[Bug 988202] Re: Ubuntu cannot automatically change brightness of screen and keyboard backlight in Macbook Air 4, 2

2012-08-21 Thread Launchpad Bug Tracker
[Expired for linux (Ubuntu) because there has been no activity for 60 days.] ** Changed in: linux (Ubuntu) Status: Incomplete = Expired -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/988202

[Bug 988202] Re: Ubuntu cannot automatically change brightness of screen and keyboard backlight in Macbook Air 4, 2

2012-05-08 Thread Warren Kretzschmar
I have the problem that when I change the screen brightness via the fn keys or the system configuration panel, I get an increase in brightness for maybe half a second and then it goes back to some default. Same for key backlighting My /sys/class/backlight folder has two dirs: acpi_video0 and

[Bug 988202] Re: Ubuntu cannot automatically change brightness of screen and keyboard backlight in Macbook Air 4, 2

2012-05-08 Thread Warren Kretzschmar
The problem I reported seems to be related to lightum. I deinstalled lightum via: sudo apt-get remove lightum restarted Ubuntu, and now I can change brightness level as usual using the keyboard. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed

[Bug 988202] Re: Ubuntu cannot automatically change brightness of screen and keyboard backlight in Macbook Air 4, 2

2012-04-27 Thread nohu_
Same Problem here with Macbook 6,1 One hint that might help to track down the problem. On my System (12.04 LTS Final) the folder /sys/class/backlight is completely empty. So i can't pass any Values to brightness Files. When i try to create a directory inside /sys/class/backlight with mkdir, it

[Bug 988202] Re: Ubuntu cannot automatically change brightness of screen and keyboard backlight in Macbook Air 4, 2

2012-04-27 Thread Seth Forshee
nohu_: Your machine is going to be significantly different, and more than likely the problem is fundamentally different. You should file a separate bug. Here's a possible solution though: if your machine has nvidia graphics and you're using the binary-only nvidia driver, try using the nouveau

[Bug 988202] Re: Ubuntu cannot automatically change brightness of screen and keyboard backlight in Macbook Air 4, 2

2012-04-27 Thread nohu_
sforshee and all others. Removing nvidia-proprietary driver and switching to nouveau was the best advice i could get. Didn't know the nouveau project so far and just turned on the proprietary nvidia driver as usual after install. As I did for many years now ;) Brightness Settings work, even by

[Bug 988202] Re: Ubuntu cannot automatically change brightness of screen and keyboard backlight in Macbook Air 4, 2

2012-04-27 Thread Tommy_CZ
Everything has its disadvantages. NVIDIA drivers cannot change brightness, but rock in videogames, video rendering etc. Nouveau rocks in composite desktop probably, can change brightness but cannot render anything more complex (videogames). -- You received this bug notification because you are a

[Bug 988202] Re: Ubuntu cannot automatically change brightness of screen and keyboard backlight in Macbook Air 4, 2

2012-04-26 Thread Seth Forshee
Please open a terminal and run 'ls /sys/class/backlight' and let me know what directories are listed. Then go into each of the directories in turn. Each will have a file named brightness which will tell you the current brightness and another named max_brightness which will tell you the maximum

[Bug 988202] Re: Ubuntu cannot automatically change brightness of screen and keyboard backlight in Macbook Air 4, 2

2012-04-26 Thread Joseph Salisbury
** Changed in: linux (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided = Medium -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/988202 Title: Ubuntu cannot automatically change brightness of screen and keyboard

[Bug 988202] Re: Ubuntu cannot automatically change brightness of screen and keyboard backlight in Macbook Air 4, 2

2012-04-25 Thread Tommy_CZ
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[Bug 988202] Re: Ubuntu cannot automatically change brightness of screen and keyboard backlight in Macbook Air 4, 2

2012-04-25 Thread Tommy_CZ
apport information ** Tags added: apport-collected ** Description changed: Hi, latest Ubuntu 12.04 cannot change brightness of screen and keyboard backlight in macbook Air 4,2. OSX could. Please add this feature. ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 12.04 Package: