Ubuntu
xserver-xorg-video-nouveau package

  1. Bug #921321
  2. Comment #14

Comment 14 for bug 921321

Revision history for this message
In , Rick-hendricksen (rick-hendricksen) wrote :

I have the exact same problem as Auke, for as long as I have the laptop (about 2 years). This problem used to occur with the blob as well (if I remember correctly) but it does work now.
I am using an HP Elitebook 8530w (nVidia Corporation G96M [Quadro FX 770M] (rev a1)) on fedora 15.
dmesg says: nouveau 0.0.16 20090420
yum says: xorg-x11-drv-nouveau.x86_64 1:0.0.16-24.20110324git8378443.fc15
mesa-dri-drivers: 7.11-1

(In reply to comment #10)
> Auke
>
> Can you try the following
>
> 1. Boot with "nouveau.force_post=1" appended to your kernel command like
> 2. Do not suspend, but simply try to change the brightness
>
> If it is stuck then the issue may be nouveau related, if not ...
>
> Btw have you tried the blob ? Does it have the same issue
>
>
> Cheers
> Emil

Brightness control does not work with this option for me.