Is this a usability issue? I'd like to be able to turn off the backlight to listen to music in the dark. When I come back to turn the brightness up, the screen is locked and the brightness control doesn't work. I have to blindly enter in my password (yikes?). If I didn't realize that the screen was locked a reset would be the only fix. That doesn't seem very user friendly.
-- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to xorg in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1099115 Title: Can't change brightness while screen is locked Status in “xorg” package in Ubuntu: Triaged Bug description: My laptop is configured to lock the screen after X minutes. I lowered the brightness until the point there the backlight is completely off, and after X minutes I wanted to turn the screen again by using the function keys to increase the brightness, but they weren't responding. After a while I realized the screen was blocked, so I blindly type the password, pressed enter and then used the function keys to increase the brightness and it worked. I think it will be much better if one can change the brightness of the screen even if the screen is locked. I can't see any security problems in allowing that. Optionally, it would be nice if the user can set his lock screen to allow changing the sound volume and other slightly harmless activities one can do with the function or multimedia keys while the screen is locked (is a common thing in the mobile world, I think). ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 12.10 Package: xorg 1:7.7+1ubuntu4 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.5.0-22.33-generic 3.5.7.2 Uname: Linux 3.5.0-22-generic x86_64 .tmp.unity.support.test.0: ApportVersion: 2.6.1-0ubuntu9 Architecture: amd64 CheckboxSubmission: f8b82cd9bc23fe075e5068a9824afda5 CheckboxSystem: b1865df84255b8716d3bcc269ff410d1 CompizPlugins: [core,composite,opengl,compiztoolbox,decor,vpswitch,snap,mousepoll,resize,place,move,wall,grid,regex,imgpng,session,gnomecompat,animation,fade,workarounds,scale,expo,ezoom] CompositorRunning: None Date: Sun Jan 13 14:43:16 2013 DistUpgraded: 2012-10-28 16:30:42,684 DEBUG enabling apt cron job DistroCodename: quantal DistroVariant: ubuntu ExtraDebuggingInterest: Yes GraphicsCard: Intel Corporation 2nd Generation Core Processor Family Integrated Graphics Controller [8086:0116] (rev 09) (prog-if 00 [VGA controller]) Subsystem: Toshiba America Info Systems Device [1179:0009] InstallationDate: Installed on 2012-04-26 (261 days ago) InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 12.04 LTS "Precise Pangolin" - Release amd64 (20120425) MachineType: TOSHIBA SATELLITE Z830 MarkForUpload: True ProcKernelCmdLine: BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-3.5.0-22-generic root=UUID=36929bf3-a158-44d9-a80d-3adac2840fa8 ro quiet splash acpi_backlight=vendor i915.i915_enable_rc6=1 i915.lvds_downclock=1 vt.handoff=7 SourcePackage: xorg Symptom: display UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to quantal on 2012-10-28 (76 days ago) dmi.bios.date: 07/31/2012 dmi.bios.vendor: TOSHIBA dmi.bios.version: Version 1.70 dmi.board.asset.tag: 0000000000 dmi.board.name: Portable PC dmi.board.vendor: TOSHIBA dmi.board.version: Version A0 dmi.chassis.asset.tag: 0000000000 dmi.chassis.type: 10 dmi.chassis.vendor: TOSHIBA dmi.chassis.version: Version 1.0 dmi.modalias: dmi:bvnTOSHIBA:bvrVersion1.70:bd07/31/2012:svnTOSHIBA:pnSATELLITEZ830:pvrPT22LE-00300GGR:rvnTOSHIBA:rnPortablePC:rvrVersionA0:cvnTOSHIBA:ct10:cvrVersion1.0: dmi.product.name: SATELLITE Z830 dmi.product.version: PT22LE-00300GGR dmi.sys.vendor: TOSHIBA version.compiz: compiz 1:0.9.8.6-0ubuntu1 version.ia32-libs: ia32-libs N/A version.libdrm2: libdrm2 2.4.39-0ubuntu1 version.libgl1-mesa-dri: libgl1-mesa-dri 9.0-0ubuntu1 version.libgl1-mesa-dri-experimental: libgl1-mesa-dri-experimental N/A version.libgl1-mesa-glx: libgl1-mesa-glx 9.0-0ubuntu1 version.xserver-xorg-core: xserver-xorg-core 2:1.13.0-0ubuntu6.1 version.xserver-xorg-input-evdev: xserver-xorg-input-evdev 1:2.7.3-0ubuntu2 version.xserver-xorg-video-ati: xserver-xorg-video-ati 1:6.99.99~git20120913.8637f772-0ubuntu1 version.xserver-xorg-video-intel: xserver-xorg-video-intel 2:2.20.9-0ubuntu2 version.xserver-xorg-video-nouveau: xserver-xorg-video-nouveau 1:1.0.2-0ubuntu3 To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/xorg/+bug/1099115/+subscriptions -- 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
