[xmir] XMir/unity-system-compositor stops brightness hotkeys from working
Affects | Status | Importance | Assigned to | Milestone | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Mir |
Expired
|
Medium
|
Unassigned | ||
The Ubuntu Power Consumption Project |
Expired
|
Undecided
|
Unassigned | ||
Unity System Compositor |
Expired
|
Medium
|
Unassigned | ||
xorg-server (Ubuntu) |
Expired
|
Medium
|
Unassigned |
Bug Description
the display brightness doesn't change and remains at the maximum after that I have installed the mir/xmir (sudo apt-get install unity-system-
ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 13.10
Package: unity-system-
ProcVersionSign
Uname: Linux 3.11.0-1-generic x86_64
ApportVersion: 2.12-0ubuntu3
Architecture: amd64
Date: Tue Aug 13 16:12:45 2013
InstallationDate: Installed on 2013-07-31 (13 days ago)
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 13.10 "Saucy Salamander" - Alpha amd64 (20130727)
MarkForUpload: True
SourcePackage: unity-system-
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)
affects: | unity-system-compositor (Ubuntu) → unity-system-compositor |
affects: | unity-system-compositor → xmir |
Changed in xmir: | |
importance: | Undecided → Critical |
status: | New → Triaged |
Changed in mir: | |
status: | New → Triaged |
importance: | Undecided → Critical |
Changed in mir: | |
importance: | Medium → High |
summary: |
- Mir/unity-system-compositor stops brightness hotkeys from working + XMir/unity-system-compositor stops brightness hotkeys from working |
Changed in unity-system-compositor: | |
importance: | Medium → High |
Changed in xmir: | |
importance: | Medium → High |
Changed in mir: | |
status: | New → Confirmed |
Changed in ubuntu-power-consumption: | |
status: | New → Confirmed |
Changed in unity-system-compositor: | |
status: | New → Confirmed |
Changed in xmir: | |
status: | New → Confirmed |
tags: | added: pm |
summary: |
- XMir/unity-system-compositor stops brightness hotkeys from working + [xmir] XMir/unity-system-compositor stops brightness hotkeys from + working |
tags: | added: xmir |
Changed in mir: | |
importance: | High → Medium |
Changed in unity-system-compositor: | |
importance: | High → Medium |
Changed in xmir: | |
importance: | High → Medium |
affects: | xmir → xorg-server (Ubuntu) |
tags: |
added: power-management removed: pm |
That is strange. Backlight brightness has nothing to do with the display server, usually.
Can you still affect the brightness by writing directly to the kernel?...
echo N > /sys/class/ backlight/ */brightness
where N is some value from 0 to /sys/class/ backlight/ */max_brightnes s