Bug 470044

Description of problem:
On the MacBook Pro 4,1 (early 2008 model), the minimum backlight level is no backlight at all. The screen appears to be off, but if you're in a very dark environment it's possible to faintly make out window shapes.

This is useful for saving power, but gnome-power-manager should not dim the brightness of the screen to that level automatically, for example when the computer has been idle for a few minutes. It also makes resuming from suspend difficult, as it's difficult to tell if the resume failed or if the screen is just very dark. This happens when the computer is idle or suspends near the minimum brightness, so when g-p-m dims the screen, it enters the "no backlight" mode.

Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable):
gnome-power-manager-2.24.1-3.fc10.x86_64

How reproducible:
Always

Steps to Reproduce:
1. Set the brightness to 1 step from the lowest
2. Get some food
3. Return to the computer and try to unlock it

Actual results:
Screen appears to be off, and you can't raise the brightness because the session has also been locked.

Expected results:
Backlight level is not automatically reduced to the last step, but the second to last instead.

Additional info:
I'd imagine this is also true for the MacBook and MacBook Air 4,1 as well.