You have been subscribed to a public bug: The Brightness keys (FN+F9 and FN+FN10) are doing 'something' in the right corner of the screen the brightness control window does show-up and changes, but the brightness of the screen itself does not via Nvidia drivers version 319 or 331.
There is the bugreport at the official Nvidia forums: https://devtalk.nvidia.com/default/topic/539462/linux/-nvidia-319-12-brightness-controls-not-working-on-laptop-ubuntu-13-03-/2/ ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 13.10 Package: xorg 1:7.7+1ubuntu6 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.11.0-15.25-generic 3.11.10 Uname: Linux 3.11.0-15-generic x86_64 NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia appassure_vss .proc.driver.nvidia.gpus.0: Error: [Errno 21] Is een map: '/proc/driver/nvidia/gpus/0' .proc.driver.nvidia.registry: Binary: "" .proc.driver.nvidia.version: NVRM version: NVIDIA UNIX x86_64 Kernel Module 331.38 Wed Jan 8 19:32:30 PST 2014 GCC version: gcc version 4.8.1 (Ubuntu/Linaro 4.8.1-10ubuntu9) .tmp.unity.support.test.0: ApportVersion: 2.12.5-0ubuntu2.2 Architecture: amd64 CompizPlugins: No value set for `/apps/compiz-1/general/screen0/options/active_plugins' CompositorRunning: compiz CompositorUnredirectDriverBlacklist: '(nouveau|Intel).*Mesa 8.0' CompositorUnredirectFSW: true Date: Mon Feb 17 10:05:44 2014 DistUpgraded: Fresh install DistroCodename: saucy DistroVariant: ubuntu DkmsStatus: appassure-vss, 5.3.6, 3.11.0-15-generic, x86_64: installed nvidia-331, 331.38, 3.11.0-15-generic, x86_64: installed nvidia-331-uvm, 331.38, 3.11.0-15-generic, x86_64: installed ExtraDebuggingInterest: Yes, including running git bisection searches GraphicsCard: NVIDIA Corporation GF106GLM [Quadro 2000M] [10de:0dda] (rev a1) (prog-if 00 [VGA controller]) Subsystem: Hewlett-Packard Company Device [103c:1631] MachineType: Hewlett-Packard HP EliteBook 8560w MarkForUpload: True ProcKernelCmdLine: BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-3.11.0-15-generic root=UUID=caf0bb2d-fbef-46ff-be64-0ec601243262 ro splash quiet SourcePackage: xorg UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install) dmi.bios.date: 07/15/2013 dmi.bios.vendor: Hewlett-Packard dmi.bios.version: 68SVD Ver. F.42 dmi.board.name: 1631 dmi.board.vendor: Hewlett-Packard dmi.board.version: KBC Version 01.3D dmi.chassis.type: 10 dmi.chassis.vendor: Hewlett-Packard dmi.modalias: dmi:bvnHewlett-Packard:bvr68SVDVer.F.42:bd07/15/2013:svnHewlett-Packard:pnHPEliteBook8560w:pvrA0001D02:rvnHewlett-Packard:rn1631:rvrKBCVersion01.3D:cvnHewlett-Packard:ct10:cvr: dmi.product.name: HP EliteBook 8560w dmi.product.version: A0001D02 dmi.sys.vendor: Hewlett-Packard version.compiz: compiz 1:0.9.10+13.10.20131011-0ubuntu1 version.ia32-libs: ia32-libs N/A version.libdrm2: libdrm2 2.4.52+git20140121.46d451c9-0ubuntu0sarvatt~saucy version.libgl1-mesa-dri: libgl1-mesa-dri 10.2.0~git20140215.1020d893-0ubuntu0sarvatt~saucy version.libgl1-mesa-dri-experimental: libgl1-mesa-dri-experimental N/A version.libgl1-mesa-glx: libgl1-mesa-glx 10.2.0~git20140215.1020d893-0ubuntu0sarvatt~saucy version.nvidia-graphics-drivers: nvidia-graphics-drivers N/A version.xserver-xorg-core: xserver-xorg-core 2:1.14.5-1ubuntu2~saucy1 version.xserver-xorg-input-evdev: xserver-xorg-input-evdev 1:2.7.3-0ubuntu3.1 version.xserver-xorg-video-ati: xserver-xorg-video-ati 1:7.3.99+git20140206.8de6f7b2-0ubuntu0sarvatt~saucy version.xserver-xorg-video-intel: xserver-xorg-video-intel 2:2.99.910+git20140210.5142d1ca-0ubuntu0sarvatt~saucy version.xserver-xorg-video-nouveau: xserver-xorg-video-nouveau 1:1.0.9+git20130730.300c5a32-0ubuntu0sarvatt xserver.bootTime: Mon Feb 17 10:03:57 2014 xserver.configfile: /etc/X11/xorg.conf xserver.errors: xserver.logfile: /var/log/Xorg.0.log xserver.outputs: xserver.version: 2:1.14.5-1ubuntu2~saucy1 ** Affects: xorg (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided Status: Incomplete ** Tags: amd64 apport-bug compiz-0.9 latest-bios-f.42 nvidia-319 nvidia-331 saucy third-party-packages ubuntu -- 10de:0dda [HP EliteBook 8560w] Brightness controls are not working nvidia-319 and nvidia-331 https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1281019 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to xorg in Ubuntu. -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages Post to : desktop-packages@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
