[Kernel-packages] [Bug 1385453] Re: Toshiba R700 backlight control not always working

2014-11-04 Thread Alan Pater
As a workaround, creating an xorg.conf file and specifying "intel_backlight" seems to work, but I would love for this to work out of the box. Does something need to be changed in the kernel to recognize that this model of Toshiba uses the Intel Backlight? -- You received this bug notification bec

[Kernel-packages] [Bug 1385453] Re: Toshiba R700 backlight control not always working

2014-10-27 Thread Alan Pater
Done. Reported to the linux-acpi mailing list. Can be followed here: http://marc.info/?t=14144229955 -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Kernel Packages, which is subscribed to linux in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1385453 Title: Toshiba R700 backli

[Kernel-packages] [Bug 1385453] Re: Toshiba R700 backlight control not always working

2014-10-26 Thread Alan Pater
No, nothing under the battery. Did Toshiba make a significant number of different versions of the R700? -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Kernel Packages, which is subscribed to linux in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1385453 Title: Toshiba R700 backlig

[Kernel-packages] [Bug 1385453] Re: Toshiba R700 backlight control not always working

2014-10-26 Thread Alan Pater
I'm afraid that the stickers are mostly worn off. The Portege R700 sticker is intact, but I don't see a legible model or serial number. There is a P/N that starts with PT311... Is that the model number? I highly suspect that it was originally sold in the USA, though I bought it second hand elsew

[Kernel-packages] [Bug 1385453] Re: Toshiba R700 backlight control not always working

2014-10-26 Thread Alan Pater
** Bug watch added: Linux Kernel Bug Tracker #21012 http://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=21012 ** Also affects: linux via http://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=21012 Importance: Unknown Status: Unknown -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of K

[Kernel-packages] [Bug 1385453] Re: Toshiba R700 backlight control not always working

2014-10-26 Thread Alan Pater
Tried the 3.17 upstream kernel. It did not fix the issue. :~$ uname -psrv Linux 3.17.1-031701-generic #201410150735 SMP Wed Oct 15 11:36:31 UTC 2014 x86_64 ** Tags added: kernel-bug-exists-upstream -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Kernel Packages, which is sub

[Kernel-packages] [Bug 1385453] Re: Toshiba R700 backlight control not always working

2014-10-24 Thread Alan Pater
Upstream kernel linux-image-3.18.0-031800rc1-generic locked up the system when playing with the backlight control. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Kernel Packages, which is subscribed to linux in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1385453 Title: Toshiba R

[Kernel-packages] [Bug 1385453] [NEW] Toshiba R700 backlight control not always working

2014-10-24 Thread Alan Pater
Public bug reported: When returning from sleep mode, I lose backlight control via Fn-F7. Restarting the system restores control. I am running Ubuntu 14.04 64 bit. ~$ uname -psrv Linux 3.13.0-37-generic #64-Ubuntu SMP Mon Sep 22 21:28:38 UTC 2014 x86_64 I could also adjust the brightness from th

[Kernel-packages] [Bug 1214148] Re: [Toshiba Portege Z935-ST4N03] Intel video: Display backlight cannot be changed

2014-06-23 Thread Alan Pater
Symptom sometimes occurs on a R700 Toshiba when returning from sleep mode. Restarting the system restores this functionality. I am running Ubuntu 14.04 64 bit. ~$ uname -psrv Linux 3.13.0-29-generic #53-Ubuntu SMP Wed Jun 4 21:00:20 UTC 2014 x86_64 I could also adjust the brightness from the term

[Kernel-packages] [Bug 1258686] Re: [Dell Latitude D420] Faulty laptop battery or AC throws system cache for a loop

2013-12-13 Thread Alan Pater
** Attachment added: "running fwts while the system is in it's funky state locks up the computer." https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux/+bug/1258686/+attachment/3928867/+files/FWTS-results-2013-12-13.log -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Kernel Pack

[Kernel-packages] [Bug 1258686] Re: [Dell Latitude D420] Faulty laptop battery or AC throws system cache for a loop

2013-12-11 Thread Alan Pater
Looking though the FWTS results, I see that the most recent microcode is not being loaded. Attempting to fix that runs me into https://bugs.launchpad.net/initramfs-tools/+bug/1194370 -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Kernel Packages, which is subscribed to linux

[Kernel-packages] [Bug 995456] Re: Duplicate ACPI video bus devices for the same VGA controller

2013-12-11 Thread Alan Pater
I ran FWTS on my system and it gave the following: ADVICE: The ACPI video driver has found a duplicate ACPI video bus device for the same VGA controller. If the current driver does not work, one can try to work around this using the video.allow_duplicates=1 kernel parameter. Note: Dell D420, Ubun

[Kernel-packages] [Bug 1258686] Re: [Dell Latitude D420] Faulty laptop battery or AC throws system cache for a loop

2013-12-11 Thread Alan Pater
** Attachment added: "firmware test suite results - baseline" https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux/+bug/1258686/+attachment/3927631/+files/results.log -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Kernel Packages, which is subscribed to linux in Ubuntu. https://

[Kernel-packages] [Bug 1189645] Re: 8086:27a2 13.04, lag under desktop environments

2013-12-09 Thread Alan Pater
*** This bug is a duplicate of bug 1258686 *** https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1258686 ** This bug has been marked a duplicate of bug 1258686 Faulty laptop battery or AC throws system cache for a loop -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Kernel Packages, which

[Kernel-packages] [Bug 1258686] Re: Faulty laptop battery or AC throws system cache for a loop

2013-12-09 Thread Alan Pater
Yes it occurred in the previous version and yes, I have tried about a dozen other kernels. I would rather do some triage to actully identify the issue instead of getting in an endless loop of trying different kernels in the hope that some unrelated patch will have an affect. ** Changed in: linu

[Kernel-packages] [Bug 1189645] BootDmesg.txt

2013-12-08 Thread Alan Pater
apport information ** Attachment added: "BootDmesg.txt" https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1189645/+attachment/3925311/+files/BootDmesg.txt -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Kernel Packages, which is subscribed to linux in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/

[Kernel-packages] [Bug 1189645] CRDA.txt

2013-12-08 Thread Alan Pater
apport information ** Attachment added: "CRDA.txt" https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1189645/+attachment/3925312/+files/CRDA.txt -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Kernel Packages, which is subscribed to linux in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1189645 Ti

[Kernel-packages] [Bug 1189645] CurrentDmesg.txt

2013-12-08 Thread Alan Pater
apport information ** Attachment added: "CurrentDmesg.txt" https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1189645/+attachment/3925313/+files/CurrentDmesg.txt -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Kernel Packages, which is subscribed to linux in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net

[Kernel-packages] [Bug 1189645] IwConfig.txt

2013-12-08 Thread Alan Pater
apport information ** Attachment added: "IwConfig.txt" https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1189645/+attachment/3925314/+files/IwConfig.txt -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Kernel Packages, which is subscribed to linux in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/11

[Kernel-packages] [Bug 1189645] Re: 8086:27a2 13.04, lag under desktop environments

2013-12-08 Thread Alan Pater
apport information ** Description changed: A while after logging on, the system gets really slow. Menus and window movements take a while to respond, switching windows is slow, etc. This is a regression, it was not like this using Ubuntu 12.10, it just started on 13.04. Tried different

[Kernel-packages] [Bug 1189645] WifiSyslog.txt

2013-12-08 Thread Alan Pater
apport information ** Attachment added: "WifiSyslog.txt" https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1189645/+attachment/3925309/+files/WifiSyslog.txt -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Kernel Packages, which is subscribed to linux in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bug

[Kernel-packages] [Bug 1189645] UdevDb.txt

2013-12-08 Thread Alan Pater
apport information ** Attachment added: "UdevDb.txt" https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1189645/+attachment/3925307/+files/UdevDb.txt -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Kernel Packages, which is subscribed to linux in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1189645

[Kernel-packages] [Bug 1189645] PulseList.txt

2013-12-08 Thread Alan Pater
apport information ** Attachment added: "PulseList.txt" https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1189645/+attachment/3925306/+files/PulseList.txt -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Kernel Packages, which is subscribed to linux in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/

[Kernel-packages] [Bug 1189645] UdevLog.txt

2013-12-08 Thread Alan Pater
apport information ** Attachment added: "UdevLog.txt" https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1189645/+attachment/3925308/+files/UdevLog.txt -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Kernel Packages, which is subscribed to linux in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1189

[Kernel-packages] [Bug 1189645] ProcEnviron.txt

2013-12-08 Thread Alan Pater
apport information ** Attachment added: "ProcEnviron.txt" https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1189645/+attachment/3925303/+files/ProcEnviron.txt -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Kernel Packages, which is subscribed to linux in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/b

[Kernel-packages] [Bug 1189645] ProcModules.txt

2013-12-08 Thread Alan Pater
apport information ** Attachment added: "ProcModules.txt" https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1189645/+attachment/3925305/+files/ProcModules.txt -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Kernel Packages, which is subscribed to linux in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/b

[Kernel-packages] [Bug 1189645] ProcInterrupts.txt

2013-12-08 Thread Alan Pater
apport information ** Attachment added: "ProcInterrupts.txt" https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1189645/+attachment/3925304/+files/ProcInterrupts.txt -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Kernel Packages, which is subscribed to linux in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad

[Kernel-packages] [Bug 1189645] ProcCpuinfo.txt

2013-12-08 Thread Alan Pater
apport information ** Attachment added: "ProcCpuinfo.txt" https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1189645/+attachment/3925302/+files/ProcCpuinfo.txt -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Kernel Packages, which is subscribed to linux in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/b

[Kernel-packages] [Bug 1189645] Lsusb.txt

2013-12-08 Thread Alan Pater
apport information ** Attachment added: "Lsusb.txt" https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1189645/+attachment/3925301/+files/Lsusb.txt -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Kernel Packages, which is subscribed to linux in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1189645

[Kernel-packages] [Bug 1189645] IwConfig.txt

2013-12-08 Thread Alan Pater
apport information ** Attachment added: "IwConfig.txt" https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1189645/+attachment/3925299/+files/IwConfig.txt -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Kernel Packages, which is subscribed to linux in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/11

[Kernel-packages] [Bug 1189645] CRDA.txt

2013-12-08 Thread Alan Pater
apport information ** Attachment added: "CRDA.txt" https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1189645/+attachment/3925297/+files/CRDA.txt -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Kernel Packages, which is subscribed to linux in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1189645 Ti

[Kernel-packages] [Bug 1189645] Lspci.txt

2013-12-08 Thread Alan Pater
apport information ** Attachment added: "Lspci.txt" https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1189645/+attachment/3925300/+files/Lspci.txt -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Kernel Packages, which is subscribed to linux in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1189645

[Kernel-packages] [Bug 1189645] CurrentDmesg.txt

2013-12-08 Thread Alan Pater
apport information ** Attachment added: "CurrentDmesg.txt" https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1189645/+attachment/3925298/+files/CurrentDmesg.txt -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Kernel Packages, which is subscribed to linux in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net

[Kernel-packages] [Bug 1189645] BootDmesg.txt

2013-12-08 Thread Alan Pater
apport information ** Attachment added: "BootDmesg.txt" https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1189645/+attachment/3925296/+files/BootDmesg.txt -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Kernel Packages, which is subscribed to linux in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/

[Kernel-packages] [Bug 1189645] Re: 8086:27a2 13.04, lag under desktop environments

2013-12-08 Thread Alan Pater
apport information ** Tags added: apport-collected ** Description changed: A while after logging on, the system gets really slow. Menus and window movements take a while to respond, switching windows is slow, etc. This is a regression, it was not like this using Ubuntu 12.10, it just

[Kernel-packages] [Bug 1246793] Re: Battery charging slows down laptop

2013-12-06 Thread Alan Pater
Looks like you have run into the infamous CPU frequency issue. http://www.thinkwiki.org/wiki/Problem_with_CPU_frequency_scaling Solution is to make sure you are running with high quality AC power. Workaround is to edit /etc/default/grub Find the following line and add processor.ignore_ppc=1 so

[Kernel-packages] [Bug 1258686] [NEW] Faulty laptop battery or AC throws system cache for a loop

2013-12-06 Thread Alan Pater
Public bug reported: After a random period of time after a fresh boot, the system cache gets corrupted. This is shown by hdparm -T. Before system cache corruption: Timing cached reads: 1804 MB in 2.00 seconds = 902.88 MB/sec After system cache corruption: Timing cached reads: 258 MB in 2

[Kernel-packages] [Bug 1189645] Re: 13.04, lag under desktop environments

2013-08-29 Thread Alan Pater
The latest updates seem to have triggered the issue, as well as displaying other artifacts. I now get some graphics corruption (attached) and, while watching a (html5) video on youtube (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0wp2qhoop9U), the whole system froze and the video audio went into some sort of sk

[Kernel-packages] [Bug 1189645] Re: 13.04, lag under desktop environments

2013-08-29 Thread Alan Pater
~$ uname -a Linux loronegro 3.11.0-031100rc6-generic #201308181835 SMP Sun Aug 18 22:44:53 UTC 2013 i686 i686 i686 GNU/Linux ** Changed in: linux (Ubuntu Saucy) Status: Incomplete => Confirmed -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Kernel Packages, which is su

[Kernel-packages] [Bug 1189645] Re: 13.04, lag under desktop environments

2013-07-23 Thread Alan Pater
** Description changed: A while after logging on, the system gets really slow. Menus and window movements take a while to respond, switching windows is slow, etc. This is a regression, it was not like this using Ubuntu 12.10, it just started on 13.04. Tried different desktops (Unity, Gn

[Kernel-packages] [Bug 1189645] Re: 13.04, lag under desktop environments

2013-07-23 Thread Alan Pater
Worse with a really old kernel: 3.2.48-030248-generic With that kernel, it only took 5 minutes of light web browsing for the system to totally bog down. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Kernel Packages, which is subscribed to linux in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launch

[Kernel-packages] [Bug 1189645] Re: 13.04, lag under desktop environments

2013-07-22 Thread Alan Pater
Same problem with the new mainline kernel -- Fresh start with new kernel -- ~$ uname -a Linux loronegro 3.11.0-031100rc2-generic #201307211535 SMP Sun Jul 21 19:45:33 UTC 2013 i686 i686 i686 GNU/Linux ~$ gtkperf -a Total time: 14.87 ~$ sudo hdparm -tT /dev/sda Timing cached reads: 1682 MB

[Kernel-packages] [Bug 1189645] Re: 13.04, lag under desktop environments

2013-07-22 Thread Alan Pater
Yeah, I can try another kernel, but I don't see how that helps to identify the problem. Shouldn't there be some register or log showing what part of the system is getting out of sorts? PS: After a long shutdown and restart, the problem reappeared within 15 minutes of starting. I noticed this ti

[Kernel-packages] [Bug 1189645] Re: 13.04, lag under desktop environments

2013-07-21 Thread Alan Pater
With the bios update, it takes longer to trigger, but eventually, yes, the system slows down. Videos get out of sync, opening applications, moving windows, menus all get really slow. ~$ sudo dmidecode -s bios-version && sudo dmidecode -s bios-release-date A06 02/02/2008 In an attempt to quantify,

[Kernel-packages] [Bug 1189645] Re: 13.04, lag under desktop environments

2013-07-20 Thread Alan Pater
** No longer affects: tlp (Ubuntu Saucy) ** No longer affects: tlp (Ubuntu Raring) -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Kernel Packages, which is subscribed to linux in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1189645 Title: 13.04, lag under desktop environments

[Kernel-packages] [Bug 1203326] [NEW] intel_gpu_dump missing from package intel-gpu-tools

2013-07-20 Thread Alan Pater
Public bug reported: Previous versions of intel-gpu-tools contained intel_gpu_dump. The version shipped with 13.04 does not contain this tool. I was unable to find any documentation indicating that this should be the case. $ apt-cache policy intel-gpu-tools intel-gpu-tools: Installed: 1.3-0ubun

[Kernel-packages] [Bug 1189645] Re: 13.04, lag under desktop environments

2013-07-18 Thread Alan Pater
However, given that TLP made it worse, could it be that some power management setting is doing something funky with the system cache as indicated with the hdparm -T result? What I don't know and can't find to how to see what state the cache or memory are in. -- You received this bug notification

[Kernel-packages] [Bug 1189645] Re: 13.04, lag under desktop environments

2013-07-18 Thread Alan Pater
It seems the TLP was not the main cause after all. I've purged TLP from the system, rebooted multiple times, and the issue still appears, just not as quickly. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Kernel Packages, which is subscribed to linux in Ubuntu. https://bugs.la

[Kernel-packages] [Bug 1189645] Re: TLP causing lag under desktop environments

2013-07-18 Thread Alan Pater
** No longer affects: tlp (Ubuntu) ** Summary changed: - TLP causing lag under desktop environments + 13.04, lag under desktop environments -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Kernel Packages, which is subscribed to linux in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs