[Kernel-packages] [Bug 1485246] [NEW] Backlight issue - Samsung Chronos 7 (model - NP770Z5E)

2015-08-15 Thread Mark Pettengell
Public bug reported: Control of screen backlight is broken with a default clean install of Ubuntu 15.04 on my Samsung Series 7 Laptop (NP770Z5E). Setting kernel parameter 'acpi_backlight=vendor' fixes the issue after two reboots. Debugging information attached as per - https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Kern

[Kernel-packages] [Bug 1485246] Re: Backlight issue - Samsung Chronos 7 (model - NP770Z5E)

2015-08-15 Thread Mark Pettengell
** Attachment added: "results.log" https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux/+bug/1485246/+attachment/4445247/+files/results.log ** Description changed: Control of screen backlight is broken with a default clean install of - Ubuntu 15.04 on my Samsung Series 7 Laptop (NP770Z5E). Setti

[Kernel-packages] [Bug 1485246] Re: Backlight issue - Samsung Chronos 7 (model - NP770Z5E)

2015-08-15 Thread Mark Pettengell
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[Kernel-packages] [Bug 1485246] Re: Backlight issue - Samsung Chronos 7 (model - NP770Z5E)

2015-08-15 Thread Mark Pettengell
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[Kernel-packages] [Bug 1485246] Re: Backlight issue - Samsung Chronos 7 (model - NP770Z5E)

2015-08-15 Thread Mark Pettengell
ls /sys/class/backlight > backlight ** Attachment added: "backlight" https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux/+bug/1485246/+attachment/4445242/+files/backlight -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Kernel Packages, which is subscribed to linux in Ubuntu. ht

[Kernel-packages] [Bug 1485246] Re: Backlight issue - Samsung Chronos 7 (model - NP770Z5E)

2015-08-15 Thread Mark Pettengell
acpidump output ** Attachment added: "acpidump.txt" https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux/+bug/1485246/+attachment/4445216/+files/acpidump.txt -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Kernel Packages, which is subscribed to linux in Ubuntu. https://bugs.lau

[Kernel-packages] [Bug 1485246] Re: Backlight issue - Samsung Chronos 7 (model - NP770Z5E)

2015-08-15 Thread Mark Pettengell
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[Kernel-packages] [Bug 1485246] Re: Backlight issue - Samsung Chronos 7 (model - NP770Z5E)

2015-08-15 Thread Mark Pettengell
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[Kernel-packages] [Bug 1485246] Re: Backlight issue - Samsung Chronos 7 (model - NP770Z5E)

2015-08-16 Thread Mark Pettengell
Update: upon further reboots with acpi_backlight=vendor, trying to adjust the brightness using the laptop hotkeys causes the brightness to immediately descend to minimum levels and the brightness change notification panel becomes locked. -- You received this bug notification because you are a mem

[Kernel-packages] [Bug 1485246] Re: Backlight issue - Samsung Chronos 7 (model - NP770Z5E)

2015-08-19 Thread Mark Pettengell
The issue occurred on a fresh install of Ubuntu 15.04 but as I was previously running 14.04, you could describe it as an upgrade (though it was not through the upgrade mechanism). There was certainly a previous kernel version where this was not causing a problem, but I am unable to tell you which i

[Kernel-packages] [Bug 1485246] Re: Backlight issue - Samsung Chronos 7 (model - NP770Z5E)

2015-08-19 Thread Mark Pettengell
Right, so I have re-tested having installed the 4.2.0-040200rc7-generic kernel. The behaviour seems to be identical to the stock Ubuntu 15.04 kernel. A few things I have noticed having carried out several reboots and suspends in the process of testing this. These apply to both the stock kernel and