Comment 29 for bug 1683445

Hi,

Unfortunately I'm unable to test, I don't have the laptop anymore.

Kind regards,
Vincent

Den mån 9 juli 2018 14:31Łukasz Zemczak <email address hidden> skrev:

> Hello Vincent, or anyone else affected,
>
> Accepted unity-settings-daemon into bionic-proposed. The package will
> build now and be available at https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source
> /unity-settings-daemon/15.04.1+18.04.20180413-0ubuntu1.1
> <https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/unity-settings-daemon/15.04.1+18.04.20180413-0ubuntu1.1>
> in a few hours,
> and then in the -proposed repository.
>
> Please help us by testing this new package. See
> https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Testing/EnableProposed for documentation on how
> to enable and use -proposed.Your feedback will aid us getting this
> update out to other Ubuntu users.
>
> If this package fixes the bug for you, please add a comment to this bug,
> mentioning the version of the package you tested and change the tag from
> verification-needed-bionic to verification-done-bionic. If it does not
> fix the bug for you, please add a comment stating that, and change the
> tag to verification-failed-bionic. In either case, without details of
> your testing we will not be able to proceed.
>
> Further information regarding the verification process can be found at
> https://wiki.ubuntu.com/QATeam/PerformingSRUVerification . Thank you in
> advance!
>
> ** Changed in: unity-settings-daemon (Ubuntu Bionic)
> Status: New => Fix Committed
>
> ** Tags removed: verification-done
> ** Tags added: verification-needed verification-needed-bionic
>
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> https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1683445
>
> Title:
> E6430 brightness control not working
>
> Status in GNOME Settings Daemon:
> Fix Released
> Status in Nouveau Xorg driver:
> Won't Fix
> Status in OEM Priority Project:
> Confirmed
> Status in gnome-settings-daemon package in Ubuntu:
> Fix Released
> Status in unity-settings-daemon package in Ubuntu:
> Fix Released
> Status in gnome-settings-daemon source package in Xenial:
> Confirmed
> Status in unity-settings-daemon source package in Xenial:
> Confirmed
> Status in gnome-settings-daemon source package in Zesty:
> Fix Released
> Status in unity-settings-daemon source package in Zesty:
> Won't Fix
> Status in unity-settings-daemon source package in Bionic:
> Fix Committed
>
> Bug description:
> Impact
> ------
> It looks like GNOME's brightness control simply used the first backlight
> device it saw instead of one currently in use. This meant that the
> brightness control would not work on some computers with multiple GPUs.
>
> Test Case
> ---------
> From Ubuntu GNOME 17.04 on a dual-GPU computer, install the update.
> Restart.
> Does the brightness control now work correctly?
>
> Regression Potential
> --------------------
> This looks like a minimal fix for this issue. It was accepted as part of
> gnome-settings-daemon 3.24.2 which all GNOME 3.24 distros will be
> upgrading to.
>
> Original Bug Report
> -------------------
> The Dell E6430 with Nvidia Optimus enables in BIOS, using the Open
> Source Nouveau driver shows the brightness slider moving but does not
> affect the brightness.
>
> When using the kernel boot option acpi_backlight=vendor , the
> brightness control works.
>
> ProblemType: Bug
> DistroRelease: Ubuntu 17.04
> Package: linux-image-4.10.0-19-generic 4.10.0-19.21
> ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 4.10.0-19.21-generic 4.10.8
> Uname: Linux 4.10.0-19-generic x86_64
> NonfreeKernelModules: wl
> ApportVersion: 2.20.4-0ubuntu4
> Architecture: amd64
> AudioDevicesInUse:
> USER PID ACCESS COMMAND
> /dev/snd/controlC0: ubuntu 2081 F.... pulseaudio
> CurrentDesktop: Unity:Unity7
> Date: Mon Apr 17 20:00:56 2017
> HibernationDevice: RESUME=UUID=66528b53-0f42-4043-9ff8-da8f86036be6
> InstallationDate: Installed on 2017-04-10 (7 days ago)
> InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 17.04 "Zesty Zapus" - Beta amd64 (20170321)
> MachineType: Dell Inc. Latitude E6430
> ProcFB:
> 0 nouveaufb
> 1 inteldrmfb
> ProcKernelCmdLine: BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-4.10.0-19-generic.efi.signed
> root=UUID=4e08c33d-f8cf-4159-a559-a0463d67b96c ro quiet splash
> acpi_backlight=vendor vt.handoff=7
> RelatedPackageVersions:
> linux-restricted-modules-4.10.0-19-generic N/A
> linux-backports-modules-4.10.0-19-generic N/A
> linux-firmware 1.164
> SourcePackage: linux
> UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)
> dmi.bios.date: 01/18/2016
> dmi.bios.vendor: Dell Inc.
> dmi.bios.version: A18
> dmi.board.name: 0H3MT5
> dmi.board.vendor: Dell Inc.
> dmi.board.version: A00
> dmi.chassis.type: 9
> dmi.chassis.vendor: Dell Inc.
> dmi.modalias:
> dmi:bvnDellInc.:bvrA18:bd01/18/2016:svnDellInc.:pnLatitudeE6430:pvr01:rvnDellInc.:rn0H3MT5:rvrA00:cvnDellInc.:ct9:cvr:
> dmi.product.name: Latitude E6430
> dmi.product.version: 01
> dmi.sys.vendor: Dell Inc.
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