[Bug 704544] Re: brightness keys don't work on HP Elitebook 8540p

2011-12-19 Thread Launchpad Bug Tracker
[Expired for gnome-power-manager (Ubuntu) because there has been no activity for 60 days.] ** Changed in: gnome-power-manager (Ubuntu) Status: Incomplete => Expired -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.l

[Bug 704544] Re: brightness keys don't work on HP Elitebook 8540p

2011-05-13 Thread mia1dolfan
I have the same issue after upgrading to 11.04. I tested with a new user profile and experienced the same issue. Below are the commands to bind brightness to a keyboard shortcut in 11.04: To decrease brightness: echo $((`cat /sys/devices/virtual/backlight/acpi_video0/brightness`-1)) >/sys/devic

[Bug 704544] Re: brightness keys don't work on HP Elitebook 8540p

2011-03-10 Thread Alexander S. Manenko
Oh sorry, I did not read bug's description carefully. It is about functional keys. The didn't work for me as well. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/704544 Title: brightness keys don't w

[Bug 704544] Re: brightness keys don't work on HP Elitebook 8540p

2011-03-10 Thread Alexander S. Manenko
You can install NVIDIA proprietary drivers, after installation and reboot you will be able to control brightness (this works for me). So I think this bug is related to open source driver for NVIDIA graphics cards. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, whic

[Bug 704544] Re: brightness keys don't work on HP Elitebook 8540p

2011-01-18 Thread mia1dolfan
FYI for the general public looking for a workaround. I was able to workaround this by manually mapping command shortcuts to keys using compiz. If you don't use compiz, I'm sure you can do this using some other Gnome functionality. You may need to play with the path "/proc/aci/video/DGFX/LCD/brig

[Bug 704544] Re: brightness keys don't work on HP Elitebook 8540p

2011-01-18 Thread mia1dolfan
For those users that are trying to apply a work around by editing a HAL component *.fdi, and find that you don't have those files, it's because you performed a new install off 10.10, and HAL is not installed by default, it's depreciated, that's not your solution. -- You received this bug notifica

[Bug 704544] Re: brightness keys don't work on HP Elitebook 8540p

2011-01-18 Thread mia1dolfan
** Attachment added: "lspci -v" https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/704544/+attachment/1798249/+files/lspci ** Description changed: Binary package hint: gnome-power-manager Pressing either the fn f9 (brightness down) or fn f10 (brightness up) results in the brightness control appearing o