short recap on status

[Thomas Pfeiffer]

On 02.04.2013 13:57, Sebastian Kügler wrote:
> On Monday, April 01, 2013 15:11:49 Wolfgang Romey wrote:
>>>>>> - after using my wetab for a longer time, the screen gets darker and
>>>>>> it is not possible to get it lighter. So there still seems to be
>>>>>> something with the powermanagement.
>>>>>
>>>>> I don't think this has anything to do with PA's power management code,
>>>>> since it pops up pretty randomly on WeTab, varying from boot to boot.
>>>>> It's pretty annoying, but I think it's caused by a problem on a much
>>>>> lower level of the stack  Try rebooting, it might work perfectly
>>>>> next time...
>>>>
>>>> Good to know, that it is not the fault of PA
>>>
>>> I'm not entirely sure, but it looks like that to me.
>>
>> As  the brightness of the screen on my wetab did not get brighter, i tried
>> discharging it. At about 30% battery-status, the screen got bright again.
>> I will wait, if the screen gets darker again, and then try the same. Wetabs
>> fault or PAs fault?
>
> I've noticed that some wetabs try to be smart about screen brightness, and set
> it depending on the surrounding light (so if you put the finger above the
> sensor, it changes brightness). THat's utterly annoying, but as far as I know,
> nothing we can do about it.

Yes, I noticed the same thing, and this is why I wrote that I don't 
think it's PA's fault. However, sometimes my Wetab stops trying to 
adjust to the surrounding light and respects the user setting instead. I 
have no idea what causes the switch.
Iirc the original WeTab-OS had an option to switch the light sensor on 
and off. It would be nice if someone could find out what that option 
does in the background and switch it off in PA, but that's not a task 
for the core PA team, of course.
I guess that we'll have to file it under "Wetab is crap" and live with 
this for now.