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Brightness controls don't work

Bug #904348 reported by Jim Tarvid on 2011-12-14

This bug report is a duplicate of: Bug #881460: Screen brightness slider has no effect in Unity. Edit Remove

This bug affects 1 person

	Status	Importance	Assigned to
Unity	Invalid	Undecided	Unassigned
linux (Ubuntu)	New	Undecided	Unassigned
unity (Ubuntu)	Invalid	Undecided	Unassigned

Bug Description

This is the same bug as #881460 and probably earlier bugs but they keep expiring.

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 11.10
Package: unity 4.24.0-0ubuntu2b1
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.0.0-14.23-generic 3.0.9
Uname: Linux 3.0.0-14-generic i686
.tmp.unity.support.test.0:

ApportVersion: 1.23-0ubuntu4
Architecture: i386
CompizPlugins: No value set for `/apps/compiz-1/general/screen0/options/active_plugins'
CompositorRunning: None
Date: Wed Dec 14 12:14:14 2011
DistUpgraded: Log time: 2011-10-13 10:00:24.910023
DistroCodename: oneiric
DistroVariant: ubuntu
DkmsStatus:
virtualbox, 4.1.2, 2.6.38-11-generic, i686: installed
virtualbox, 4.1.2, 3.0.0-12-generic, i686: installed
virtualbox, 4.1.2, 3.0.0-13-generic, i686: installed
virtualbox, 4.1.2, 3.0.0-14-generic, i686: installed
GraphicsCard:
Intel Corporation Mobile 4 Series Chipset Integrated Graphics Controller [8086:2a42] (rev 07) (prog-if 00 [VGA controller])
Subsystem: Acer Incorporated [ALI] Device [1025:0296]
Subsystem: Acer Incorporated [ALI] Device [1025:0296]
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 10.04.1 LTS "Lucid Lynx" - Release i386 (20100816.1)
MachineType: Acer Aspire 7736
ProcEnviron:
PATH=(custom, no user)
LANG=en_US.UTF-8
SHELL=/bin/bash
ProcKernelCmdLine: BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-3.0.0-14-generic root=UUID=556e1133-1100-4995-bc30-2bf42a021ccb ro quiet splash vt.handoff=7
SourcePackage: unity
UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to oneiric on 2011-10-13 (62 days ago)
dmi.bios.date: 02/01/2010
dmi.bios.vendor: Phoenix Technologies LTD
dmi.bios.version: V2.07
dmi.board.name: JV50
dmi.board.vendor: Acer
dmi.board.version: Rev
dmi.chassis.type: 10
dmi.chassis.vendor: Acer
dmi.chassis.version: N/A
dmi.modalias: dmi:bvnPhoenixTechnologiesLTD:bvrV2.07:bd02/01/2010:svnAcer:pnAspire7736:pvr0100:rvnAcer:rnJV50:rvrRev:cvnAcer:ct10:cvrN/A:
dmi.product.name: Aspire 7736
dmi.product.version: 0100
dmi.sys.vendor: Acer
version.compiz: compiz 1:0.9.6+bzr20110929-0ubuntu6
version.libdrm2: libdrm2 2.4.26-1ubuntu1
version.libgl1-mesa-dri: libgl1-mesa-dri 7.11-0ubuntu3
version.libgl1-mesa-dri-experimental: libgl1-mesa-dri-experimental N/A
version.libgl1-mesa-glx: libgl1-mesa-glx 7.11-0ubuntu3
version.xserver-xorg: xserver-xorg 1:7.6+7ubuntu7
version.xserver-xorg-input-evdev: xserver-xorg-input-evdev 1:2.6.0-1ubuntu13
version.xserver-xorg-video-ati: xserver-xorg-video-ati 1:6.14.99~git20110811.g93fc084-0ubuntu1
version.xserver-xorg-video-intel: xserver-xorg-video-intel 2:2.15.901-1ubuntu2.1
version.xserver-xorg-video-nouveau: xserver-xorg-video-nouveau 1:0.0.16+git20110411+8378443-1

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Jim Tarvid (tarvid) wrote on 2011-12-14:

BootDmesg.txt Edit (59.3 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
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Dependencies.txt Edit (5.9 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
DpkgLog.txt Edit (83.0 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
GconfCompiz.txt Edit (36.9 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
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Lspci.txt Edit (12.8 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
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UdevLog.txt Edit (297.5 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
UnitySupportTest.txt Edit (619 bytes, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
XorgLog.txt Edit (36.6 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
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Xrandr.txt Edit (4.2 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
dmidecode.txt.txt Edit (11.8 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
locale.txt Edit (327 bytes, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
peripherals.txt Edit (805 bytes, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
setxkbmap.txt Edit (233 bytes, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
xdpyinfo.txt Edit (9.7 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
xinput.txt Edit (1.1 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
xkbcomp.txt Edit (54.1 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")

Dylan Weremeichik (dylan.weremeichik) on 2012-03-18

Changed in unity (Ubuntu):
status:	New → Invalid

Dylan Weremeichik (dylan.weremeichik) on 2012-03-18

Changed in unity:
status:	New → Invalid

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Dylan Weremeichik (dylan.weremeichik) wrote on 2012-03-18:

Thank you for your time in filling out this report to make Ubuntu better. Regrettably, as you mentioned in your description, this is a duplicate bug, therefore it has to be closed. However i must note that the bug you did mention is still open, and confirmed so it shall not expire.

A minor suggestion, if indeed you are affected by bug #881460, please feel free to mark yourself as affected by the bug if you have not already.

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