After using the Nouveau driver for months, I needed performance and came back to Nvidia proprietary driver 340.102 on Ubuntu 16.04. The problem still exist, but my script that fix it by adding 'Option "RegistryDwords" "EnableBrightnessControl=1"' into /usr/share/X11/xorg.conf.d/99-nvidia-proprietary-brigthness-keys- fix.conf works very well.
The only issue left is that when one changes the brightness using the keys Fn and 'brightness up or down' on the keyboard, briefly at each change of brightness, it goes to full for a fraction of a second before settling back to the proper value. This causes an annoying flashing of the screen. The fix for this is to add "acpi_backlight=native" in /etc/default/grub, like the following: GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX_DEFAULT="quiet splash acpi_backlight=native" Then, issue, as root: update-grub reboot With all these changes applied, the brightness issue is fully fixed. I could integrate this fix and support of the 9400M card into my script, but would it be of any use? Would it be deployed or just be wasted here in this bug report? Would be nice if that script could be added to the Nvidia proprietary driver package. How could this be done? Who should I contact? -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to nvidia-graphics-drivers-340 in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1389215 Title: Brightness controls are not working in Unity / Xorg because of Nvidia proprietary driver. Status in nvidia-graphics-drivers-340 package in Ubuntu: Confirmed Status in nvidia-graphics-drivers-375 package in Ubuntu: Confirmed Bug description: Affects: Ubuntu 16.04 and 14.04. Occurs only with Nvidia proprietary driver. Nouveau works well. Brightness controls are not working in Unity / Xorg. When pressing the keys <fn><home> and <fn><end> on my Lenovo W510, I see the indicator on the screen showing the level of brightness changing, so key mapping is not the problem. However, the brightness is not changing. On the kernel level, I have the single following device: # cd /sys/class/backlight # ls -l total 0 lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 0 Nov 3 17:16 acpi_video0 -> ../../devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:03.0/0000:01:00.0/backlight/acpi_video0 When playing with the <fn><home> and <fn><end>, the value of /sys/class/backlight/brightness changes accordingly. The screen brightness does not change. Performing: # echo 10 >brightness ...does not have any effect (regardless of the value provided, 10 being just an example). WORKAROUND There is an odd workaround. Simply go to the console using <CTRL><ALT><F1> and using the <fn><home> and <fn><end> keys, brightness then changes. Return to Unity / Xorg with <CTRL><ALT><F7> and the selected brightness persists. NON WORKING WORKAROUND On the web, I read that adding: Option "RegistryDwords" "EnableBrightnessControl=1"' in xorg.conf might fix the problem. I do not have an xorg and when I let the proprietary Nvidia driver generate one and add this option, X does not start anymore. Ubuntu 14.04.1 LTS with latest updates as of this writing. ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 14.04 Package: xorg 1:7.7+1ubuntu8 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.13.0-39.66-generic 3.13.11.8 Uname: Linux 3.13.0-39-generic x86_64 NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia .proc.driver.nvidia.gpus.0: Error: [Errno 21] Is a directory: '/proc/driver/nvidia/gpus/0' .proc.driver.nvidia.registry: Binary: "" .proc.driver.nvidia.version: NVRM version: NVIDIA UNIX x86_64 Kernel Module 331.38 Wed Jan 8 19:32:30 PST 2014 GCC version: gcc version 4.8.2 (Ubuntu 4.8.2-19ubuntu1) .tmp.unity.support.test.0: ApportVersion: 2.14.1-0ubuntu3.5 Architecture: amd64 CompizPlugins: [core,bailer,detection,composite,opengl,compiztoolbox,decor,place,put,snap,resize,move,regex,session,vpswitch,imgpng,gnomecompat,text,ring,grid,mousepoll,animation,unitymtgrabhandles,wall,expo,ezoom,workarounds,fade,scale,unityshell] CompositorRunning: compiz CompositorUnredirectDriverBlacklist: '(nouveau|Intel).*Mesa 8.0' CompositorUnredirectFSW: true CurrentDesktop: Unity Date: Tue Nov 4 07:38:59 2014 DistUpgraded: Fresh install DistroCodename: trusty DistroVariant: ubuntu DkmsStatus: bbswitch, 0.7, 3.13.0-32-generic, x86_64: installed bbswitch, 0.7, 3.13.0-39-generic, x86_64: installed nvidia-331, 331.38, 3.13.0-32-generic, x86_64: installed nvidia-331, 331.38, 3.13.0-39-generic, x86_64: installed tp-smapi, 0.41, 3.13.0-32-generic, x86_64: installed ExtraDebuggingInterest: Yes GraphicsCard: NVIDIA Corporation GT216GLM [Quadro FX 880M] [10de:0a3c] (rev a2) (prog-if 00 [VGA controller]) Subsystem: Lenovo Device [17aa:2145] InstallationDate: Installed on 2014-11-01 (3 days ago) InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 14.04.1 LTS "Trusty Tahr" - Release amd64 (20140722.2) MachineType: LENOVO 4318CTO ProcKernelCmdLine: BOOT_IMAGE=/vmlinuz-3.13.0-39-generic root=UUID=994f9c2c-f967-472e-ace3-23cd620ec702 ro quiet splash SourcePackage: xorg Symptom: display UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install) dmi.bios.date: 10/03/2012 dmi.bios.vendor: LENOVO dmi.bios.version: 6NET84WW (1.45 ) dmi.board.name: 4318CTO dmi.board.vendor: LENOVO dmi.board.version: Not Available dmi.chassis.asset.tag: No Asset Information dmi.chassis.type: 10 dmi.chassis.vendor: LENOVO dmi.chassis.version: Not Available dmi.modalias: dmi:bvnLENOVO:bvr6NET84WW(1.45):bd10/03/2012:svnLENOVO:pn4318CTO:pvrThinkPadW510:rvnLENOVO:rn4318CTO:rvrNotAvailable:cvnLENOVO:ct10:cvrNotAvailable: dmi.product.name: 4318CTO dmi.product.version: ThinkPad W510 dmi.sys.vendor: LENOVO version.compiz: compiz 1:0.9.11.2+14.04.20140714-0ubuntu1 version.ia32-libs: ia32-libs N/A version.libdrm2: libdrm2 2.4.52-1 version.libgl1-mesa-dri: libgl1-mesa-dri 10.1.3-0ubuntu0.1 version.libgl1-mesa-dri-experimental: libgl1-mesa-dri-experimental N/A version.libgl1-mesa-glx: libgl1-mesa-glx 10.1.3-0ubuntu0.1 version.nvidia-graphics-drivers: nvidia-graphics-drivers N/A version.xserver-xorg-core: xserver-xorg-core 2:1.15.1-0ubuntu2.1 version.xserver-xorg-input-evdev: xserver-xorg-input-evdev 1:2.8.2-1ubuntu2 version.xserver-xorg-video-ati: xserver-xorg-video-ati 1:7.3.0-1ubuntu3.1 version.xserver-xorg-video-intel: xserver-xorg-video-intel 2:2.99.910-0ubuntu1.1 version.xserver-xorg-video-nouveau: xserver-xorg-video-nouveau 1:1.0.10-1ubuntu2 xserver.bootTime: Tue Nov 4 01:40:35 2014 xserver.configfile: default xserver.errors: open /dev/fb0: No such file or directory xserver.logfile: /var/log/Xorg.0.log xserver.outputs: xserver.version: 2:1.15.1-0ubuntu2.1 To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/nvidia-graphics-drivers-340/+bug/1389215/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages Post to : [email protected] Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
