screen brightness under lucid

[Reinhold Rumberger]

On Friday 07 May 2010, pkaplan1 wrote:
> I'm running lucid on a Thinkpad T41.  Never had a display problem
> until the new install.
> 
> As soon as I start KDE (not other WMs), the screen is dimmed to
> about 50% of brightness.  I can brighten manually, but it's a
> PITA.
> 
> Has anyone observed this or found a solution?

My Laptop does the same thing when on battery - that's how I set it 
up. Check your power management settings, they might be causing this.

  --Reinhold