[Bug 1392101] Re: Brightness controls not working on intel igfx

2014-12-01 Thread Martin H
Sweet galloping unicorns! After doing an apt-get upgrade today, the screen brightness bug seems to have resolved itself. Marking as resolved. ** Changed in: linux (Ubuntu) Status: Confirmed => Fix Released -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, wh

[Bug 1392101] Re: Brightness controls not working on intel igfx

2014-11-22 Thread Christopher M. Penalver
Miles Lane, thank you for your comment. So your hardware and problem may be tracked, could you please file a new report with Ubuntu by executing the following in a terminal while booted into the default Ubuntu kernel (not a mainline one) via: ubuntu-bug linux For more on this, please read the o

[Bug 1392101] Re: Brightness controls not working on intel igfx

2014-11-22 Thread Miles Lane
Also, I also do not see the brightness slider control in the "Brightness and Lock" control panel section. This is with today's updated Vivid. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1392101 Tit

[Bug 1392101] Re: Brightness controls not working on intel igfx

2014-11-22 Thread Miles Lane
I am testing the Linus GIT development kernel. Currently, my kernel build is 3.18.0-rc5+. With this kernel, I get the following: root@Wobbly:~# echo 938 > /sys/class/backlight/intel_backlight/brightness bash: echo: write error: Invalid argument root@Wobbly:~# echo 937 > /sys/class/backlight/int

[Bug 1392101] Re: Brightness controls not working on intel igfx

2014-11-17 Thread Christopher M. Penalver
Florian Boucault, thank you for your comment. So your hardware and problem may be tracked, could you please file a new report with Ubuntu by executing the following in a terminal while booted into the default Ubuntu kernel (not a mainline one) via: ubuntu-bug linux For more on this, please read

[Bug 1392101] Re: Brightness controls not working on intel igfx

2014-11-17 Thread Florian Boucault
I have exactly the same issue on my Macbook11,1 starting a couple of weeks ago with Vivid. It does not seem to be a kernel issue and the /sys brightness interfaces are present and working fine. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to U

[Bug 1392101] Re: Brightness controls not working on intel igfx

2014-11-13 Thread Christopher M. Penalver
** Tags removed: needs-bisect ** Tags added: needs-reassignment -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1392101 Title: Brightness controls not working on intel igfx To manage notifications ab

[Bug 1392101] Re: Brightness controls not working on intel igfx

2014-11-12 Thread Martin H
I'm not so certian it is a kernel error now after some digging deeper. I've tried all of the following kernels: 3.11.10-03111015-generic 3.12.20-031220-generic 3.14.2-031402-generic 3.14.23-031423-generic 3.16.0-10-generic 3.16.0-14-generic 3.16.0-18-generic 3.16.0-23-generic 3.16.0-24-generic 3.1

[Bug 1392101] Re: Brightness controls not working on intel igfx

2014-11-12 Thread Christopher M. Penalver
Martin H, the next step is to fully commit bisect from kernel 3.16 to 3.18-rc4 in order to identify the last good kernel commit, followed immediately by the first bad one. This will allow for a more expedited analysis of the root cause of your issue. Could you please do this following https://wiki

[Bug 1392101] Re: Brightness controls not working on intel igfx

2014-11-12 Thread Martin H
One other point of note, is after the "Turn off screen when inactive for:" duration specified in the brightness & lock settings has ellapsed, instead of turning off the screen, it goes black (without turning off), and the mouse cursor is still visible. Yet, the hotkey for screen on/off does still s

[Bug 1392101] Re: Brightness controls not working on intel igfx

2014-11-12 Thread Christopher M. Penalver
** Tags removed: kernel-bug-exists-upstream-3.18.0-031800rc4-generic ** Tags added: kernel-bug-exists-upstream-3.18-rc4 -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1392101 Title: Brightness contro

[Bug 1392101] Re: Brightness controls not working on intel igfx

2014-11-12 Thread Martin H
Not a problem uname -a Linux GreenBanana 3.18.0-031800rc4-generic #201411091835 SMP Sun Nov 9 23:36:36 UTC 2014 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux The problem still is happening, (no hotkey controls, no brightness slider in control center) Once change I noticed with latest kernel is ... /sys/class/

[Bug 1392101] Re: Brightness controls not working on intel igfx

2014-11-12 Thread Christopher M. Penalver
Martin H, thank you for reporting this and helping make Ubuntu better. Could you please test the latest upstream kernel available from the very top line at the top of the page (the release names are irrelevant for testing, and please do not test the daily folder) following https://wiki.ubuntu.com/K