Bug#836939: gnome-settings-daemon: Screen brightness defaults to a very low value and can't be changed with Function Keys, Applet or in System Settings

[Michael Biebl]

Am 07.09.2016 um 13:59 schrieb Tilo Villwock:
> Am Mittwoch, den 07.09.2016, 13:35 +0200 schrieb Michael Biebl:
>> Am 07.09.2016 um 13:24 schrieb Tilo Villwock:
>>
>>>
>>> ...
>>> Sep  7 12:54:05 yavin4 gnome-settings-[3260]: Failed to create
>>> GnomeRRScreen: Methode »GetResources« gab Typ
>>> »(ua(uxiiiiiuaua{sv})a(uxiausauaua{sv})a(uxuud)ii)« zurück, aber
>>> »(ua(uxiiiiiuaua{sv})a(uxiausauaua{sv})a(uxuudu)ii)« wurde erwartet
>>> Sep  7 12:54:05 yavin4 gnome-settings-[3260]: failed to get
>>> screens: Methode »GetResources« gab Typ
>>> »(ua(uxiiiiiuaua{sv})a(uxiausauaua{sv})a(uxuud)ii)« zurück, aber
>>> »(ua(uxiiiiiuaua{sv})a(uxiausauaua{sv})a(uxuudu)ii)« wurde erwartet
>>> Sep  7 12:54:06 yavin4 gnome-settings-[3260]: Failed to construct
>>> RR screen: Methode »GetResources« gab Typ
>>> »(ua(uxiiiiiuaua{sv})a(uxiausauaua{sv})a(uxuud)ii)« zurück, aber
>>> »(ua(uxiiiiiuaua{sv})a(uxiausauaua{sv})a(uxuudu)ii)« wurde erwartet
>>> ...
>>> Sep  7 12:54:12 yavin4 gnome-shell[3137]: JS LOG: Could not set
>>> property Brightness on remote object
>>> /org/gnome/SettingsDaemon/Power:
>>> GDBus.Error:org.freedesktop.DBus.Error.Failed: Manager is starting
>>> or stopping
>>
>> Does this issue persist after you've restarted gnome-settings-daemon?
>>
> 
> Frankly I'm not sure how to restart the daemon. I simply killed the
> process and after it started again it still wouldn't work. The same log
> messages appeared too (about not being able to create a GnomePRScreen
> object).

rebooting the system is probably the easiest. This way you are sure to
have no leftover processes.


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