Public bug reported: Today I started working at about 6 am with lights off before the sunrise. So I set the display backlight on my notebook at the minimum. I used notebook keyboard buttons for this. Then I realised that night light (which makes display colors warm) is already off. I opened Settings window, navigated to Devices -> Monitors screen and set the night light to the manual mode. I changed the upper limit to 8 am. The night light turned on immediately. Then I closed the Settings window. I worked for about an hour till 7 am. Then suddenly the backlight of the display started to turn full on about every minute. I changed it to the previous low level with the buttons but it kept turning full on in after about a minute. Changing any settings in the Power tab didn't help. The only thing that helped was: chmod -w /sys/class/backlight/*/brightness After I ran the command the problem is gone. The only effect I still see is: the slider in the Power tab of the settings window is switching to the full on position about every minute. Without any input from me of course.
ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 17.10 Package: xorg 1:7.7+19ubuntu3 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 4.13.0-17.20-generic 4.13.8 Uname: Linux 4.13.0-17-generic x86_64 ApportVersion: 2.20.7-0ubuntu3.6 Architecture: amd64 CompositorRunning: None CurrentDesktop: ubuntu:GNOME Date: Sun Dec 10 07:35:33 2017 DistUpgraded: Fresh install DistroCodename: artful DistroVariant: ubuntu ExtraDebuggingInterest: Yes, including running git bisection searches GraphicsCard: Intel Corporation Mobile 4 Series Chipset Integrated Graphics Controller [8086:2a42] (rev 07) (prog-if 00 [VGA controller]) Subsystem: Acer Incorporated [ALI] Mobile 4 Series Chipset Integrated Graphics Controller [1025:0283] Subsystem: Acer Incorporated [ALI] Mobile 4 Series Chipset Integrated Graphics Controller [1025:0283] InstallationDate: Installed on 2017-11-08 (31 days ago) InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 17.10 "Artful Aardvark" - Release amd64 (20171018) MachineType: Acer TravelMate 8371 ProcEnviron: TERM=xterm-256color PATH=(custom, no user) XDG_RUNTIME_DIR=<set> LANG=ru_RU.UTF-8 SHELL=/bin/bash ProcKernelCmdLine: BOOT_IMAGE=/root_17_10/boot/vmlinuz-4.13.0-17-generic root=UUID=11364c2e-2856-412a-86ed-f2a02c62fbce ro rootflags=subvol=root_17_10 quiet splash vt.handoff=7 SourcePackage: xorg Symptom: display UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install) dmi.bios.date: 03/26/2010 dmi.bios.vendor: Acer dmi.bios.version: V1.27 dmi.board.asset.tag: Base Board Asset Tag dmi.board.name: TravelMate 8371 dmi.board.vendor: Acer dmi.board.version: PSMBOU-1234567 dmi.chassis.asset.tag: None dmi.chassis.type: 10 dmi.chassis.vendor: Acer dmi.chassis.version: None dmi.modalias: dmi:bvnAcer:bvrV1.27:bd03/26/2010:svnAcer:pnTravelMate8371:pvrV1.27:rvnAcer:rnTravelMate8371:rvrPSMBOU-1234567:cvnAcer:ct10:cvrNone: dmi.product.family: Intel_Mobile dmi.product.name: TravelMate 8371 dmi.product.version: V1.27 dmi.sys.vendor: Acer version.compiz: compiz N/A version.libdrm2: libdrm2 2.4.83-1 version.libgl1-mesa-dri: libgl1-mesa-dri 17.2.2-0ubuntu1 version.libgl1-mesa-glx: libgl1-mesa-glx 17.2.2-0ubuntu1 version.xserver-xorg-core: xserver-xorg-core 2:1.19.5-0ubuntu2 version.xserver-xorg-input-evdev: xserver-xorg-input-evdev N/A version.xserver-xorg-video-ati: xserver-xorg-video-ati 1:7.10.0-1 version.xserver-xorg-video-intel: xserver-xorg-video-intel 2:2.99.917+git20170309-0ubuntu1 version.xserver-xorg-video-nouveau: xserver-xorg-video-nouveau 1:1.0.15-2 ** Affects: gnome-settings-daemon (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided Status: New ** Tags: amd64 apport-bug artful ubuntu wayland-session ** Package changed: xorg (Ubuntu) => gnome-settings-daemon (Ubuntu) -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Desktop Bugs, which is subscribed to gnome-settings-daemon in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1737379 Title: display backlight turns full on every minute To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/gnome-settings-daemon/+bug/1737379/+subscriptions -- desktop-bugs mailing list desktop-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/desktop-bugs