Public bug reported:
This issue pertains to a fresh install of Ubuntu 17.10 on a Dell
Precision 5520 with NVidia 384.111-0ubuntu0.17.10.1 drivers installed.
The NVidia drivers was installed using the Additional Drivers dialog.
Videos, in both Totem (the default video player) and VLC, are quite
dark. The NVidia settings do not provide the color correction controls
I've seen with previous versions (possibly due to PRIME).
If I open Totem's display preferences, and try to change any value for
brightness, contrast, saturation, or hue, the video window goes
completely black. Clicking the "Reset to Defaults" button restores the
video playback. When the screen is black, subtitles and audio play as
per normal.
I traced this down to the package vdpau-va-driver not being installed on
the system. I presume this is a missing dependency. I did have vdpau-
driver-all:amd64 installed, but this is probably unrelated.
ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 17.10
Package: totem 3.26.0-0ubuntu1
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 4.13.0-37.42-generic 4.13.13
Uname: Linux 4.13.0-37-generic x86_64
NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia_uvm nvidia_drm nvidia_modeset nvidia
ApportVersion: 2.20.7-0ubuntu3.7
Architecture: amd64
CurrentDesktop: ubuntu:GNOME
Date: Wed Mar 21 13:32:28 2018
ExecutablePath: /usr/bin/totem
InstallationDate: Installed on 2018-03-15 (5 days ago)
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 17.10 "Artful Aardvark" - Release amd64 (20180105.1)
ProcEnviron:
XDG_RUNTIME_DIR=<set>
SHELL=/bin/bash
LANGUAGE=en_NZ:en
PATH=(custom, user)
LANG=en_NZ.UTF-8
SourcePackage: totem
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)
** Affects: totem (Ubuntu)
Importance: Undecided
Status: New
** Tags: amd64 apport-bug artful
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Brightness, contrast issues (possibly NVidia specific)
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