[Bug 1007765] Re: brightness adjusting crashes system

2015-11-27 Thread Scott Moore
This is happening on my Lenovo T510 which uses Nvidia so I don't think the video driver has anything to do with it. This bug (for me) is also the worst kind in that it's intermittent. Tonight, the system locked up when I forgot about this problem and it hosed a partition that was in the middle of b

[Bug 1007765] Re: brightness adjusting crashes system

2014-04-29 Thread TraceyC
The problem persists in 14.04. The solution in comment #96 still does not resolve the issue for me. I can confirm Rahul's observation in #116. Adjusting the brightness before the kernel loads works. Adjusting after that freezes the system. -- You received this bug notification because you are a

[Bug 1007765] Re: brightness adjusting crashes system

2014-04-24 Thread osterchrisi
I believe I have successfully solved the bug now by reading all the comments again and found a solution in #96. I added echo 0 >/proc/sys/kernel/nmi_watchdog before "exit 0" in the file etc/rc.local. I have used the system a few hours/days/re-starts/hibernates since and no bug has occured by now.

[Bug 1007765] Re: brightness adjusting crashes system

2014-04-24 Thread Rahul Kamath
one workaround i been using for quite sometime now, is to decrease the backlight before the kernel boots. i.e. the system waits on grub bootloader for 5-10 seconds for any distribution i used. dimming the display then bypasses this issue... :) -- You received this bug notification because you a

[Bug 1007765] Re: brightness adjusting crashes system

2014-04-13 Thread osterchrisi
Hey, is there any chance this is going to be resolved soon? My system (Ubuntu Studio 10.04) basically renders itself more and more useless everyday and I can't upgrade because of this bug. I tried - Ubuntu 12.04 - Linux Mint 13 and Linux Mint 15 (both Cinnamon) - Fedora 20 - Ubuntu Studio 12.04 -

[Bug 1007765] Re: brightness adjusting crashes system

2014-04-04 Thread osterchrisi
** Also affects: fedora Importance: Undecided Status: New -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1007765 Title: brightness adjusting crashes system To manage notifications about th

[Bug 1007765] Re: brightness adjusting crashes system

2014-01-07 Thread Konstantin Kletschke
Dear George, I am quite sure, this does not fix the problem. I investigated this in deep now, let me elaborate on this. At first I forgot to mention, my system is entirely a 64bit one, may be this is importand. Secondly, I have only one AMD/ATI HD4500 card build into my notebook as a graphincs card

[Bug 1007765] Re: brightness adjusting crashes system

2014-01-07 Thread TraceyC
Unfortunately, the solution that worked for George does not work on my Lenovo ThinkPad W530, running Ubuntu 13.10. After trying to adjust brightness, I see the brightness graphic on the screen, and the system freezes immediately. This laptop has NVidia - Intel hybrid graphics, so the bug is likel

[Bug 1007765] Re: brightness adjusting crashes system

2014-01-07 Thread George
I've managed to get this bug solved! The answer is here: http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=2181534&p=12819813#post12819813 Create the file /usr/share/X11/xorg.conf.d/20-intel.conf with the following content: Section "Device" Identifier "card0" Driver "in

[Bug 1007765] Re: brightness adjusting crashes system

2014-01-07 Thread George
I've managed to get this bug solved! The answer is here: http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=2181534&p=12819813#post12819813 Create the file /usr/share/X11/xorg.conf.d/20-intel.conf with the following content: Section "Device" Identifier "card0" Driver "intel"

[Bug 1007765] Re: brightness adjusting crashes system

2014-01-07 Thread Konstantin Kletschke
Hello to you all! I am showing up here because I have the same issue. I found this thread this morning after blaming the hardware on my notebook for a year but rethinking this to be a software issue this morning. I will try out the solutions here to contribute on this this evening. Please, how

[Bug 1007765] Re: brightness adjusting crashes system

2013-11-01 Thread George
I've read comment #96 and now I know what echo 0 >/proc/sys/kernel/nmi_watchdog does. Still, it didn't work for me. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1007765 Title: brightness adj

[Bug 1007765] Re: brightness adjusting crashes system

2013-11-01 Thread George
I have Dell Integrated Graphics Card and don't understand what echo 0 >/proc/sys/kernel/nmi_watchdogdoes. I'm really fed up with this bug. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1007765 Ti

[Bug 1007765] Re: brightness adjusting crashes system

2013-10-31 Thread Deepak
I fresh installed Ubuntu 13.10, so it was using free drivers by default. And it crashed when I tried to change brightness rapidly. So I think the bug is not present in fglrx-installer. Now I am using AMD drivers, but my brightness control doesn't work properly, it either increases or decreases a

[Bug 1007765] Re: brightness adjusting crashes system

2013-10-31 Thread George
Still no luck for me on Dell N5010, running Kubuntu 13.10: GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX_DEFAULT="quiet splash acpi_backlight=legacy" didn't work... -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1007765 Tit

[Bug 1007765] Re: brightness adjusting crashes system

2013-10-31 Thread Qaiser Ijaz
Adding "acpi_backlight=legacy" fixed it for me under Ubuntu 13.10. (Dell N5010, IntelHD) 'gksu gedit /etc/default/grub' add "acpi_backlight=legacy" to GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX_DEFAULT="quiet splash" line so it'll look like this: GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX_DEFAULT="quiet splash acpi_backlight=legacy" sa

[Bug 1007765] Re: brightness adjusting crashes system

2013-09-27 Thread Matthias Brandt
I never had this bug until yesterday. "acpi_backlight=vendor" and/or the "echo 0 >/proc/sys/kernel/nmi_watchdog" solution didn't work for me. I couldn't install the latest mainline kernel, because of my restricted broadcom WiFi driver I'm depending on. Workaround for me was: Disable Virtualization

Re: [Bug 1007765] Re: brightness adjusting crashes system

2013-08-25 Thread Aditya
Hi, > On Fri, Aug 23, 2013 at 04:09:46PM -, Aditya wrote: >> Hi, >> by different I mean that the system freezes in both the situations, with >> nmi_watchdog enabled and disabled, and this happens as soon as I soon as I >> change the brightness levels, and this is the reason I actually reache

[Bug 1007765] Re: brightness adjusting crashes system

2013-08-23 Thread Umang Varma
Marwan, your workaround did in fact fix the problem for me. I'll add that when I tried your workaround (echo 0 >/proc/sys/kernel/nmi_watchdog), I REMOVED acpi_backlight=vendor (which I already had) at the same time. I rebooted and both problems were fixed: I could change the backlight using my key

Re: [Bug 1007765] Re: brightness adjusting crashes system

2013-08-23 Thread Marwan Tanager
On Fri, Aug 23, 2013 at 04:09:46PM -, Aditya wrote: > Hi, > by different I mean that the system freezes in both the situations, with > nmi_watchdog enabled and disabled, and this happens as soon as I soon as I > change the brightness levels, and this is the reason I actually reached this > b

[Bug 1007765] Re: brightness adjusting crashes system

2013-08-23 Thread Aditya
Hi, by different I mean that the system freezes in both the situations, with nmi_watchdog enabled and disabled, and this happens as soon as I soon as I change the brightness levels, and this is the reason I actually reached this bug report. Thanks, -- You received this bug notification becaus

Re: [Bug 1007765] Re: brightness adjusting crashes system

2013-08-23 Thread Marwan Tanager
On Fri, Aug 23, 2013 at 09:05:34AM -, Aditya wrote: > Thanks Marwan for the detailed description of the bug. You're welcome. > I just posted this as a fix for the users who were unable to change brightness, and I had no idea how deep the roots of this bug are. And, I don't blame you. I just

[Bug 1007765] Re: brightness adjusting crashes system

2013-08-23 Thread Aditya
Thanks Marwan for the detailed description of the bug. I just posted this as a fix for the users who were unable to change brightness, and I had no idea how deep the roots of this bug are. In my case, both acpi_video0 and acpi_video1 do not work, i.e. the brightness does not change and the syste

Re: [Bug 1007765] Re: brightness adjusting crashes system

2013-08-22 Thread Marwan Tanager
On Thu, Aug 22, 2013 at 06:10:50PM -, Aditya wrote: > May be the community is looking for the solution in the wrong direction. Well, I will elaborate on this bug once and for all. First of all, we can't blame the Linux kernel for this bug, because it is firmware-specific. "firmware-specific

[Bug 1007765] Re: brightness adjusting crashes system

2013-08-22 Thread Aditya
May be the community is looking for the solution in the wrong direction. Looking in /sys/class/backlight/ lists 3 folders on my Dell inspiron 7520. One of the folders is intel_backlight . Manually doing root@Sirius:~# echo 2000 > /sys/class/backlight/intel_backlight/brightness works. This means

[Bug 1007765] Re: brightness adjusting crashes system

2013-08-14 Thread Anoop
This is an update to my post No.93... Not a single time i have have faced any problem with the brigtness button : after SPARX No.17 comment ( sorry for saying that it was Marwans) This bug is FIXED for me by adding these kernel options: GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX_DEFAULT="quiet splash pcie_aspm=force ac

[Bug 1007765] Re: brightness adjusting crashes system

2013-08-07 Thread Anoop
I am using debian wheezy... Cannot find a better discussion on this "Brightness Bug" in the whole world awesome effort here.. I have Dell Inspiron N5010 , Core i3, 4 GB RAM AND INTEL HD After updating to 3.2.xx the system starts hanging when the brightness was adjusted. I googled and found th

[Bug 1007765] Re: brightness adjusting crashes system

2013-07-23 Thread Felipe Aragão Pires
For those of you using Inspiron: Marwan's solution worked for me. I'm using 'GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX_DEFAULT="quiet splash pcie_aspm=force acpi=off"' in my /etc/default/grub file. and I've added 'echo 0 >/proc/sys/kernel/nmi_watchdog' to my /etc/rc.local file. (Thanks, man!) -- You received this bug

Re: [Bug 1007765] Re: brightness adjusting crashes system

2013-06-22 Thread Marwan Tanager
On Sun, Jun 23, 2013 at 04:59:03AM -, Savio wrote: > Thats help, but adding this line in /etc/rc.local before exit 0 statement > making brigthness hotkey unusable. This couldn't be caused by disabling nmi_watchdog; this is totally unrelated. My guess is that you've booted the system with acp

[Bug 1007765] Re: brightness adjusting crashes system

2013-06-22 Thread Savio
Thats help, but adding this line in /etc/rc.local before exit 0 statement making brigthness hotkey unusable. I need to change from setting. will adding this Section "Device" Identifier "Intel Graphics" Driver "intel" Option "AccelMethod" "sna" Option "Backlight" "intel_

Re: [Bug 1007765] Re: brightness adjusting crashes system

2013-06-22 Thread Marwan Tanager
On Sat, Jun 22, 2013 at 11:07:27PM -, Savio wrote: > I have Dell inspiron with Intel core I3 and Intel HD graphics with ubuntu. > 13.04 . > I tried setting acpi_backlight=vendor but no help > but setting acpi = off works but no touchpad support You can eliminate this problem for now, by putti

[Bug 1007765] Re: brightness adjusting crashes system

2013-06-22 Thread Marwan Tanager
** Bug watch added: Linux Kernel Bug Tracker #57571 http://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=57571 -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1007765 Title: brightness adjusting crashes syst

Re: [Bug 1007765] Re: brightness adjusting crashes system

2013-06-22 Thread Marwan Tanager
On Sat, Jun 22, 2013 at 11:07:27PM -, Savio wrote: > I have Dell inspiron with Intel core I3 and Intel HD graphics with ubuntu. > 13.04 . > I tried setting acpi_backlight=vendor but no help > but setting acpi = off works but no touchpad support > > setting brightness manually in /sys/class/ba

[Bug 1007765] Re: brightness adjusting crashes system

2013-06-22 Thread Savio
I have Dell inspiron with Intel core I3 and Intel HD graphics with ubuntu. 13.04 . I tried setting acpi_backlight=vendor but no help but setting acpi = off works but no touchpad support setting brightness manually in /sys/class/backlight/dell_ brightness/ current* to 1 works and also changing thi

[Bug 1007765] Re: brightness adjusting crashes system

2013-05-15 Thread Julian Neil
I still have this problem with 3.8.0-19-generic #30-Ubuntu SMP Wed May 1 16:35:23 UTC 2013 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux with intel graphics HD4000. When I first boot, changing brightness is fine. But after a period of time, it will hang if I adjust the brightness. Similarly, when I first boo

[Bug 1007765] Re: brightness adjusting crashes system

2013-05-08 Thread Kumar Abhishek
Why is this bug still in "Unassigned state"...? -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1007765 Title: brightness adjusting crashes system To manage notifications about this bug go to: https:

[Bug 1007765] Re: brightness adjusting crashes system

2013-04-30 Thread Imre Benedek
Unfortunately the issue is back on Xubuntu 13.04, Dell Inspiron 5010, Intel Graphics. Temporarily try this brightness adjuster: http://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2013/04/brightness-control-ubuntu -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubunt

[Bug 1007765] Re: brightness adjusting crashes system

2013-03-21 Thread Deepak
I am still having this problem even after adding 'acpi_backlight=vendor' to grub cmd option, but now crash occurs less often. This problem also occurs when brightness changes due to power on/off. In this case(when frozen) if I remove or plug-in charger, brightness level changes but nothing else

[Bug 1007765] Re: brightness adjusting crashes system

2013-03-04 Thread Savio
Hi, I think adding 'acpi_backlight=vendor' to grub cmd option fix problem for only Intel graphics cards, for other GPU this bug is still present. This is very serious one. As this affects linux usability and stability. Regards, Savio -- You received this bug notification because you are a memb

[Bug 1007765] Re: brightness adjusting crashes system

2013-02-05 Thread James Wilson
As with others that have an ATI graphics card, the solution in #71 does NOT work for me either I'm afraid. Can't wait for some sort of aolution to this; it's a real pain! Occasionally it even seems to hit when my computers monitor turns off/on after being left.. uname -a: Linux james-laptop 3.5.0-

[Bug 1007765] Re: brightness adjusting crashes system

2013-01-30 Thread Christian Kindel
Adding 'acpi_backlight=vendor' to the GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX_DEFAULT options in /etc/default/grub (comment #71) also worked for me. 'quiet splash' and 'pcie_aspm=force' options shouldn't be necessary in this situation (though 'quiet splash' is added by default). Also, as a general rule, you should che

[Bug 1007765] Re: brightness adjusting crashes system

2013-01-22 Thread Chris Macklen
SPARX's solution seems to have worked for me as well (comment #71). $uname -a Linux Inspiron-N5010 3.5.0-22-generic #34-Ubuntu SMP Tue Jan 8 21:41:11 UTC 2013 i686 i686 i686 GNU/Linux Thanks for the work around! -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, whi

[Bug 1007765] Re: brightness adjusting crashes system

2013-01-20 Thread ameyabhi
Brilliant work by SPARX there..!! After being frustrated by this problem for months, i can confirm too that the solution in 71 works I had this earlier but the problem still existed. GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX_DEFAULT="quiet splash acpi_backlight=vendor" Looks like adding the pcie_aspm=force is the key

[Bug 1007765] Re: brightness adjusting crashes system

2013-01-18 Thread Imre Benedek
It seems "acpi_backlight=vendor" grub mod works!!! #71 THANK YOU SPARX! Dell Inspiron N5010 (Intel Graphics) -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1007765 Title: brightness adjusting crashe

[Bug 1007765] Re: brightness adjusting crashes system

2013-01-07 Thread Marwan Tanager
I have the same issue on a Dell Inspiron M5010. The workaround in comment #71 works for me too. pcie_aspm=force is irrelevant here, though. acpi_backlight is the one that did the trick. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu.

[Bug 1007765] Re: brightness adjusting crashes system

2013-01-04 Thread Laur
Hi, The bug reproduces on my Dell Inspiron 1564 also and the workaround in Comment #71 is not working (ATI HD 5470 video card). Let me know if there's anything I can help you with in fixing this. Thanks, Laur. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which

[Bug 1007765] Re: brightness adjusting crashes system

2013-01-01 Thread Anuj
Sorry guys, but even this workaround is not working for my system... :( Still doing the brightness changes for 5-10 times the system crashes...The issue is with the graphics card of the system...ATI HD 5470... Ati truly sucks big time -- You received this bug notification because you are a memb

[Bug 1007765] Re: brightness adjusting crashes system

2013-01-01 Thread Elco
I can also confirm that the workaround in Comment #71 fixes this bug, even if you increase and decrease brightness very aggressively. Thank you very much SPARX! Hopefully this can now be fixed without the need for this workaround, but this will do for now. -- You received this bug notification b

[Bug 1007765] Re: brightness adjusting crashes system

2013-01-01 Thread Umang Varma
I can confirm that my system does not freeze after using the workaround in Comment #71. I will post on the upstream bug also. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1007765 Title: brightness

[Bug 1007765] Re: brightness adjusting crashes system

2013-01-01 Thread SPARX
This bug affects me too: Linux dell 3.5.0-21-generic #32-Ubuntu SMP Tue Dec 11 18:51:59 UTC 2012 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux dell studio 1558 After months of hating ubuntu on this machine: This bug is FIXED for me by adding these kernel options: GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX_DEFAULT="quiet splash pcie_

[Bug 1007765] Re: brightness adjusting crashes system

2012-12-05 Thread Launchpad Bug Tracker
Status changed to 'Confirmed' because the bug affects multiple users. ** Changed in: fglrx-installer (Ubuntu) Status: New => Confirmed -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1007765 Tit

[Bug 1007765] Re: brightness adjusting crashes system

2012-11-28 Thread Joseph Salisbury
There is no fix for this bug as of yet. I removed the link to upstream bug https://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=15895 . That bug is for the i915 driver and this bug is for fglrx. Adding a fglrx task for review. ** Also affects: fglrx-installer (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided St

[Bug 1007765] Re: brightness adjusting crashes system

2012-11-27 Thread Anuj
Has the bug been solved in linux... @Joseph Salisbury, what needs to be done to apply the patch, normal update or something else? -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1007765 Title: brightn

[Bug 1007765] Re: brightness adjusting crashes system

2012-11-27 Thread Joseph Salisbury
** No longer affects: linux -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1007765 Title: brightness adjusting crashes system To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net

[Bug 1007765] Re: brightness adjusting crashes system

2012-11-23 Thread lytnus
I'd just like to chime in and say this bug affects me too. I have a dell studio 1558 with a core i5 M450 and radeon HD 5400 (ish), and run ubuntu 12.10, but also had the same issue on 12.04. The problem never affected me prior to upgrading to 12.04. In addition, my computer sometimes freezes on st

[Bug 1007765] Re: brightness adjusting crashes system

2012-11-15 Thread Bug Watch Updater
** Changed in: linux Status: In Progress => Incomplete -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1007765 Title: brightness adjusting crashes system To manage notifications about this bug

[Bug 1007765] Re: brightness adjusting crashes system

2012-11-11 Thread ameyabhi
Been affected by this for several months now with no good solution in sight. It also crashes when i use the change brightness option in the user preferences. And of course it happens when i use the shortcut keys to change brightness provided on the laptop. I have a dell inspiron and the 64-bit vers

[Bug 1007765] Re: brightness adjusting crashes system

2012-11-05 Thread cabri
This bug affects me too. I use a Dell Inspiron n5010 Core i3 Integrated Graphics, running ubuntu 12.10. It happens since 12.04. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1007765 Title: brightnes

[Bug 1007765] Re: brightness adjusting crashes system

2012-10-30 Thread Piter
Hi, a month ago i have installed custom kernel from this thread at Polish ubuntu forum: http://ubuntu.pl/forum/viewtopic.php?f=216&t=160361 Months of use, and i have no more crashes and no more rainbow on brightness change. The problem is in generic kernel. The only problem is that the system bo

[Bug 1007765] Re: brightness adjusting crashes system

2012-10-29 Thread Ciaran Napier
This bug still persists in Ubuntu 12.10 for me, and it seems to be common amongst Dell Studio 1558 users. uname - a: Linux ciaran-Studio-1558 3.5.0-17-generic #28-Ubuntu SMP Tue Oct 9 19:31:23 UTC 2012 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux Intel core i3 370m AMD Radeon HD5470 -- You received this bug

[Bug 1007765] Re: brightness adjusting crashes system

2012-10-29 Thread Deepak
I am having the same problem, i have Dell inspiron 1464 and i noticed this problem in 12.04 and hoped it will fix in 12.10 but still the same problem. I have installed 64 bit version of ubuntu and it has ATI graphics card. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu B

[Bug 1007765] Re: brightness adjusting crashes system

2012-10-18 Thread Anuj
Hello, I have been an Ubuntu user for the past 4 years but since the launch of ubuntu 12.04 and this bug on my Dell Studio 1558...i have to log into windows... If I change the screen brightness continuously a few times, the screen freezes and computer does not respond... I have tried Kubuntu 12.

[Bug 1007765] Re: brightness adjusting crashes system

2012-09-23 Thread Manasvi Gupta
Hello, I am affected by this bug too. I upgraded my Dell Studio from 10.04 to 12.04.1 and found this exact same issue while changing brightness. Kernel that I am using -> 3.2.0-31-generic (64-bit). $ uname -a Linux neo 3.2.0-31-generic #50-Ubuntu SMP Fri Sep 7 16:16:45 UTC 2012 x86_64 x86_64

[Bug 1007765] Re: brightness adjusting crashes system

2012-09-18 Thread Joseph Salisbury
** Tags removed: kernel-key ** Tags added: kernel-da-key -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1007765 Title: brightness adjusting crashes system To manage notifications about this bug go t

[Bug 1007765] Re: brightness adjusting crashes system

2012-09-05 Thread Piter
Sorry for my english. I`m affected with this bug too. First time i saw it on debian wheezy with kernel 3.0. Dell Studio 1558 corei3 m350 ati 5470HD I don`t change manually brightnes at startup i have set up xbacklight. sometimes my laptop chrash at startup. It is randomly and very annoying. I us

[Bug 1007765] Re: brightness adjusting crashes system

2012-09-01 Thread Thiago Biscaro
I gave up. Really. Lots of kernel versions, and none of them have fixed this bug. I'm returning to Windows. I have been using only Linux since 1999 and I am pretty disapointed on how things are now. Fedora, Ubuntu, Mint, every distro that uses this 3.x kernel have the same problem, which is a very

[Bug 1007765] Re: brightness adjusting crashes system

2012-08-30 Thread Sergio González
I have the same bug: $ uname -a Linux Inspiron-N5010 3.2.0-29-generic #46-Ubuntu SMP Fri Jul 27 17:03:23 UTC 2012 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux Thanks in advance -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpa

[Bug 1007765] Re: brightness adjusting crashes system

2012-08-29 Thread Bug Watch Updater
** Changed in: linux Status: Incomplete => In Progress -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1007765 Title: brightness adjusting crashes system To manage notifications about this bug

[Bug 1007765] Re: brightness adjusting crashes system

2012-08-24 Thread Christian Hendl
Hi!! Here reporting the same issue!! I have a Samsung RV420. I though that this problem have to do with the model, but NO! It's kernel's fault, so here I am, if someone need some log, just tell me!! $ uname -a Linux Paca 3.2.0-29-generic-pae #46-Ubuntu SMP Fri Jul 27 17:25:43 UTC 2012 i686 i686 i

[Bug 1007765] Re: brightness adjusting crashes system

2012-08-22 Thread Kārlis Lukstiņš
Must have been a lucky boot! Today the bug crashed my system again. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1007765 Title: brightness adjusting crashes system To manage notifications about th

[Bug 1007765] Re: brightness adjusting crashes system

2012-08-21 Thread Elco
For the record, I'm running the 64-bit version of Ubuntu (3.2.0-29-generic, x86_64), maybe the problems only occurs with the 64 bit version. I've quickly searched on Google how to switch kernels to 32-bit, but it looks like that's not an easy thing to do. Is there anybody experiencing this bug on

[Bug 1007765] Re: brightness adjusting crashes system

2012-08-21 Thread Kārlis Lukstiņš
Strange, but i think i am not longer affected by this bug. $ uname -a Linux karlis-Studio 3.2.0-29-generic-pae #46-Ubuntu SMP Fri Jul 27 17:25:43 UTC 2012 i686 i686 i386 GNU/Linux Was not having a crash for some time now and wanted to test - so i changed the brightness for about 40-60 seconds an

[Bug 1007765] Re: brightness adjusting crashes system

2012-08-21 Thread Umang Varma
If nobody else tests this, I'll test this within a few days. As for hardware details, I'm running a Dell Inspiron N5010 with an up-to-date Ubuntu 12.04. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/10

[Bug 1007765] Re: brightness adjusting crashes system

2012-08-21 Thread Joseph Salisbury
This bug is marked as affecting 7 other people. Can other folks affected by this bug post their hardware details? Also v3.6-rc2[0] of the mainline kernel is now available. Would it be possible to test that kernel and report back if it has the bug or not? Thanks in advance! [0] http://kernel.ub

[Bug 1007765] Re: brightness adjusting crashes system

2012-08-18 Thread Gabriel_P
I'm experiencing this issue on my Dell Inspiron-N5010 + Ubuntu 12.04. The system just hangs (no colorful screen for me) beyond REISUB resetting. It happens whether I use the function keys on the laptop or the brightness manager of the system. If I can contribute with a log or something, please let

[Bug 1007765] Re: brightness adjusting crashes system

2012-08-07 Thread Elco
I can confirm the 3.6 kernel does not fix the problem, though I didn't have any of the other problems described in post #48. Instead of the current Ubuntu 12.10 live DVD, the screen doesn't freeze, but shows the behaviour in the video previously posted. It also seemed as if a more 'agressive' chan

[Bug 1007765] Re: brightness adjusting crashes system

2012-08-07 Thread Umang Varma
Thanks, Joseph. The 3.6 kernel didn't fix the problem for me. $uname -a Linux umang-laptop 3.6.0-030600rc1-generic #201208022056 SMP Fri Aug 3 01:04:00 UTC 2012 i686 i686 i386 GNU/Linux In addition to being a little slower to boot, the kernel also may have done something to the hardware. After t

[Bug 1007765] Re: brightness adjusting crashes system

2012-08-07 Thread Joseph Salisbury
@Umang, Yes, the link posted in comment #45 is safe to install on Precise. After power on, you can hold the shift key to access the GRUB menu. That will allow you to boot back into your prior kernel and remove the v3.6-rc1 kernel after testing. -- You received this bug notification because you a

[Bug 1007765] Re: brightness adjusting crashes system

2012-08-07 Thread Umang Varma
Thanks, Joseph. Are there binary packages available for precise? Is it (somewhat) safe to install version 3.6 on precise using the packages for quantal? -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/10

[Bug 1007765] Re: brightness adjusting crashes system

2012-08-07 Thread Joseph Salisbury
The v3.6-rc1[0] kernel is now available. Can you test that kernel and report back if the bug still exists? Thanks in advance! [0] http://kernel.ubuntu.com/~kernel-ppa/mainline/v3.6-rc1-quantal/ ** Tags added: kernel-key -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu

[Bug 1007765] Re: brightness adjusting crashes system

2012-08-06 Thread Umang Varma
Could you post on the kernel bug asking them to change its status from NEEDINFO? I don't want to seem obnoxious as the last comment is by me I hit the button once this morning and it completely froze. Unfortunately I'm helpless and I have to try and deal with the freeze every two days, since my l

[Bug 1007765] Re: brightness adjusting crashes system

2012-08-06 Thread Elco
Today's live dvd build for Ubuntu 12.10 (Quantal Quetzal) still has this bug, although it does seem as if you have to do a little more than just increasing and decreasing the brightness (you have to increase and decrease it rapidly, kind of agressively), but maybe it just seems that way to me. I d

[Bug 1007765] Re: brightness adjusting crashes system

2012-07-24 Thread Umang Varma
There has been no activity on the kernel bug for a long time now. Is there anything we can do to draw attention to this bug? I have stopped changing the brightness on my rather bright screen and this is not a nice bug to live with. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of

[Bug 1007765] Re: brightness adjusting crashes system

2012-07-03 Thread Bug Watch Updater
** Changed in: linux Status: Unknown => Incomplete ** Changed in: linux Importance: Unknown => Medium -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1007765 Title: brightness adjusting cra

[Bug 1007765] Re: brightness adjusting crashes system

2012-07-03 Thread Umang Varma
I verified that the problem exists on 3.4 mainstream build and commented on an existing bug upstream (https://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=15895). If you feel as though you have any other useful information to add, please do so. ** Bug watch added: Linux Kernel Bug Tracker #15895 http://

[Bug 1007765] Re: brightness adjusting crashes system

2012-07-02 Thread Joseph Salisbury
This issue appears to be an upstream bug, since you tested the latest upstream kernel. Would it be possible for you to open an upstream bug report at bugzilla.kernel.org [1]? That will allow the upstream Developers to examine the issue, and may provide a quicker resolution to the bug. If you are

[Bug 1007765] Re: brightness adjusting crashes system

2012-06-30 Thread Fabio Marconi
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[Bug 1007765] Re: brightness adjusting crashes system

2012-06-29 Thread Kārlis Lukstiņš
Tested kernels 3.4 and 3.5-rc3 and both of them had the same bug. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1007765 Title: brightness adjusting crashes system To manage notifications about this

[Bug 1007765] Re: brightness adjusting crashes system

2012-06-28 Thread Umang Varma
>From Elco's response it looks as though this issue is not fixed in the mainline build. Therefore, changing to confirmed and tagging kernel-bug- exists-upstream as Joseph said. ** Changed in: xorg (Ubuntu) Status: Incomplete => Confirmed ** Tags removed: needs-upstream-testing ** Tags adde

[Bug 1007765] Re: brightness adjusting crashes system

2012-06-27 Thread Elco
I retested the Ubuntu 12.10 daily live version today, and unfortunately the bug does still exist in kernel 3.5. I'm not sure if I tested it wrong the first time (it seems to matter how fast you try to increase or decrease the brightness) or if this is a regression. The screen doesn't show the behav

[Bug 1007765] Re: brightness adjusting crashes system

2012-06-24 Thread Elco
Alright, I installed the -all, image-amd64 and headers-amd64 from http://kernel.ubuntu.com/~kernel-ppa/mainline/v3.4-precise/ (if I understand correctly, 3.4 the latest stable release of the kernel for precise). Unfortunately it did not work. The 3.4 kernel was succesfully installed (I guess, sinc

[Bug 1007765] Re: brightness adjusting crashes system

2012-06-24 Thread Fabio Marconi
try with the precise kernels installing -all.deb, image and header for your architecture and pae if ram<2Gb nad let us know --- Ubuntu Bug Squad volunteer triager http://wiki.ubuntu.com/BugSquad -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to

[Bug 1007765] Re: brightness adjusting crashes system

2012-06-23 Thread Elco
If I run the Ubuntu 12.10 (Quantal Quetzal) daily live image from USB, brightness fuctions normally again, so it would seem the kernel currently used in 12.10 has fixed this issue. Any way to get it fixed in 12.04 too? -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs,

[Bug 1007765] Re: brightness adjusting crashes system

2012-06-20 Thread Elco
I'm having the same problem the video is showing. Has the kernel-update being refered to in #32 already landed? If not, will this happen automatically or do I really have to manually install it? I'm asking because I'm not sure if I'm technically skilled enough to start messing with kernels. Then a

[Bug 1007765] Re: brightness adjusting crashes system

2012-06-04 Thread Joseph Salisbury
Would it be possible for you to test the latest upstream kernel? Refer to https://wiki.ubuntu.com/KernelMainlineBuilds . Please test the latest v3.4kernel[1] (Not a kernel in the daily directory) and install both the linux-image and linux-image-extra .deb packages. Once you've tested the upstream

[Bug 1007765] Re: brightness adjusting crashes system

2012-06-04 Thread Fabio Marconi
confirmed from screencast --- Ubuntu Bug Squad volunteer triager http://wiki.ubuntu.com/BugSquad ** Changed in: xorg (Ubuntu) Status: Incomplete => Confirmed -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpa

[Bug 1007765] Re: brightness adjusting crashes system

2012-06-04 Thread Kārlis Lukstiņš
apport information ** Tags added: apport-collected ubuntu ** Description changed: When adjusting my laptops brightness the system crashes. what logs do in need to add and how to get them? System: -- Dell Studio 1558 -- Ubuntu 12.04 Video showing the process: http://www.youtu

[Bug 1007765] Re: brightness adjusting crashes system

2012-06-04 Thread Fabio Marconi
http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=649346 --- Ubuntu Bug Squad volunteer triager http://wiki.ubuntu.com/BugSquad ** Package changed: linux (Ubuntu) => xorg (Ubuntu) ** Bug watch added: Debian Bug tracker #649346 http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=649346 -- You rec

[Bug 1007765] Re: brightness adjusting crashes system

2012-06-04 Thread Kārlis Lukstiņš
** Attachment added: "kern.log" https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux/+bug/1007765/+attachment/3174590/+files/kern.log -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1007765 Title: brig

[Bug 1007765] Re: brightness adjusting crashes system

2012-06-04 Thread Kārlis Lukstiņš
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