#8270 NORM Not Tri: Should auto-suspend dim the backlight? I think not.

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#8270: Should auto-suspend dim the backlight?  I think not.
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 Reporter:  thomaswamm           |         Owner:  cjb                              
     Type:  defect               |        Status:  new                              
 Priority:  normal               |     Milestone:  Not Triaged                      
Component:  power manager (OHM)  |       Version:  Development build as of this date
 Keywords:  r?                   |   Next_action:  review                           
 Verified:  0                    |     Blockedby:                                   
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 In build 8.2-757 (and some earlier builds), with Advanced Power Management
 checkmarked on, the backlight dims when auto-suspend goes into suspend
 mode after about a minute of no user input.  I find this unrequested
 change of the backlight to be irritating and unergonomic.  I immediately
 finger the touchpad to re-brighten the screen so I can continue reading.
 That probably wakes up the CPU and burns joules unnecessarily.

 So please review the merits of auto-suspend messing with the backlight.  I
 am okay with a 20-minute delay screensaver, but one minute is way too
 short.  I am a slow reader/thinker.

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Ticket URL: <http://dev.laptop.org/ticket/8270>
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