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Dimming the screen actually turns it off
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Description
* Cinnamon 3.6.6
* Arch
* Dell XPS 15 9550 (Intel HD Graphics 530 / NVidia GTX 960M)
* 64 bit
Issue
When dimming the screen brightness to minimum, the screen is actually turned off.
Steps to reproduce
Use keyword brightness dim key to reach minimum brightness.
Expected behaviour
Brightness should be very dimmed but backlight should not be completely off.
Other information
I get the same result with the following command:
echo "0" | sudo tee /sys/class/backlight/intel_backlight/brightness
though I think it's expected. I tried dimming the screen on Ubuntu (Unity) using the keyboard key and the minimum value that got written in the file was 1. Is there something to do to get the same behavior on Cinnamon?
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Research direction
Start by reproducing the issue with the brightness key and the reported /sys/class/backlight/intel_backlight/brightness command on Cinnamon 3.6.6. Trace the brightness handling from the keyboard action and compare the minimum value written with the expected minimum of 1 rather than 0. Done means the screen remains dimly lit at the minimum setting.
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Assessment
- Tech stack
- javascript, linux
- Domain
- desktop, operating-systems
- Issue type
- Bug
- Difficulty
- 3/5
- Estimated time
- 1-2 days
- Activity status
- Quiet
- Clarity
- Mostly clear
- Newbie friendliness
- 48/100