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jazz41408 (newviolinist) wrote : Re: [Bug 705949] Re: Gateway NV79 Backlight and Monitor trouble

I was using Lucid and had no back light issues, but on Maverick and Natty I
had to plug in a VGA cable to make the back light work on both versions.
Plus my contrast does not work in neither Natty, Maverick, or Lucid.

On Fri, Jan 21, 2011 at 7:29 PM, Bryce Harrington <<email address hidden>
> wrote:

> When did this first start happening? Had you had natty installed and
> working on it previously? I see this natty install was a fresh install,
> but had you had maverick or other ubuntu releases working properly on it
> before?
>
> ** Changed in: xorg (Ubuntu)
> Status: New => Incomplete
>
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> Title:
> Gateway NV79 Backlight and Monitor trouble
>
> Status in “xorg” package in Ubuntu:
> Incomplete
>
> Bug description:
> Binary package hint: xorg
>
> Backlight doesn't turn on unless it is plugged into an external
> monitor. When it is plugged into an external monitor you can see the
> screen clearly on the external monitor, but on the laptop the screen
> is split by a black line.
>
> ProblemType: Bug
> DistroRelease: Ubuntu 11.04
> Package: xorg 1:7.5+6ubuntu8
> ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.37-12.26-generic 2.6.37
> Uname: Linux 2.6.37-12-generic i686
> Architecture: i386
> DRM.card0.DP.1:
> status: disconnected
> enabled: disabled
> dpms: Off
> modes:
> edid-base64:
> DRM.card0.HDMI.A.1:
> status: disconnected
> enabled: disabled
> dpms: Off
> modes:
> edid-base64:
> DRM.card0.LVDS.1:
> status: connected
> enabled: enabled
> dpms: On
> modes: 1600x900
> edid-base64:
> AP///////wAGr54QAAAAAAESAQOAJhV4CkUlnFtVnCcZUFQAAAABAQEBAQEBAQEBAQEBAQEBICtAkGGEFDBAKjMAftYQAAAYAAAADwAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAgAAAA/gBBVU8KICAgICAgICAgAAAA/gBCMTczUlcwMSBWMCAKALs=
> DRM.card0.VGA.1:
> status: connected
> enabled: enabled
> dpms: On
> modes: 1360x768 1024x768 1024x768 1024x768 800x600 800x600 800x600
> 800x600 640x480 640x480 640x480 720x400
> edid-base64:
> AP///////wBMLnQLAQEBAQATAQIIOSB4Kpd9pFZLmB0QR0qvzgABAQEBAQEBAQEBAQEBAQEBZiFQsFEAGzBAcDYAOkAhAAAeAAAA/QA4Vh5GCwAKICAgICAgAAAA/ABTQU5ZTyBMQ0QKICAgAAAA/gAKICAgICAgICAgICAgAMM=
> Date: Fri Jan 21 15:52:46 2011
> DistUpgraded: Fresh install
> DistroCodename: natty
> DistroVariant: ubuntu
> GdmLog1: Not present
> GdmLog2: Not present
> GraphicsCard: Subsystem: Acer Incorporated [ALI] Device [1025:031c]
> LiveMediaBuild: Ubuntu 11.04 "Natty Narwhal" - Alpha i386 (20110121)
> MachineType: Gateway NV79
> ProcEnviron:
> LANGUAGE=en_US.UTF-8:en
> LANG=en_US.UTF-8
> LC_MESSAGES=en_AG.utf8
> SHELL=/bin/bash
> ProcKernelCmdLine: file=/cdrom/preseed/hostname.seed boot=casper
> initrd=/casper/initrd.lz quiet splash -- maybe-ubiquity
> SourcePackage: xorg
> Symptom: display
> UnitySupportTest:
>
> dmi.bios.date: 01/05/2010
> dmi.bios.vendor: Gateway
> dmi.bios.version: V1.05
> dmi.board.asset.tag: Base Board Asset Tag
> dmi.board.name: NV79
> dmi.board.vendor: Gateway
> dmi.board.version: V1.05
> dmi.chassis.type: 10
> dmi.chassis.vendor: Gateway
> dmi.chassis.version: V1.05
> dmi.modalias:
> dmi:bvnGateway:bvrV1.05:bd01/05/2010:svnGateway:pnNV79:pvrV1.05:rvnGateway:rnNV79:rvrV1.05:cvnGateway:ct10:cvrV1.05:
> dmi.product.name: NV79
> dmi.product.version: V1.05
> dmi.sys.vendor: Gateway
> version.libdrm2: libdrm2 2.4.22-2ubuntu1
> version.libgl1-mesa-glx: libgl1-mesa-glx 7.9+repack-1ubuntu6
> version.xserver-xorg: xserver-xorg 1:7.5+6ubuntu8
> version.xserver-xorg-video-ati: xserver-xorg-video-ati 1:6.13.2-1ubuntu2
> version.xserver-xorg-video-intel: xserver-xorg-video-intel
> 2:2.13.901-2ubuntu2
> version.xserver-xorg-video-nouveau: xserver-xorg-video-nouveau
> 1:0.0.16+git20100805+b96170a-0ubuntu1
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