Andreas Gölzer, this bug was reported a while ago and there hasn't been any activity in it recently. We were wondering if this is still an issue? If so, could you please test for this with the latest development release of Ubuntu? ISO images are available from http://cdimage.ubuntu.com/daily-live/current/ .
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Thank you for your understanding. ** Description changed: - Using a Lenovo Ideapad u450p and Ubuntu Maverick(10.10), controlling the - display brightness does work rather unexpectedly. + Expected: Keyboard keys change the brightness, where fn+down should decrease it, and fn+up should increase it. Maybe a nice applet showing what brightness is set. + But, observed: The brightness alternates between very bright and very low. The applet shows up(in kde). To check whether this was a kde issue i used the command line, where the behavior is similar. - Expected: Keyboard keys change the brightness, where fn+down should decrease it, and fn+up should increase it. Maybe a nice applet showing what brightness is set. - But, observed: The brightness alternates between very bright and very low. The applet shows up(in kde). - - To check whether this was a kde issue i used the command line, where the - behavior is similar. - - root@rawls:/proc/acpi/video/VGA/LCD# cat brightness + root@rawls:/proc/acpi/video/VGA/LCD# cat brightness levels: 0 10 20 30 40 50 60 70 80 90 100 current: 50 - and setting works with for example + and setting works with for example echo 70 > brightness which results in 80: pretty dark 0,20,40,60,100: slightly brighter, but still rather dark 10,30,50,70,90: pretty bright which is not what one would,at least naively, expect. I tried some settings like 91, giving -bash: echo: write error: Invalid argument - possibly related bugs might be - - https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux/+bug/571421 "brightness hotkeys not functional on Lenovo Ideapad u450p", though the keys work fine for me - - https://bugs.launchpad.net/linux/+bug/513921 "hotkeys adjust display brightness non-monotonically on new Asus pinetrail netbooks (1001P, 1005P, 1005PE)" - I tried the workaround from bug 513921, but after adding acpi_osi=linux and acpi_backlight=vendor I could not set the display brightness at all any more. - - I hope ubuntu-bug attached the necessary information this is filed in - the right place. ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 10.10 Package: linux-image-2.6.35-22-generic 2.6.35-22.35 Regression: No Reproducible: Yes ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.35-22.35-generic 2.6.35.4 Uname: Linux 2.6.35-22-generic x86_64 AlsaVersion: Advanced Linux Sound Architecture Driver Version 1.0.23. Architecture: amd64 ArecordDevices: - **** List of CAPTURE Hardware Devices **** - card 0: Intel [HDA Intel], device 0: ALC272 Analog [ALC272 Analog] - Subdevices: 1/1 - Subdevice #0: subdevice #0 + **** List of CAPTURE Hardware Devices **** + card 0: Intel [HDA Intel], device 0: ALC272 Analog [ALC272 Analog] + Subdevices: 1/1 + Subdevice #0: subdevice #0 AudioDevicesInUse: - USER PID ACCESS COMMAND - /dev/snd/controlC0: goelzera 7763 F.... pulseaudio + USER PID ACCESS COMMAND + /dev/snd/controlC0: goelzera 7763 F.... pulseaudio Card0.Amixer.info: - Card hw:0 'Intel'/'HDA Intel at 0xf0400000 irq 46' - Mixer name : 'Realtek ALC272' - Components : 'HDA:10ec0272,17aac006,00100001' - Controls : 17 - Simple ctrls : 10 + Card hw:0 'Intel'/'HDA Intel at 0xf0400000 irq 46' + Mixer name : 'Realtek ALC272' + Components : 'HDA:10ec0272,17aac006,00100001' + Controls : 17 + Simple ctrls : 10 Card1.Amixer.info: - Card hw:1 'HDMI'/'HDA ATI HDMI at 0xf0210000 irq 47' - Mixer name : 'ATI R6xx HDMI' - Components : 'HDA:1002aa01,00aa0100,00100100' - Controls : 4 - Simple ctrls : 1 + Card hw:1 'HDMI'/'HDA ATI HDMI at 0xf0210000 irq 47' + Mixer name : 'ATI R6xx HDMI' + Components : 'HDA:1002aa01,00aa0100,00100100' + Controls : 4 + Simple ctrls : 1 Card1.Amixer.values: - Simple mixer control 'IEC958',0 - Capabilities: pswitch pswitch-joined penum - Playback channels: Mono - Mono: Playback [off] + Simple mixer control 'IEC958',0 + Capabilities: pswitch pswitch-joined penum + Playback channels: Mono + Mono: Playback [off] Date: Fri Nov 19 00:52:44 2010 HibernationDevice: RESUME=UUID=7a4abe7d-4147-48d0-8057-b1f964dc963b InstallationMedia: Kubuntu 10.10 "Maverick Meerkat" - Release Candidate amd64 (20100928.3) MachineType: LENOVO 3389 ProcCmdLine: BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-2.6.35-22-generic root=UUID=7965020f-a640-4958-8bea-09eb9aaa31a3 ro ProcEnviron: - LANGUAGE= - PATH=(custom, user) - LANG=en_US.UTF-8 - SHELL=/bin/bash + LANGUAGE= + PATH=(custom, user) + LANG=en_US.UTF-8 + SHELL=/bin/bash RelatedPackageVersions: linux-firmware 1.38 SourcePackage: linux WifiSyslog: - + dmi.bios.date: 01/20/2010 dmi.bios.vendor: LENOVO dmi.bios.version: 22CN35WW(V2.02) dmi.board.name: NITU1 dmi.board.vendor: LENOVO dmi.board.version: REFERENCE dmi.chassis.asset.tag: No Asset Tag dmi.chassis.type: 10 dmi.chassis.vendor: No Enclosure dmi.chassis.version: N/A dmi.modalias: dmi:bvnLENOVO:bvr22CN35WW(V2.02):bd01/20/2010:svnLENOVO:pn3389:pvrLenovoIdeaPadU450p:rvnLENOVO:rnNITU1:rvrREFERENCE:cvnNoEnclosure:ct10:cvrN/A: dmi.product.name: 3389 dmi.product.version: Lenovo IdeaPad U450p dmi.sys.vendor: LENOVO ** Tags added: latest-bios22cn35ww ** Tags added: needs-upstream-testing regression-potential ** Tags added: natty ** Changed in: linux (Ubuntu) Status: Confirmed => Incomplete -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/677274 Title: Brightness control on Lenovo Ideapad u450p behaves non-monotonically To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux/+bug/677274/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list [email protected] https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
