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Rodrigo Delgado (rodrigo-delgado) wrote : Re: [Bug 773761] Re: Screen dim does not work on Natty using nvidia-current drivers

Hello Fabio

Yes, the problem remains in 11.10. And on that release, I have solved
the issue by using acpi_osi=Linux as a kernel boot flag.

Best regards
Rodrigo

On Sat, Nov 5, 2011 at 10:24 AM, Fabio Marconi <email address hidden> wrote:
> Hello
> Are you encountering again this problem with the latest release Oneiric Ocelot ?
> Thanks
> Fabio
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> Title:
>  Screen dim does not work on Natty using nvidia-current drivers
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> Status in Ubuntu:
>  Incomplete
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> Bug description:
>  I am trying to dim the screen of my Vostro 3400 laptop equipped with a
>  nVidia GeForce 310M video card using Ubuntu Natty 11.04 nvidia-current
>  drivers and it does not work. This feature was OK using Ubuntu 10.10
>  and the same driver package. The system shows the dim bar when I press
>  the key combination to do so, but the screen bright does not change.
>  The nvidia kernel driver module is already loaded and seems to be
>  working along with the X.org distribution shipped on Natty.
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