Public bug reported: Hello,
On Acer Aspire One D270 netbook (please see full hardware configuration here http://h-node.org/notebooks/view/en/536/Aspire-One-D270-- ZE7-/1/1/undef/undef/undef/undef/undef/undef/undef/D270), desktop brightness is reduced to minimum after upgrading from 12.04 to 12.10. Netbook's video card is this: http://h-node.org/videocards/view/en/538 /Intel-Corporation-Cedarview-Integrated-Graphics-Controller--rev-09- The function keys for brightness (Fn + horizontal arrows) APPARENTLY work: they DO present a brightness slider when pressed, but brightness is not decreased/increased when sliding left-right. The upgrade was done in an automatic way (via GUI update manager, who offers a new version of Ubuntu). After some Google searches, the fix presented here, comment no. 9 (adding some parameters to the kernel line while booting) applied, solving the problem: http://askubuntu.com/questions/3841/desktop-doesnt- remember-brightness-settings-after-a-reboot This seems to be an old bug, still unsolved. However, the correct video configuration should be automagically detected at boot, WITHOUT manual user intervention and hacking (this may be a serious stop for non-technical users buying an Ubuntu netbook from consumer stores, especially since Acer is pretty popular). Best regards, Răzvan ** Affects: xorg-server (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided Status: New -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1092229 Title: Desktop brightness minimal after upgrade 12.04 -> 12.10 on Acer Aspire One D270 To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/xorg-server/+bug/1092229/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list [email protected] https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
