Brighness level adjustment weird behavior

Forgot : Using Hardy

I confirm I have the same problem:
- Fn keys do change the brightness and a OSD with the new brightness is correctly displayed, but the slider in the gnome applet does not update accordingly

Moreover g-p-m ignores the gconf settings /apps/gnome-power-manager/backlight

My backlight settings are:
$ gconftool -a /apps/gnome-power-manager/backlight
 idle_dim_battery = true
 idle_brightness = 30
 dpms_method_battery = default
 dpms_method_ac = default
 idle_dim_time = 10
 brightness_battery = 10
 enable = true
 idle_dim_ac = true
 brightness_ac = 90
 battery_reduce = true

but this happens if I unplug and re-plug the AC:
signal sender=:1.14 -> dest=(null destination) path=/org/freedesktop/PowerManagement/Backlight; interface=org.freedesktop.PowerManagement.Backlight; member=BrightnessChanged
   uint32 20
signal sender=:1.14 -> dest=(null destination) path=/org/freedesktop/PowerManagement/Backlight; interface=org.freedesktop.PowerManagement.Backlight; member=BrightnessChanged
   uint32 100

It should have been 10 and 90, rather than 20 and 100.

Additional info:
Distro version: DISTRIB_ID=Ubuntu
DISTRIB_RELEASE=8.04
DISTRIB_CODENAME=hardy
DISTRIB_DESCRIPTION="Ubuntu hardy (development branch)"
Kernel version: 2.6.24-15-generic
g-p-m version: 2.22.1
HAL version: 0.5.11rc2
System manufacturer: missing
System version: missing
System product: missing
AC adapter present: yes
Battery present: yes
Laptop panel present: yes
CPU scaling present: yes
GNOME Power Manager Process Information:
cavedon 6979 0.0 0.6 368840 13716 ? Ssl 18:03 0:00 gnome-power-manager
cavedon 7100 0.0 0.7 215684 14816 ? S 18:03 0:00 /usr/lib/gnome-power-manager/gnome-inhibit-applet --oaf-activate-iid=OAFIID:GNOME_InhibitApplet_Factory --oaf-ior-fd=42
cavedon 8717 0.0 0.7 213532 14908 ? S 18:13 0:00 /usr/lib/gnome-power-manager/gnome-brightness-applet --oaf-activate-iid=OAFIID:GNOME_BrightnessApplet_Factory --oaf-ior-fd=41
HAL Process Information:
107 5524 0.0 0.2 40072 4656 ? Ss 18:03 0:00 /usr/sbin/hald
root 5528 0.0 0.0 22036 1316 ? S 18:03 0:00 \_ hald-runner
root 5604 0.0 0.0 24144 1296 ? S 18:03 0:00 \_ hald-addon-input: Listening on /dev/input/event6 /dev/input/event7 /dev/input/event1 /dev/input/event3 /dev/input/event4 /dev/input/event5
root 5611 0.0 0.0 24156 1328 ? S 18:03 0:00 \_ /usr/lib/hal/hald-addon-cpufreq
107 5612 0.0 0.0 16668 1044 ? S 18:03 0:00 \_ hald-addon-acpi: listening on acpid socket /var/run/acpid.socket
root 5639 0.0 0.0 24144 1284 ? S 18:03 0:00 \_ hald-addon-storage: polling /dev/scd0 (every 2 sec)

Thanks

I have this problem in my Compaq Presario C708LA with Ubuntu Hardy.

Additional Information:

gconftool -a /apps/gnome-power-manager/backlight

 idle_dim_battery = true
 idle_brightness = 30
 dpms_method_battery = default
 dpms_method_ac = default
 idle_dim_time = 30
 brightness_battery = 70
 enable = true
 battery_reduce = true
 idle_dim_ac = false
 brightness_ac = 100

gnome-power-bugreport.sh

Distro version: DISTRIB_ID=Ubuntu
DISTRIB_RELEASE=8.04
DISTRIB_CODENAME=hardy
DISTRIB_DESCRIPTION="Ubuntu 8.04"
Kernel version: 2.6.24-18-generic
g-p-m version: 2.22.1
HAL version: 0.5.11rc2
System manufacturer: missing
System version: missing
System product: missing
AC adapter present: yes
Battery present: yes
Laptop panel present: no
CPU scaling present: yes
Battery Information:
  battery.charge_level.current = 4752 (0x1290) (int)
  battery.charge_level.design = 4752 (0x1290) (int)
  battery.charge_level.last_full = 4752 (0x1290) (int)
  battery.charge_level.percentage = 100 (0x64) (int)
  battery.charge_level.rate = 0 (0x0) (int)
  battery.is_rechargeable = true (bool)
  battery.model = 'Primary' (string)
  battery.present = true (bool)
  battery.rechargeable.is_charging = false (bool)
  battery.rechargeable.is_discharging = false (bool)
  battery.reporting.current = 4752 (0x1290) (int)
  battery.reporting.design = 4752 (0x1290) (int)
  battery.reporting.last_full = 4752 (0x1290) (int)
  battery.reporting.rate = 0 (0x0) (int)
  battery.reporting.technology = 'Li-ion' (string)
  battery.reporting.unit = 'mWh' (string)
  battery.technology = 'lithium-ion' (string)
  battery.type = 'primary' (string)
  battery.vendor = 'Hewlett-Packard' (string)
  battery.voltage.current = 10800 (0x2a30) (int)
  battery.voltage.design = 10800 (0x2a30) (int)
  battery.voltage.unit = 'mV' (string)
GNOME Power Manager Process Information:
m0rdk 5762 0.0 0.7 24036 8016 ? Ss 08:06 0:00 gnome-power-manager
HAL Process Information:
111 5110 0.0 0.4 6176 4212 ? Ss 08:05 0:00 /usr/sbin/hald
root 5114 0.0 0.1 3352 1168 ? S 08:05 0:00 \_ hald-runner
root 5187 0.0 0.1 3416 1172 ? S 08:05 0:00 \_ hald-addon-input: Listening on /dev/input/event7 /dev/input/event1 /dev/input/event3 /dev/input/event4 /dev/input/event5 /dev/input/event6
root 5198 0.0 0.1 3428 1240 ? S 08:05 0:00 \_ /usr/lib/hal/hald-addon-cpufreq
111 5199 0.0 0.0 2204 956 ? S 08:05 0:00 \_ hald-addon-acpi: listening on acpid socket /var/run/acpid.socket
root 5216 0.0 0.1 3420 1156 ? S 08:05 0:00 \_ hald-addon-storage: polling /dev/scd0 (every 2 sec)

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