i tried to watch ahem educational video ahem.
ive found that no matter what program i use xine vlc or anything else that video sets the screen to dim as if it were in power saving mode.
this problem also occurs when i close the lid. it locks the screen into dim mode.
in both cases i can use both Fn keys and the power management widget to reset it to bright, but this problem is annoying having to keep turning it back u to see.
please help offer suggestions whats wrong…ps im using the stock kernel
during boot i noticed the screen goes dim.
I assume that you use KDE and so this happens when kpowersave starts.
ive found that no matter what program i use xine vlc or anything else that video sets the screen to dim as if it were in power saving mode.
If I’m getting this right you encounter this problem when you watch a video.
Which means that you don’t move the mouse or press a key.
If that’s the case it will dim the screen after a specific time.
You can switch to Presentation mode in kpowersave.
Or go to System Settings->Advanced->Power Management->Edit Profiles.
There you can change the time of a profile before the screen dims.
You can even disable this feature if you want.
i repeat start video and am moving the mouse.
it also dims when moving the mouse after it has went into power saving mode and never UN dims
something is telling it " if video = click than dim screen"
i hope you follow that logic. i cant find a setting to change
im thinking its a kernel level screen blanker or something because whatever does it has a hardware hook
