[Kernel-packages] [Bug 1181927] Re: [Aspire V5-431]13.04: Brightness control visible but does nothing

2014-02-18 Thread Thomas Christensen
A fix is coming to 3.14 https://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=51231#c164 -- 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/1181927 Title: [Aspire V5-431]13.04: Brightness control vis

[Kernel-packages] [Bug 1181927] Re: [Aspire V5-431]13.04: Brightness control visible but does nothing

2014-01-28 Thread Thomas Christensen
Upstream now marked this as a duplicate of: https://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=51231 workaround for 3.13 (maybe previous versions as well) is the kernel option: video.use_native_backlight=1 ** Bug watch added: Linux Kernel Bug Tracker #51231 http://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?

[Kernel-packages] [Bug 1181927] Re: [Aspire V5-431]13.04: Brightness control visible but does nothing

2014-01-15 Thread Thomas Christensen
Instead, you would want to utilize the kernel.org format and repost to the linux-acpi mailing list with the latest mainline kernel results. I did that already: http://www.spinics.net/lists/linux- acpi/msg48469.html. I have responded to this request: http://www.spinics.net/lists/linux-acpi/ms

[Kernel-packages] [Bug 1181927] Re: [Aspire V5-431]13.04: Brightness control visible but does nothing

2014-01-15 Thread Christopher M. Penalver
Thomas Christensen, bugzilla is legacy, and largely ignored by upstream developers. As well, it holds none of the information requested by upstream, as previously and fully documented to you in https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux/+bug/1181927/comments/21 . Instead, you would want to uti

[Kernel-packages] [Bug 1181927] Re: [Aspire V5-431]13.04: Brightness control visible but does nothing

2014-01-15 Thread Thomas Christensen
Tested with linux-image-3.13.0-031300rc8-generic with the exact same results as previously. -- 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/1181927 Title: [Aspire V5-431]13.04: Brightness

[Kernel-packages] [Bug 1181927] Re: [Aspire V5-431]13.04: Brightness control visible but does nothing

2014-01-15 Thread Thomas Christensen
https://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=68751 ** Bug watch added: Linux Kernel Bug Tracker #68751 http://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=68751 -- 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 1181927] Re: [Aspire V5-431]13.04: Brightness control visible but does nothing

2014-01-14 Thread Thomas Christensen
Ok, a few questions. I visited the url http://kernel.ubuntu.com/~kernel-ppa/mainline/?C=N;O=D referened in https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Kernel/MainlineBuilds under the section "Upstream kernels archive". I downloaded the latest for saucy through Ubuntu-Mainline-Kernel-Updater script KernelUpdateChecke

[Kernel-packages] [Bug 1181927] Re: [Aspire V5-431]13.04: Brightness control visible but does nothing

2014-01-14 Thread Christopher M. Penalver
Thomas Christensen, unfortunately you did not follow the instructions as outlined in https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux/+bug/1181927/comments/21 . All your results were in the downstream Ubuntu kernel, not the upstream mainline one. Hence, your post would most likely be promptly ignore

[Kernel-packages] [Bug 1181927] Re: [Aspire V5-431]13.04: Brightness control visible but does nothing

2014-01-14 Thread Thomas Christensen
I just reported the bug upstream http://www.spinics.net/lists/linux- acpi/msg48422.html, it has not yet reached the Kernel Bug Tracker. -- 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/118192

[Kernel-packages] [Bug 1181927] Re: [Aspire V5-431]13.04: Brightness control visible but does nothing

2014-01-02 Thread Thomas Christensen
I will. I am a bit busy at the moment, but I will take care of it ASAP. -- 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/1181927 Title: [Aspire V5-431]13.04: Brightness control visible but

[Kernel-packages] [Bug 1181927] Re: [Aspire V5-431]13.04: Brightness control visible but does nothing

2014-01-02 Thread Christopher M. Penalver
Thomas Christensen, could you please provide the upstream URL created to the mailing list archive as per https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux/+bug/1181927/comments/21 ? ** Changed in: linux (Ubuntu) Status: Triaged => Incomplete -- You received this bug notification because you

[Kernel-packages] [Bug 1181927] Re: [Aspire V5-431]13.04: Brightness control visible but does nothing

2013-10-21 Thread Christopher M. Penalver
Thomas Christensen, the issue you are reporting is an upstream one. Could you please report this problem through the appropriate channel by following the instructions _verbatim_ at https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Bugs/Upstream/kernel#KernelTeam.2BAC8-KernelTeamBugPolicies.Overview_on_Reporting_Bugs_Upstrea

[Kernel-packages] [Bug 1181927] Re: [Aspire V5-431]13.04: Brightness control visible but does nothing

2013-10-20 Thread Thomas Christensen
3.12.0-031200rc6-generic [ 14.025391] acer_wmi: Brightness must be controlled by acpi video driver The same thing. ACPI thinks it can do the brightness but cannot, and with acpi_backlight=vendor (to disable ACPI controlling brightness), only the intel_backlight entry in /sys/class/backligt sho

[Kernel-packages] [Bug 1181927] Re: [Aspire V5-431]13.04: Brightness control visible but does nothing

2013-10-19 Thread Christopher M. Penalver
** Description changed: Brightness control visible but does nothing on 13.04... The brightness up down buttons shows the overlay brightness icon going up and down but it does not change the brightness (backlight). I have tried adjusting the kernel options acpi_osi= and acpi_backlig

[Kernel-packages] [Bug 1181927] Re: [Aspire V5-431]13.04: Brightness control visible but does nothing

2013-10-17 Thread Joseph Salisbury
The v3.12-rc5 kernel is now available. Can you test this kernel to see if it also exhibits this bug: http://kernel.ubuntu.com/~kernel-ppa/mainline/v3.12-rc5-saucy/ -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Kernel Packages, which is subscribed to linux in Ubuntu. https://

[Kernel-packages] [Bug 1181927] Re: [Aspire V5-431]13.04: Brightness control visible but does nothing

2013-10-11 Thread Thomas Christensen
# echo 20 > /sys/class/backlight/intel_backlight/brightness works -- 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/1181927 Title: [Aspire V5-431]13.04: Brightness control visible but does

[Kernel-packages] [Bug 1181927] Re: [Aspire V5-431]13.04: Brightness control visible but does nothing

2013-10-11 Thread Thomas Christensen
[ 15.043134] acer_wmi: Brightness must be controlled by acpi video driver What can I do about that? -- 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/1181927 Title: [Aspire V5-431]13.04:

[Kernel-packages] [Bug 1181927] Re: [Aspire V5-431]13.04: Brightness control visible but does nothing

2013-10-11 Thread Thomas Christensen
kernel 3.11.0-12 -- 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/1181927 Title: [Aspire V5-431]13.04: Brightness control visible but does nothing Status in “linux” package in Ubuntu: C

[Kernel-packages] [Bug 1181927] Re: [Aspire V5-431]13.04: Brightness control visible but does nothing

2013-10-11 Thread Thomas Christensen
I am now running saucy. It doesn't work with or without acpi_backlight=vendor. ** Changed in: linux (Ubuntu) Status: Incomplete => Confirmed -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Kernel Packages, which is subscribed to linux in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.ne

[Kernel-packages] [Bug 1181927] Re: [Aspire V5-431]13.04: Brightness control visible but does nothing

2013-09-20 Thread Joseph Salisbury
Given the number of bugs that the Kernel Team receives during any development cycle it is impossible for us to review them all. Therefore, we occasionally resort to using automated bots to request further testing. This is such a request. We are approaching release and would like to confirm if this

[Kernel-packages] [Bug 1181927] Re: [Aspire V5-431]13.04: Brightness control visible but does nothing

2013-09-19 Thread Christopher M. Penalver
** Changed in: linux (Ubuntu) Status: Incomplete => Confirmed -- 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/1181927 Title: [Aspire V5-431]13.04: Brightness control visible but do

[Kernel-packages] [Bug 1181927] Re: [Aspire V5-431]13.04: Brightness control visible but does nothing

2013-09-18 Thread Christopher M. Penalver
** Tags removed: bios-outdated-1.22 ** Tags added: latest-bios-1.22 ** Tags removed: kernel-fixed-upstream ** Tags added: kernel-fixed-upstream-v3.10-rc2 -- 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 1181927] Re: [Aspire V5-431]13.04: Brightness control visible but does nothing

2013-09-17 Thread Thomas Christensen
Sorry I wasn't clear. The test I made from the saucy DVD was with upgraded BIOS (1.22). It's doesn't work right of the box, I am guessing that the kernel parameters above would make it work. That's how I made it work on my current raring. Output is: V1.22 03/15/2013 -- You received this bug no

[Kernel-packages] [Bug 1181927] Re: [Aspire V5-431]13.04: Brightness control visible but does nothing

2013-09-17 Thread Christopher M. Penalver
Thomas Christensen, as per http://us.acer.com/ac/en/US/content/drivers an update is available for your BIOS (1.22). If you update to this, does it change anything? If not, could you please both specify what happened, and provide the output of the following terminal command: sudo dmidecode -s bios

[Kernel-packages] [Bug 1181927] Re: [Aspire V5-431]13.04: Brightness control visible but does nothing

2013-09-16 Thread Thomas Christensen
It doesn't work running from DVD. I am guessing acpi_backlight=vendor i needed. -- 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/1181927 Title: [Aspire V5-431]13.04: Brightness control vis

[Kernel-packages] [Bug 1181927] Re: [Aspire V5-431]13.04: Brightness control visible but does nothing

2013-09-16 Thread Thomas Christensen
Regarding tags: added: bios-outdated-1.22 It's the latest non-efi BIOS. -- 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/1181927 Title: [Aspire V5-431]13.04: Brightness control visible bu

[Kernel-packages] [Bug 1181927] Re: [Aspire V5-431]13.04: Brightness control visible but does nothing

2013-07-30 Thread Thomas Christensen
Christopher M. Penalver, I will do as soon as I have some time in my schedule. -- 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/1181927 Title: [Aspire V5-431]13.04: Brightness control visi

[Kernel-packages] [Bug 1181927] Re: [Aspire V5-431]13.04: Brightness control visible but does nothing

2013-07-28 Thread Christopher M. Penalver
** Summary changed: - 13.04: Brightness control visible but does nothing + [Aspire V5-431]13.04: Brightness control visible but does nothing ** Tags added: bios-outdated-1.22 -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Kernel Packages, which is subscribed to linux in Ubunt