[Bug 1307064] Re: Ubuntu 14.04 Beta cannot adjust brightness on Lenovo Ideapad Z570

2014-04-17 Thread Will Gilthorpe
This fix works in 3.13.0-24-generic. I hope that this helps someone else. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1307064 Title: Ubuntu 14.04 Beta cannot adjust brightness on Lenovo Ideapad Z

[Bug 1307064] Re: Ubuntu 14.04 Beta cannot adjust brightness on Lenovo Ideapad Z570

2014-04-17 Thread Will Gilthorpe
Problem solved. Tried adding acpi_backlight=vendor to boot parameter. Did not work So I tried the recommendation for Intel HD Graphic Controllers. Created the file /usr/share/X11/xorg.conf.d/80-backlight.conf with below contents as recommended. Section "Device" Identifier "Intel Graphics"

[Bug 1307064] Re: Ubuntu 14.04 Beta cannot adjust brightness on Lenovo Ideapad Z570

2014-04-17 Thread Will Gilthorpe
I think I should elaborate on my previous post. I have 2 entries in /sys/class/backlight acpi_video0 intel_backlight When I use the slider in the brightness applet or the hotkeys to change the brightness, the value of /sys/class/backlight/acpi_video0 is changing. This being the case, I be

[Bug 1307064] Re: Ubuntu 14.04 Beta cannot adjust brightness on Lenovo Ideapad Z570

2014-04-17 Thread Will Gilthorpe
I appologize for the poorly written original bug report. I was very tired and had been working on this for some time. As mentioned at https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Kernel/Debugging/Backlight, I think that it may be helpful if I include that I do have entries in /sys/class/backlight. I can change brigh

[Bug 1307064] Re: Ubuntu 14.04 Beta cannot adjust brightness on Lenovo Ideapad Z570

2014-04-17 Thread Will Gilthorpe
This still exists in the upstream kernel. I testedlinux- image-3.15.0-031500rc1-generic_3.15.0-031500rc1.201404131835_amd64.deb ** Tags removed: amd64 apport-bug staging trusty ** Tags added: kernel-bug-exists-upstream -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ub

Re: [Bug 1307064] Re: Ubuntu 14.04 Beta cannot adjust brightness on Lenovo Ideapad Z570

2014-04-15 Thread Will Gilthorpe
dmi.board.version: FAB1 > dmi.chassis.asset.tag: Asset Tag > dmi.chassis.type: 10 > dmi.chassis.vendor: LENOVO > dmi.chassis.version: 0.1 > dmi.modalias: > dmi:bvnLENOVO:bvr45CN38WW:bd10/21/2011:svnLENOVO:pn10249RU:pvrIdeapadZ570:rvnLENOVO:rnEmeraldLake:rvrFAB1:cvnLENOVO

[Bug 1307064] [NEW] Ubuntu 14.04 Beta cannot adjust brightness on Lenovo Ideapad Z570

2014-04-12 Thread Will Gilthorpe
Public bug reported: Fresh install of 14.04 on my laptop cannot adjust brightness. When fn+up arrow or fn+down arrow are used, the indicator in the upper right hand corner as if the brightness should change, but it does not. Also, if one tries to use the slider in the power applet, the brightnes