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  1. Bug #1229591
  2. Comment #59

Comment 59 for bug 1229591

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madvinegar (madvinegar) wrote :

Just another piece of information I would like to add.
As I said, I have ubuntu 14.04 installed with kernel 3.13.

I have downloaded from here: http://kernel.ubuntu.com/~kernel-ppa/mainline/v3.2.59-precise/ the latest 3.2 kernel and installed it.
More specifically I downloaded and installed the following 3 packages:

linux-headers-3.2.59-030259-generic_3.2.59-030259.201405181035_amd64.deb
linux-headers-3.2.59-030259_3.2.59-030259.201405181035_all.deb
linux-image-3.2.59-030259-generic_3.2.59-030259.201405181035_amd64.deb

I rebooted and then booted with kernel 3.2.
So my system was 14.04 but with kernel 3.2.

Much to my surprise the brightness function keys did NOT work !!!
I booted a live USB with ubuntu 12.04 (kernel 3.2) and the brightness keys worked just fine.

So, is it NOT a kernel thing? Is it something else??? What could it be...????