Re: Screen blackened
On Sat, Sep 7, 2013 at 6:49 AM, David Beveridge d...@bevhost.com wrote: On Sat, Sep 7, 2013 at 12:18 AM, Richard Vickery richard.vicker...@gmail.com wrote: On Sep 5, 2013 7:12 PM, David Beveridge d...@bevhost.com wrote: nor me. But I can just adjust the brightness on each boot with a 2 finger keypress. Seemed to appear when the kernel went to 3.10.x Which keys? fn - F6 (more brightness symbol) FWIW looks like the kernel 3.11.1 update fixed this for me (ASUS N56VZ). -- devel mailing list devel@lists.fedoraproject.org https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/devel Fedora Code of Conduct: http://fedoraproject.org/code-of-conduct
Re: Screen blackened
On Sep 23, 2013 5:19 AM, Ville Skyttä ville.sky...@iki.fi wrote: On Sat, Sep 7, 2013 at 6:49 AM, David Beveridge d...@bevhost.com wrote: On Sat, Sep 7, 2013 at 12:18 AM, Richard Vickery richard.vicker...@gmail.com wrote: On Sep 5, 2013 7:12 PM, David Beveridge d...@bevhost.com wrote: nor me. But I can just adjust the brightness on each boot with a 2 finger keypress. Seemed to appear when the kernel went to 3.10.x Which keys? fn - F6 (more brightness symbol) FWIW looks like the kernel 3.11.1 update fixed this for me (ASUS N56VZ). -- When going to update via fed up, it's asking me to specify an --instrepo: what does it want? Which one / how do I specify one? -- devel mailing list devel@lists.fedoraproject.org https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/devel Fedora Code of Conduct: http://fedoraproject.org/code-of-conduct
Re: Screen blackened
On Sep 23, 2013 7:52 PM, Richard Vickery richard.vicker...@gmail.com wrote: On Sep 23, 2013 5:19 AM, Ville Skyttä ville.sky...@iki.fi wrote: On Sat, Sep 7, 2013 at 6:49 AM, David Beveridge d...@bevhost.com wrote: On Sat, Sep 7, 2013 at 12:18 AM, Richard Vickery richard.vicker...@gmail.com wrote: On Sep 5, 2013 7:12 PM, David Beveridge d...@bevhost.com wrote: nor me. But I can just adjust the brightness on each boot with a 2 finger keypress. Seemed to appear when the kernel went to 3.10.x Which keys? fn - F6 (more brightness symbol) FWIW looks like the kernel 3.11.1 update fixed this for me (ASUS N56VZ). -- When going to update via fed up, it's asking me to specify an --instrepo: what does it want? Which one / how do I specify one? I still have a blackened screen, but have an external monitor plugged in. -- devel mailing list devel@lists.fedoraproject.org https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/devel Fedora Code of Conduct: http://fedoraproject.org/code-of-conduct
Re: Screen blackened
On 09/23/2013 06:18 AM, Ville Skyttä wrote: FWIW looks like the kernel 3.11.1 update fixed this for me (ASUS N56VZ). I think it fixed it for me as well. Asus K56CA. It flickers but at least I don't have to adjust the brightness to unlock the screen. -- devel mailing list devel@lists.fedoraproject.org https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/devel Fedora Code of Conduct: http://fedoraproject.org/code-of-conduct
Re: Screen blackened
On Sep 5, 2013 7:12 PM, David Beveridge d...@bevhost.com wrote: On Thu, Sep 5, 2013 at 10:02 PM, Frankie Onuonga frankie.onuo...@gmail.com wrote: On Thu, Sep 5, 2013 at 8:33 AM, Samuel Sieb sam...@sieb.net wrote: On 09/04/2013 08:07 PM, Frankie Onuonga wrote: It is irritating to constantly have to adjust on every boot. I think we need to work on it for sure. Try the kernel parameter I suggested earlier: video.use_bios_initial_backlight=0 tried it. Does not work for me. nor me. But I can just adjust the brightness on each boot with a 2 finger keypress. Seemed to appear when the kernel went to 3.10.x Which keys? -- devel mailing list devel@lists.fedoraproject.org https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/devel Fedora Code of Conduct: http://fedoraproject.org/code-of-conduct
Re: Screen blackened
On Fri, Sep 6, 2013 at 3:18 PM, Richard Vickery richard.vicker...@gmail.com wrote: On Sep 5, 2013 7:12 PM, David Beveridge d...@bevhost.com wrote: On Thu, Sep 5, 2013 at 10:02 PM, Frankie Onuonga frankie.onuo...@gmail.com wrote: On Thu, Sep 5, 2013 at 8:33 AM, Samuel Sieb sam...@sieb.net wrote: On 09/04/2013 08:07 PM, Frankie Onuonga wrote: It is irritating to constantly have to adjust on every boot. I think we need to work on it for sure. Try the kernel parameter I suggested earlier: video.use_bios_initial_backlight=0 Even more odd is that when i send output to my external monitor and put a video on full screen the funs scream like the processor is doing so much work. Odd thing is it is not a HD clip. I have probably thrown worse a this machine but fun does not come up that heavily. Anyway such is such. tried it. Does not work for me. nor me. But I can just adjust the brightness on each boot with a 2 finger keypress. Seemed to appear when the kernel went to 3.10.x Which keys? -- devel mailing list devel@lists.fedoraproject.org https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/devel Fedora Code of Conduct: http://fedoraproject.org/code-of-conduct -- devel mailing list devel@lists.fedoraproject.org https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/devel Fedora Code of Conduct: http://fedoraproject.org/code-of-conduct
Re: Screen blackened
On Sat, Sep 7, 2013 at 12:18 AM, Richard Vickery richard.vicker...@gmail.com wrote: On Sep 5, 2013 7:12 PM, David Beveridge d...@bevhost.com wrote: On Thu, Sep 5, 2013 at 10:02 PM, Frankie Onuonga frankie.onuo...@gmail.com wrote: On Thu, Sep 5, 2013 at 8:33 AM, Samuel Sieb sam...@sieb.net wrote: On 09/04/2013 08:07 PM, Frankie Onuonga wrote: It is irritating to constantly have to adjust on every boot. I think we need to work on it for sure. Try the kernel parameter I suggested earlier: video.use_bios_initial_backlight=0 tried it. Does not work for me. nor me. But I can just adjust the brightness on each boot with a 2 finger keypress. Seemed to appear when the kernel went to 3.10.x Which keys? fn - F6 (more brightness symbol) -- devel mailing list devel@lists.fedoraproject.org https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/devel Fedora Code of Conduct: http://fedoraproject.org/code-of-conduct
Re: Screen blackened
On Thu, Sep 5, 2013 at 2:09 AM, William Brown will...@firstyear.id.au wrote: On 05/09/2013, at 9:32, Sam Varshavchik mr...@courier-mta.com wrote: richard.vicker...@gmail.com writes: Has anyone had the problem where the screen dims very close to black the moment Fedora start or finishes booting after the bios has booted up? Laptop? Your laptop probably has an ambient light sensor, and the screen brightness gets autoadjusted based on its reading; either that, or Fedora is restoring the saved display brightness setting. Your keyboard must have an ACPI keystroke combination that adjusts screen brightness, and/or ambient light sensor on/off. Linux doesn't work with ambient light sensors. This is not true. My ambient light sensor works just fine here. -- devel mailing list devel@lists.fedoraproject.org https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/devel Fedora Code of Conduct: http://fedoraproject.org/code-of-conduct
Re: Screen blackened
On Thu, Sep 5, 2013 at 8:33 AM, Samuel Sieb sam...@sieb.net wrote: On 09/04/2013 08:07 PM, Frankie Onuonga wrote: I have this problem. It is just that I decided to some extent I decided i will ignore. It is irritating to constantly have to adjust on every boot. I think we need to work on it for sure. The only problem is I personally cant take it up as my hands are tied. i hope someone sees this and works on it. Try the kernel parameter I suggested earlier: video.use_bios_initial_**backlight=0 tried it. Does not work for me. I had actually given this a shot earlier. Thank you though :-) -- devel mailing list devel@lists.fedoraproject.org https://admin.fedoraproject.**org/mailman/listinfo/develhttps://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/devel Fedora Code of Conduct: http://fedoraproject.org/code-**of-conducthttp://fedoraproject.org/code-of-conduct -- devel mailing list devel@lists.fedoraproject.org https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/devel Fedora Code of Conduct: http://fedoraproject.org/code-of-conduct
Re: Screen blackened
On Wed, Sep 4, 2013 at 7:11 PM, Samuel Sieb sam...@sieb.net wrote: On 09/04/2013 06:27 PM, Richard Vickery wrote: I was at Starbucks where I guess it was too light. When I got back I could read the screen and under the user name it told me to reboot to install updates. Though I didn't use the command, I hope I can remember it for when I need it again; perhaps I'll save it on my Blackberry. Was this just a one-time occurence then? If so, then my suggestion probably won't help. In my case, it's a permanent problem. I don't know if it's just a one-time thing; it was the first time I experienced it, and I was at a new place as far as being out with the computer... -- devel mailing list devel@lists.fedoraproject.org https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/devel Fedora Code of Conduct: http://fedoraproject.org/code-of-conduct
Re: Screen blackened
On Thu, Sep 5, 2013 at 10:02 PM, Frankie Onuonga frankie.onuo...@gmail.comwrote: On Thu, Sep 5, 2013 at 8:33 AM, Samuel Sieb sam...@sieb.net wrote: On 09/04/2013 08:07 PM, Frankie Onuonga wrote: It is irritating to constantly have to adjust on every boot. I think we need to work on it for sure. Try the kernel parameter I suggested earlier: video.use_bios_initial_**backlight=0 tried it. Does not work for me. nor me. But I can just adjust the brightness on each boot with a 2 finger keypress. Seemed to appear when the kernel went to 3.10.x -- devel mailing list devel@lists.fedoraproject.org https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/devel Fedora Code of Conduct: http://fedoraproject.org/code-of-conduct
Screen blackened
Has anyone had the problem where the screen dims very close to black the moment Fedora start or finishes booting after the bios has booted up?Sent from my BlackBerry 10 smartphone on the TELUS network. -- devel mailing list devel@lists.fedoraproject.org https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/devel Fedora Code of Conduct: http://fedoraproject.org/code-of-conduct
Re: Screen blackened
richard.vicker...@gmail.com writes: Has anyone had the problem where the screen dims very close to black the moment Fedora start or finishes booting after the bios has booted up? Laptop? Your laptop probably has an ambient light sensor, and the screen brightness gets autoadjusted based on its reading; either that, or Fedora is restoring the saved display brightness setting. Your keyboard must have an ACPI keystroke combination that adjusts screen brightness, and/or ambient light sensor on/off. -- devel mailing list devel@lists.fedoraproject.org https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/devel Fedora Code of Conduct: http://fedoraproject.org/code-of-conduct
Re: Screen blackened
On 05/09/2013, at 9:32, Sam Varshavchik mr...@courier-mta.com wrote: richard.vicker...@gmail.com writes: Has anyone had the problem where the screen dims very close to black the moment Fedora start or finishes booting after the bios has booted up? Laptop? Your laptop probably has an ambient light sensor, and the screen brightness gets autoadjusted based on its reading; either that, or Fedora is restoring the saved display brightness setting. Your keyboard must have an ACPI keystroke combination that adjusts screen brightness, and/or ambient light sensor on/off. Linux doesn't work with ambient light sensors. What model graphics card and laptop do you have? This same issue affects my ati gpu on my laptop. Its likely a kernel regression. William -- devel mailing list devel@lists.fedoraproject.org https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/devel Fedora Code of Conduct: http://fedoraproject.org/code-of-conduct
Re: Screen blackened
On 09/04/2013 04:33 PM, richard.vicker...@gmail.com wrote: Has anyone had the problem where the screen dims very close to black the moment Fedora start or finishes booting after the bios has booted up? Yes, I have a bunch of laptops with a similar issue. The fix for me was to add video.use_bios_initial_backlight=0 to the end of the kernel cmdline. -- devel mailing list devel@lists.fedoraproject.org https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/devel Fedora Code of Conduct: http://fedoraproject.org/code-of-conduct
Re: Screen blackened
On Wed, Sep 4, 2013 at 5:16 PM, Samuel Sieb sam...@sieb.net wrote: On 09/04/2013 04:33 PM, richard.vicker...@gmail.com wrote: Has anyone had the problem where the screen dims very close to black the moment Fedora start or finishes booting after the bios has booted up? Yes, I have a bunch of laptops with a similar issue. The fix for me was to add video.use_bios_initial_backlight=0 to the end of the kernel cmdline. I was at Starbucks where I guess it was too light. When I got back I could read the screen and under the user name it told me to reboot to install updates. Though I didn't use the command, I hope I can remember it for when I need it again; perhaps I'll save it on my Blackberry. -- devel mailing list devel@lists.fedoraproject.org https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/devel Fedora Code of Conduct: http://fedoraproject.org/code-of-conduct
Re: Screen blackened
On 09/04/2013 06:27 PM, Richard Vickery wrote: I was at Starbucks where I guess it was too light. When I got back I could read the screen and under the user name it told me to reboot to install updates. Though I didn't use the command, I hope I can remember it for when I need it again; perhaps I'll save it on my Blackberry. Was this just a one-time occurence then? If so, then my suggestion probably won't help. In my case, it's a permanent problem. -- devel mailing list devel@lists.fedoraproject.org https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/devel Fedora Code of Conduct: http://fedoraproject.org/code-of-conduct
Re: Screen blackened
On Thu, Sep 5, 2013 at 3:11 AM, Samuel Sieb sam...@sieb.net wrote: On 09/04/2013 06:27 PM, Richard Vickery wrote: I was at Starbucks where I guess it was too light. When I got back I could read the screen and under the user name it told me to reboot to install updates. Though I didn't use the command, I hope I can remember it for when I need it again; perhaps I'll save it on my Blackberry. Was this just a one-time occurence then? If so, then my suggestion probably won't help. In my case, it's a permanent problem. I have this problem. It is just that I decided to some extent I decided i will ignore. It is irritating to constantly have to adjust on every boot. I think we need to work on it for sure. The only problem is I personally cant take it up as my hands are tied. i hope someone sees this and works on it. -- devel mailing list devel@lists.fedoraproject.org https://admin.fedoraproject.**org/mailman/listinfo/develhttps://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/devel Fedora Code of Conduct: http://fedoraproject.org/code-**of-conducthttp://fedoraproject.org/code-of-conduct -- devel mailing list devel@lists.fedoraproject.org https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/devel Fedora Code of Conduct: http://fedoraproject.org/code-of-conduct
Re: Screen blackened
On 09/04/2013 08:07 PM, Frankie Onuonga wrote: I have this problem. It is just that I decided to some extent I decided i will ignore. It is irritating to constantly have to adjust on every boot. I think we need to work on it for sure. The only problem is I personally cant take it up as my hands are tied. i hope someone sees this and works on it. Try the kernel parameter I suggested earlier: video.use_bios_initial_backlight=0 -- devel mailing list devel@lists.fedoraproject.org https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/devel Fedora Code of Conduct: http://fedoraproject.org/code-of-conduct
