Public bug reported: What you expected to happen: When you push Fn+F5 brightness of screen of Asus K55VD notebook decreases. When you push Fn+F6 brightness of screen of Asus K55VD notebook increases.
What happened instead: Hot keys that adjust brightness (Fn+F5, Fn+F6) don't work. Brightness stays the same. Partial workaround: 1. sudo gedit /etc/default/grub 2. find the line starting with GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX_DEFAULT 3. add "acpi_osi=" to the options 4. sudo update-grub2 5. reboot ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 12.10 Package: linux-image-3.5.0-22-generic 3.5.0-22.34 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.5.0-22.34-generic 3.5.7.2 Uname: Linux 3.5.0-22-generic x86_64 ApportVersion: 2.6.1-0ubuntu9 Architecture: amd64 AudioDevicesInUse: USER PID ACCESS COMMAND /dev/snd/controlC0: dima 1524 F.... xfce4-volumed dima 1551 F.... pulseaudio /dev/snd/pcmC0D0p: dima 1551 F...m pulseaudio CRDA: country RU: (2402 - 2482 @ 40), (N/A, 20) (5735 - 5835 @ 20), (N/A, 30) Date: Wed Jan 23 22:27:42 2013 HibernationDevice: RESUME=UUID=735e4e23-42a8-40ce-8672-60b4447079ba InstallationDate: Installed on 2013-01-18 (4 days ago) InstallationMedia: Xubuntu 12.10 "Quantal Quetzal" - Release amd64 (20121017.1) MachineType: ASUSTeK COMPUTER INC. K55VD MarkForUpload: True ProcFB: 0 inteldrmfb ProcKernelCmdLine: BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-3.5.0-22-generic root=UUID=b52f24d4-675a-4a0b-a25a-d4b77050e29e ro quiet splash acpi_osi= vt.handoff=7 RelatedPackageVersions: linux-restricted-modules-3.5.0-22-generic N/A linux-backports-modules-3.5.0-22-generic N/A linux-firmware 1.95 SourcePackage: linux UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install) dmi.bios.date: 11/09/2012 dmi.bios.vendor: American Megatrends Inc. dmi.bios.version: K55VD.406 dmi.board.asset.tag: ATN12345678901234567 dmi.board.name: K55VD dmi.board.vendor: ASUSTeK COMPUTER INC. dmi.board.version: 1.0 dmi.chassis.asset.tag: No Asset Tag dmi.chassis.type: 10 dmi.chassis.vendor: ASUSTeK COMPUTER INC. dmi.chassis.version: 1.0 dmi.modalias: dmi:bvnAmericanMegatrendsInc.:bvrK55VD.406:bd11/09/2012:svnASUSTeKCOMPUTERINC.:pnK55VD:pvr1.0:rvnASUSTeKCOMPUTERINC.:rnK55VD:rvr1.0:cvnASUSTeKCOMPUTERINC.:ct10:cvr1.0: dmi.product.name: K55VD dmi.product.version: 1.0 dmi.sys.vendor: ASUSTeK COMPUTER INC. ** Affects: linux (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided Status: New ** Tags: amd64 apport-bug quantal -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1103620 Title: Adjusting brightness with hot keys doesn't work properly on Asus K55VD To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux/+bug/1103620/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs