[Bug 176888] Re: Backlight dimming not working in Hardy or Intrepid because of wrong XRandR BACKLIGHT_CONTROL setting

2009-03-03 Thread Rory McCann
This was a problem for me on intrepid with a sony viao if I run xrandr --output LVDS --set BACKLIGHT_CONTROL native I am able to control the screen brightness with Fn-F5/6. -- Backlight dimming not working in Hardy or Intrepid because of wrong XRandR BACKLIGHT_CONTROL setting

[Bug 176888] Re: Backlight dimming not working in Hardy or Intrepid because of wrong XRandR BACKLIGHT_CONTROL setting

2009-02-16 Thread Michael Doube
Mostafa: Please attach your logs to this bug. As attachments. /var/log/Xorg.0.log and the output of: ]$ dmesg | cat dmesg.log ]$ sudo lspci -vvnn | cat lspci.log -- Backlight dimming not working in Hardy or Intrepid because of wrong XRandR BACKLIGHT_CONTROL setting

[Bug 176888] Re: Backlight dimming not working in Hardy or Intrepid because of wrong XRandR BACKLIGHT_CONTROL setting

2009-02-16 Thread Michael Doube
Also, you could try booting a liveCD (or liveUSB) of Jaunty alpha4, which has improved support for backlight on Intel in Sony. http://cdimage.ubuntu.com/releases/jaunty/alpha-4/ -- Backlight dimming not working in Hardy or Intrepid because of wrong XRandR BACKLIGHT_CONTROL setting

[Bug 176888] Re: Backlight dimming not working in Hardy or Intrepid because of wrong XRandR BACKLIGHT_CONTROL setting

2009-02-15 Thread mostafa
Even in STAMINA Mode I couldn't solve my problem/. I got an error executing xrandr most...@mostafa-laptop:~$ xrandr --output LVDS --set BACKLIGHT_CONTROL native X Error of failed request: 171 Major opcode of failed request: 154 (RANDR) Minor opcode of failed request: 15 () Serial number

Re: [Bug 176888] Re: Backlight dimming not working in Hardy or Intrepid because of wrong XRandR BACKLIGHT_CONTROL setting

2009-02-13 Thread Michael Doube
Mostafa: Check the output of: ]$ lspci What graphics card is listed? If you are running in SPEED mode it will probably be an nVidia card and you should look here for help: https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/95444 Mike -- Backlight dimming not working in Hardy or Intrepid because of wrong

[Bug 176888] Re: Backlight dimming not working in Hardy or Intrepid because of wrong XRandR BACKLIGHT_CONTROL setting

2009-02-13 Thread mostafa
Dear Mike, Here is the response of lspci command; most...@mostafa-laptop:~$ lspci 00:00.0 Host bridge: Intel Corporation Mobile PM965/GM965/GL960 Memory Controller Hub (rev 0c) 00:01.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation Mobile PM965/GM965/GL960 PCI Express Root Port (rev 0c) 00:1a.0 USB Controller:

[Bug 176888] Re: Backlight dimming not working in Hardy or Intrepid because of wrong XRandR BACKLIGHT_CONTROL setting

2009-02-12 Thread mostafa
Hi, I have a Sony sz-740. It has been 2 month I'm working on brightness but i could not solve the problem. I'm really confused. Please help me.:((. I tested everything . I'm quite disappointed! I tried xbacklight command but I got an error: $ xbacklight -set 10 No outputs have backlight

[Bug 176888] Re: Backlight dimming not working in Hardy or Intrepid because of wrong XRandR BACKLIGHT_CONTROL setting

2009-02-08 Thread Michael Doube
Backlight control from hotkeys is now working properly in jaunty alpha 4, though more steps than the current 5 would be appreciated. -- Backlight dimming not working in Hardy or Intrepid because of wrong XRandR BACKLIGHT_CONTROL setting https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/176888 You received this

[Bug 176888] Re: Backlight dimming not working in Hardy or Intrepid because of wrong XRandR BACKLIGHT_CONTROL setting

2009-02-07 Thread munit5000
I think this should just be an issue with xbacklight and sony laptops in general. I have an ati card and the backlight doesn't work. -- Backlight dimming not working in Hardy or Intrepid because of wrong XRandR BACKLIGHT_CONTROL setting https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/176888 You received this

[Bug 176888] Re: Backlight dimming not working in Hardy or Intrepid because of wrong XRandR BACKLIGHT_CONTROL setting

2008-12-15 Thread Eden
como puedo cambiar la configuracion de forma permanente la mia funciona con este: xrandr --output LVDS --set BACKLIGHT_CONTROL legacy pero se cambia cuando iniciĆ³ sesiĆ³n -- Backlight dimming not working in Hardy or Intrepid because of wrong XRandR BACKLIGHT_CONTROL setting

[Bug 176888] Re: Backlight dimming not working in Hardy or Intrepid because of wrong XRandR BACKLIGHT_CONTROL setting

2008-11-30 Thread Michael Doube
** Description changed: Backlight control on Hardy is dependent on xbacklight, for Sony Vaios with Intel display adapters. In intrepid, backlight dimming does not require xbacklight and Fn keys are properly mapped. In both scenarios running the following command is necessary for the

[Bug 176888] Re: Backlight dimming not working in Hardy or Intrepid because of wrong XRandR BACKLIGHT_CONTROL setting

2008-11-26 Thread lusis89
This works on my Sony Vaio VGN-NR21E with Intel videocard, Thanks!! -- Backlight dimming not working in Hardy or Intrepid because of wrong XRandR BACKLIGHT_CONTROL setting https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/176888 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which

[Bug 176888] Re: Backlight dimming not working in Hardy or Intrepid because of wrong XRandR BACKLIGHT_CONTROL setting

2008-11-15 Thread Diska
brighness don't work on sont vaio fw11e (ati card) there sys/class/backlight/acpi_video0 instead of sony -- Backlight dimming not working in Hardy or Intrepid because of wrong XRandR BACKLIGHT_CONTROL setting https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/176888 You received this bug notification because

[Bug 176888] Re: Backlight dimming not working in Hardy or Intrepid because of wrong XRandR BACKLIGHT_CONTROL setting

2008-11-04 Thread kaervos
Vaio VGN FS840/W (915GM chipset) here, using the latest xserver-xorg- video-intel v2:2.4.1-1ubuntu10. I also have this problem with my backlight. After quite some time debugging the gnome brightness applet and gnome-power-manager, I realized gnome-power-manager is seemingly dependent upon xrandr.

[Bug 176888] Re: Backlight dimming not working in Hardy or Intrepid because of wrong XRandR BACKLIGHT_CONTROL setting

2008-10-25 Thread Pihhan
Please try to use my script to gather some info about graphics card. we should find for what models change is needed, it seems not all models work with same settings. ** Attachment added: intel-backlight-info.sh http://launchpadlibrarian.net/18889657/intel-backlight-info.sh -- Backlight

[Bug 176888] Re: Backlight dimming not working in Hardy or Intrepid because of wrong XRandR BACKLIGHT_CONTROL setting

2008-10-25 Thread Pihhan
My configuration when it does dim, after manual switch using today cd live i386, manually set to native. ** Attachment added: with this, it does work http://launchpadlibrarian.net/18889666/intel-backlight-info.txt -- Backlight dimming not working in Hardy or Intrepid because of wrong XRandR

[Bug 176888] Re: Backlight dimming not working in Hardy or Intrepid because of wrong XRandR BACKLIGHT_CONTROL setting

2008-10-25 Thread Pihhan
with this settings, it does not do anything. ** Attachment added: xrandr-kernel.txt http://launchpadlibrarian.net/18889682/xrandr-kernel.txt -- Backlight dimming not working in Hardy or Intrepid because of wrong XRandR BACKLIGHT_CONTROL setting https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/176888 You

Re: [Bug 176888] Re: Backlight dimming not working in Hardy or Intrepid because of wrong XRandR BACKLIGHT_CONTROL setting

2008-10-07 Thread Michael Doube
Perhaps I misunderstand - All I really know is that I have to run that xrandr command to get any control over my backlight, so I assume that it's a problem with xrandr - which I'm perfectly happy to accept may be incorrect. -- Backlight dimming not working in Hardy or Intrepid because of

[Bug 176888] Re: Backlight dimming not working in Hardy or Intrepid because of wrong XRandR BACKLIGHT_CONTROL setting

2008-10-06 Thread Michael Doube
This bug is still present in Intrepid Beta, where it is the only impediment to flawless hotkey control of backlight on a Sony Vaio SZ650N. ** Summary changed: - xbacklight not working in hardy because of wrong XRandR BACKLIGHT_CONTROL setting + Backlight dimming not working in Hardy or Intrepid

[Bug 176888] Re: Backlight dimming not working in Hardy or Intrepid because of wrong XRandR BACKLIGHT_CONTROL setting

2008-10-06 Thread Michael Doube
I've added Linux to the affects list because of this comment: https://bugs.launchpad.net/linux/+bug/176888/comments/13 ** Also affects: linux Importance: Undecided Status: New -- Backlight dimming not working in Hardy or Intrepid because of wrong XRandR BACKLIGHT_CONTROL setting

[Bug 176888] Re: Backlight dimming not working in Hardy or Intrepid because of wrong XRandR BACKLIGHT_CONTROL setting

2008-10-06 Thread Bryce Harrington
When you say it's a bug in the xrandr config, what exactly do you mean? ** Changed in: linux Status: New = Invalid ** Also affects: linux (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided Status: New -- Backlight dimming not working in Hardy or Intrepid because of wrong XRandR