#8006 HIGH 8.2.0 (: joyride-2301: backlight switches off for no good reason

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#8006: joyride-2301:  backlight switches off for no good reason
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   Reporter:  thomaswamm           |       Owner:  cjb                              
       Type:  defect               |      Status:  new                              
   Priority:  high                 |   Milestone:  8.2.0 (was Update.2)             
  Component:  power manager (OHM)  |     Version:  Development build as of this date
 Resolution:                       |    Keywords:  power_manager blocks?:8.2        
Next_action:  diagnose             |    Verified:  0                                
  Blockedby:                       |    Blocking:                                   
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Comment(by pgf):

 i've been looking at the ohmd code.  i don't quite understand the
 invocation chain in ohm-plugin-display.c, but it looks to me as if there's
 a disagreement between okay_to_suspend() and reset_brightness() wrt to
 maintaining the user brightness level.  in reset_brightness(), it looks as
 if we'll set the user's brightness value to whatever the current value is,
 _unless_ it happens to match one of the AC, battery, or idle values.
 again, i don't fully understand the flow, but it's just something that
 looks odd.

 (how do most easily i turn on ohmd's debug output?)

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