Kernel 3.8.0-30 broke brightness control in my case. I have an IvyBridge fullHD XPS13, BIOS version A08, with Ubuntu 13.04 booting in UEFI mode with Legacy Option Rom disabled. Actually, with this configuration brightness control was broken in 3.8.0-18, fixed in 3.8.0-20, broken again in 3.8.0-21 and fixed for 3.8.0-22... Exaclty the opposite of what some users report. Now I found that brightness control works with 3.8.0-30 booting in UEFI mode with Legacy Option Rom enable (but not used). For me, this is an acceptable workaround, but if someone is using Secure Boot it is not possible to enable Legacy Option Rom. It seems that when booting in UEFI mode different quirks are needed depending on the Legacy Option Rom setting in BIOS.
-- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Kernel Packages, which is subscribed to linux in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1169376 Title: XPS13 backlight stopped working after update 3.8.0-18.28 Status in Dell Sputnik: Confirmed Status in “linux” package in Ubuntu: Confirmed Bug description: I'm on 13.04 beta 2 and I've been updating daily. After today's update, I was asked to restart and, after the restart, the backlight stopped working. What's worse is that the backlight is stuck in the lowest possible setting. I can barely see enough to type out this bug report. This is not a hardware problem. When I restart the computer the backlight turns on property but burns off when the Ubuntu encryption screen comes up (I'm using full disk encryption). Please fix this as soon as possible. XPS 13 version: L322x Display version: FHD (1080p) --- ApportVersion: 2.9.2-0ubuntu8 Architecture: amd64 AudioDevicesInUse: USER PID ACCESS COMMAND /dev/snd/controlC0: cr45h 1901 F.... pulseaudio DistroRelease: Ubuntu 13.04 HibernationDevice: RESUME=UUID=a5d2ab8b-a068-4a69-95a6-b4e955b290f5 InstallationDate: Installed on 2013-04-08 (9 days ago) InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 13.04 "Raring Ringtail" - Alpha amd64 (20130402.1) MachineType: Dell Inc. Dell System XPS L322X MarkForUpload: True Package: linux (not installed) ProcEnviron: TERM=xterm PATH=(custom, no user) XDG_RUNTIME_DIR=<set> LANG=en_US.UTF-8 SHELL=/bin/bash ProcFB: 0 inteldrmfb ProcKernelCmdLine: BOOT_IMAGE=/vmlinuz-3.8.0-18-generic root=/dev/mapper/ubuntu--vg-root ro quiet splash vt.handoff=7 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.8.0-18.28-generic 3.8.6 RelatedPackageVersions: linux-restricted-modules-3.8.0-18-generic N/A linux-backports-modules-3.8.0-18-generic N/A linux-firmware 1.105 Tags: raring Uname: Linux 3.8.0-18-generic x86_64 UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install) UserGroups: adm cdrom dip lpadmin plugdev sambashare sudo dmi.bios.date: 01/22/2013 dmi.bios.vendor: Dell Inc. dmi.bios.version: A07 dmi.board.name: 0PJHXN dmi.board.vendor: Dell Inc. dmi.board.version: A00 dmi.chassis.type: 8 dmi.chassis.vendor: Dell Inc. dmi.chassis.version: 0.1 dmi.modalias: dmi:bvnDellInc.:bvrA07:bd01/22/2013:svnDellInc.:pnDellSystemXPSL322X:pvr:rvnDellInc.:rn0PJHXN:rvrA00:cvnDellInc.:ct8:cvr0.1: dmi.product.name: Dell System XPS L322X dmi.sys.vendor: Dell Inc. To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/dell-sputnik/+bug/1169376/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~kernel-packages Post to : kernel-packages@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~kernel-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp