[Bug 385723] Re: no backlight support for laptop (hal depreciation regression)

2009-07-23 Thread Martin Pitt
> You said "hal support for smartdimmer isn't going away anytime soon", but for > me hal never manage to get my > backlight to work, Ah, right, I remember. That was a different bug then. ** Package changed: gnome-power-manager (Ubuntu) => nvidia-graphics- drivers-180 (Ubuntu) -- no backlight

[Bug 385723] Re: no backlight support for laptop (hal depreciation regression)

2009-07-23 Thread Bug Watch Updater
** Changed in: xorg-server Status: Unknown => Confirmed -- no backlight support for laptop (hal depreciation regression) https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/385723 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Desktop Bugs, which is subscribed to gnome-power-manager in

[Bug 385723] Re: no backlight support for laptop (hal depreciation regression)

2009-07-23 Thread Schmirrwurst
Martin, I'm not sure to have understood everything : You said "hal support for smartdimmer isn't going away anytime soon", but for me hal never manage to get my backlight to work, In one bug report in LP, I know a change has been made for nvidia user, to use smartdimmer, but this is not working

[Bug 385723] Re: no backlight support for laptop (hal depreciation regression)

2009-07-23 Thread Martin Pitt
** Also affects: xorg-server via https://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=22913 Importance: Unknown Status: Unknown ** Changed in: gnome-power Importance: Unknown => Undecided ** Changed in: gnome-power Status: Unknown => New ** Changed in: gnome-power Remote watch: f

[Bug 385723] Re: no backlight support for laptop (hal depreciation regression)

2009-07-23 Thread Schmirrwurst
** Bug watch added: Linux Kernel Bug Tracker #13477 http://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=13477 ** Also affects: linux via http://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=13477 Importance: Unknown Status: Unknown -- no backlight support for laptop (hal depreciation regression) ht

[Bug 385723] Re: no backlight support for laptop (hal depreciation regression)

2009-07-23 Thread Bug Watch Updater
** Changed in: linux Status: Unknown => Incomplete -- no backlight support for laptop (hal depreciation regression) https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/385723 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Desktop Bugs, which is subscribed to gnome-power-manager in ubunt

[Bug 385723] Re: no backlight support for laptop (hal depreciation regression)

2009-07-23 Thread Schmirrwurst
** Bug watch added: freedesktop.org Bugzilla #22913 https://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=22913 ** Also affects: gnome-power via https://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=22913 Importance: Unknown Status: Unknown -- no backlight support for laptop (hal depreciation regr

[Bug 385723] Re: no backlight support for laptop (hal depreciation regression)

2009-07-23 Thread Martin Pitt
The hal support for smartdimmer isn't going away anytime soon, so for these platforms it's perhaps possible to add back the gnome-power- manager support for it. That's why there is a gnome-power-manager task here. But I see no chance of devkit-power ever getting support for smartdimmer. The entire

[Bug 385723] Re: no backlight support for laptop (hal depreciation regression)

2009-07-23 Thread Martin Pitt
Adding xorg task, where the support should land according to David Zeuten, Richard Hughes, and Kay Sievers (see http://lists.freedesktop.org/archives/devkit- devel/2009-July/000268.html). Once xbacklight covers these platforms, g-p-m/KDE etc. should "just work". ** Also affects: xorg (Ubuntu) I

[Bug 385723] Re: no backlight support for laptop (hal depreciation regression)

2009-07-23 Thread Schmirrwurst
Martin, I've red the thread you mentioned, and I found out in it, that it should be fixed in xbacklight, but this could take quite a long time... and there is need of a fallback solution ! How many years do people experiencing that problem (on hp, samsung, sony, mac laptop...) are going to wait t

Re: [Bug 385723] Re: no backlight support for laptop (hal depreciation regression)

2009-07-22 Thread John Haitas
Is it the case that Ubuntu 9.10 might not support brightness hot keys on my laptop? If so, this is a serious regression from Jaunty. On Wed, Jul 22, 2009 at 1:10 PM, Martin Pitt wrote: > Schmirrwurst [2009-07-22 17:30 -]: >> If this has to be fixed in gnome-power-manager, which package is >> r

Re: [Bug 385723] Re: no backlight support for laptop (hal depreciation regression)

2009-07-22 Thread Martin Pitt
Schmirrwurst [2009-07-22 17:30 -]: > If this has to be fixed in gnome-power-manager, which package is > repsponsible for kde ?? I've seen that the kde power management is > still relying on hal-power under karmic Well, it really needs to be fixed in X.org (the XBACKLIGHT extension), in ha

[Bug 385723] Re: no backlight support for laptop (hal depreciation regression)

2009-07-22 Thread Schmirrwurst
If this has to be fixed in gnome-power-manager, which package is repsponsible for kde ?? I've seen that the kde power management is still relying on hal-power under karmic -- no backlight support for laptop (hal depreciation regression) https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/385723 You received th

[Bug 385723] Re: no backlight support for laptop (hal depreciation regression)

2009-07-21 Thread Martin Pitt
** Package changed: devicekit-power (Ubuntu) => gnome-power-manager (Ubuntu) ** Changed in: gnome-power-manager (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided => Medium ** Changed in: gnome-power-manager (Ubuntu) Status: New => Triaged -- no backlight support for laptop (hal depreciation regression)