[Desktop-packages] [Bug 847001] Re: Adjusting display brightness is very slow on several Dell laptops

2012-08-29 Thread lale
As chrmhoffmann suggested, this bug may be the same as https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux/+bug/828296 The workaround mentioned there works on my laptop. There is still some delay (0.1s max), but almost unnoticeable!

[Desktop-packages] [Bug 847001] Re: Adjusting display brightness is very slow on several Dell laptops

2012-06-12 Thread lale
Also of possible interest. On my system I have three devices of class backlight: ls -l /sys/class/backlight/ total 0 lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 0 Jun 12 14:17 acpi_video0 - ../../devices/pci:00/:00:01.0/:01:00.0/backlight/acpi_video0 lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 0 Jun 12 13:39 acpi_video1 -

[Desktop-packages] [Bug 847001] Re: Adjusting display brightness is very slow on Dell E5410 with Natty.

2012-05-14 Thread lale
** Tags added: precise ** Summary changed: - Adjusting display brightness is very slow on Dell E5410 with Natty. + Adjusting display brightness is very slow on several Dell laptops -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to

[Desktop-packages] [Bug 847001] Re: Adjusting display brightness is very slow on Dell E5410 with Natty.

2012-05-11 Thread lale
This bug also affects me with 12.04. I have a Dell E6520 with Intel+NVidia (optimus). I see different timings than Sparhawk This happened both with a fresh installation, and after installing bumblebee. In both cases optimus was ON in the bios, but in the former case the system was falling back