related bug: https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=470106 I have a 2 monitor setup, integrated laptop screen and dp-4k monitor. Wait until powerdevil is locking the screen, and, after some time, dimming the (laptop-only) monitor. Then interrupt by keyboard press. Login again. Expectation: Laptop screen brightness should be restored to the same level as before. What happens instead: The laptop brightness is 'a bit' brighter than previously dimmed, but still way too dark. My current workaround is to explicitly call brightnessctl with 'my' settings to get the display bright enough again (or use Fn-* keys) Operating System: Fedora Linux 37 KDE Plasma Version: 5.27.5 KDE Frameworks Version: 5.106.0 Qt Version: 5.15.9 Kernel Version: 6.3.5-100.fc37.x86_64 (64-bit) Graphics Platform: Wayland Processors: 8 × Intel® Core™ i7-7820HQ CPU @ 2.90GHz Memory: 31,1 GiB of RAM Graphics Processor: Mesa Intel® HD Graphics 630 Manufacturer: LENOVO Product Name: 20J6003DGE System Version: ThinkPad T470p
also related: https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=470107
What do you mean with "Then interrupt by keyboard press. Login again."?
(In reply to Nicolas Fella from comment #2) > What do you mean with "Then interrupt by keyboard press. Login again."? My reading is that this describes the interaction on the lock screen. Keyboard press will (attempt to) cancel the dimming and show the password field. "Login again" refers to unlocking the session, as opposed to anything SDDM-related. Note that dimming has seen a number of improvements since 5.27.5, in particular: * https://invent.kde.org/plasma/powerdevil/-/commit/14647dc6ffd1104c1c0ab393518de8a65cb39d70 (went into 5.27.8) * https://invent.kde.org/plasma/powerdevil/-/commit/8681355217eb6ff121785572eaf4ef2ca21b464b (went into 6.0.1). The dimming code is still a little fragile in its interactions with other brightness mechanisms, but it's possible that this particular bug has been fixed by now. Could you retest with a more recent Plasma (5.27.8 or higher, ideally Plasma 6.0.2 or higher) and report back on whether you're still seeing this issue?
I can confirm this still happening on plasma 6.0.3. Forum post here: https://discuss.kde.org/t/night-colors-brightness-and-screen-saver/12285 Since there is no way of triggering this other than randomly catching my computer "dimming" it's hard to provide much more than "it still happens". But if you have ideas of what I could provide that could help, please let me know.