[Bug 1651629] Re: [Asus X200M] Brightness keys don't work.

2016-12-21 Thread Matthew Brooks
That does not make the brightness keys work, unfortunately. Using those causes the keys to be recognized by the system, and the popup showing the brightness level will come up and indicate that the brightness is being changed, but the actual screen brightness doesn't get changed. Using those

[Bug 1651629] Re: [Asus X200M] Brightness keys don't work.

2016-12-21 Thread Matthew Brooks
Since I forgot to add this before posting, I should specify that I made sure to test those parameters with the mainline 4.9 kernel, and not just the standard Ubuntu one. Both gave the same results. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is

[Bug 1651629] Re: [Asus X200M] Brightness keys don't work.

2016-12-21 Thread Christopher M. Penalver
Matthew Brooks, to clarify, does using both of the following kernel parameters provide a WORKAROUND: acpi_os_name=Linux acpi_osi= ** Changed in: linux (Ubuntu) Status: Confirmed => Incomplete -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is

[Bug 1651629] Re: [Asus X200M] Brightness keys don't work.

2016-12-20 Thread Matthew Brooks
Sorry about that, I thought I was already on 506 for some reason. I updated to 506, and tested with the 4.9 kernel, and the issue still persists. The output from the commands was: X200MA.506 04/15/2015 ** Changed in: linux (Ubuntu) Status: Incomplete => Confirmed ** Tags removed:

[Bug 1651629] Re: [Asus X200M] Brightness keys don't work.

2016-12-20 Thread Christopher M. Penalver
Matthew Brooks, as per https://www.asus.com/Notebooks/X200MA/HelpDesk_Download/ an update to your computer's buggy, insecure, and outdated BIOS is available (506). When you update to this following https://help.ubuntu.com/community/BIOSUpdate how does this improve the situation? For more on BIOS

[Bug 1651629] Re: [Asus X200M] Brightness keys don't work.

2016-12-20 Thread Matthew Brooks
** Tags added: kernel-bug-exists-upstream kernel-bug-exists-upstream-4.9 ** Changed in: linux (Ubuntu) Status: Incomplete => Confirmed -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1651629

[Bug 1651629] Re: [Asus X200M] Brightness keys don't work.

2016-12-20 Thread Christopher M. Penalver
Matthew Brooks, thank you for reporting this and helping make Ubuntu better. In order to allow additional upstream developers to examine the issue, at your earliest convenience, could you please test the latest upstream kernel available from