M. Penalver, the link you provide does not indicate how to revert such a change. I want to keep my OS LTS, not having it become obsolete in a few months. Are you in contact with the people that created that link and can you ask them to document the rollback procedure so I can return to a pure 14.04 LTS system?
-- 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/1389215 Title: Brightness controls are not working in Unity / Xorg because of Nvidia proprietary driver. Status in Nvidia: Incomplete Status in xorg package in Ubuntu: Incomplete Bug description: Brightness controls are not working in Unity / Xorg. When pressing the keys <fn><home> and <fn><end> on my Lenovo W510, I see the indicator on the screen showing the level of brightness changing, so key mapping is not the problem. However, the brightness is not changing. On the kernel level, I have the single following device: # cd /sys/class/backlight # ls -l total 0 lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 0 Nov 3 17:16 acpi_video0 -> ../../devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:03.0/0000:01:00.0/backlight/acpi_video0 When playing with the <fn><home> and <fn><end>, the value of /sys/class/backlight/brightness changes accordingly. The screen brightness does not change. Performing: # echo 10 >brightness ...does not have any effect (regardless of the value provided, 10 being just an example). WORKAROUND There is an odd workaround. Simply go to the console using <CTRL><ALT><F1> and using the <fn><home> and <fn><end> keys, brightness then changes. Return to Unity / Xorg with <CTRL><ALT><F7> and the selected brightness persists. NON WORKING WORKAROUND On the web, I read that adding: Option "RegistryDwords" "EnableBrightnessControl=1"' in xorg.conf might fix the problem. I do not have an xorg and when I let the proprietary Nvidia driver generate one and add this option, X does not start anymore. Ubuntu 14.04.1 LTS with latest updates as of this writing. ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 14.04 Package: xorg 1:7.7+1ubuntu8 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.13.0-39.66-generic 3.13.11.8 Uname: Linux 3.13.0-39-generic x86_64 NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia .proc.driver.nvidia.gpus.0: Error: [Errno 21] Is a directory: '/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 4.8.2 (Ubuntu 4.8.2-19ubuntu1) .tmp.unity.support.test.0: ApportVersion: 2.14.1-0ubuntu3.5 Architecture: amd64 CompizPlugins: [core,bailer,detection,composite,opengl,compiztoolbox,decor,place,put,snap,resize,move,regex,session,vpswitch,imgpng,gnomecompat,text,ring,grid,mousepoll,animation,unitymtgrabhandles,wall,expo,ezoom,workarounds,fade,scale,unityshell] CompositorRunning: compiz CompositorUnredirectDriverBlacklist: '(nouveau|Intel).*Mesa 8.0' CompositorUnredirectFSW: true CurrentDesktop: Unity Date: Tue Nov 4 07:38:59 2014 DistUpgraded: Fresh install DistroCodename: trusty DistroVariant: ubuntu DkmsStatus: bbswitch, 0.7, 3.13.0-32-generic, x86_64: installed bbswitch, 0.7, 3.13.0-39-generic, x86_64: installed nvidia-331, 331.38, 3.13.0-32-generic, x86_64: installed nvidia-331, 331.38, 3.13.0-39-generic, x86_64: installed tp-smapi, 0.41, 3.13.0-32-generic, x86_64: installed ExtraDebuggingInterest: Yes GraphicsCard: NVIDIA Corporation GT216GLM [Quadro FX 880M] [10de:0a3c] (rev a2) (prog-if 00 [VGA controller]) Subsystem: Lenovo Device [17aa:2145] InstallationDate: Installed on 2014-11-01 (3 days ago) InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 14.04.1 LTS "Trusty Tahr" - Release amd64 (20140722.2) MachineType: LENOVO 4318CTO ProcKernelCmdLine: BOOT_IMAGE=/vmlinuz-3.13.0-39-generic root=UUID=994f9c2c-f967-472e-ace3-23cd620ec702 ro quiet splash SourcePackage: xorg Symptom: display UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install) dmi.bios.date: 10/03/2012 dmi.bios.vendor: LENOVO dmi.bios.version: 6NET84WW (1.45 ) dmi.board.name: 4318CTO dmi.board.vendor: LENOVO dmi.board.version: Not Available dmi.chassis.asset.tag: No Asset Information dmi.chassis.type: 10 dmi.chassis.vendor: LENOVO dmi.chassis.version: Not Available dmi.modalias: dmi:bvnLENOVO:bvr6NET84WW(1.45):bd10/03/2012:svnLENOVO:pn4318CTO:pvrThinkPadW510:rvnLENOVO:rn4318CTO:rvrNotAvailable:cvnLENOVO:ct10:cvrNotAvailable: dmi.product.name: 4318CTO dmi.product.version: ThinkPad W510 dmi.sys.vendor: LENOVO version.compiz: compiz 1:0.9.11.2+14.04.20140714-0ubuntu1 version.ia32-libs: ia32-libs N/A version.libdrm2: libdrm2 2.4.52-1 version.libgl1-mesa-dri: libgl1-mesa-dri 10.1.3-0ubuntu0.1 version.libgl1-mesa-dri-experimental: libgl1-mesa-dri-experimental N/A version.libgl1-mesa-glx: libgl1-mesa-glx 10.1.3-0ubuntu0.1 version.nvidia-graphics-drivers: nvidia-graphics-drivers N/A version.xserver-xorg-core: xserver-xorg-core 2:1.15.1-0ubuntu2.1 version.xserver-xorg-input-evdev: xserver-xorg-input-evdev 1:2.8.2-1ubuntu2 version.xserver-xorg-video-ati: xserver-xorg-video-ati 1:7.3.0-1ubuntu3.1 version.xserver-xorg-video-intel: xserver-xorg-video-intel 2:2.99.910-0ubuntu1.1 version.xserver-xorg-video-nouveau: xserver-xorg-video-nouveau 1:1.0.10-1ubuntu2 xserver.bootTime: Tue Nov 4 01:40:35 2014 xserver.configfile: default xserver.errors: open /dev/fb0: No such file or directory xserver.logfile: /var/log/Xorg.0.log xserver.outputs: xserver.version: 2:1.15.1-0ubuntu2.1 To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/nvidia/+bug/1389215/+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
