[Bug 43572] Re: Dell Laptops don't talk to HAL about brightness correctly
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[Bug 43572] Re: Dell Laptops don't talk to HAL about brightness correctly
** Changed in: hal Importance: Wishlist => Unknown -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is a direct subscriber. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/43572 Title: Dell Laptops don't talk to HAL about brightness correctly -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
[Bug 43572] Re: Dell Laptops don't talk to HAL about brightness correctly
Applet says "Cannot get laptop panel brightness" on my HP Pavillion using Ubuntu 10.04 LTS - the Lucid Lynx -- Dell Laptops don't talk to HAL about brightness correctly https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/43572 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is a direct subscriber. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
[Bug 43572] Re: Dell Laptops don't talk to HAL about brightness correctly
I am the getting cannot get laptop panel brightness on my HP dv3510nr laptop with UBUNTU 9.04 jaunty Jackalope alpha 6. I can't adjust brightness with FN keys or with the slider on the brightness applet. Please help. -- Dell Laptops don't talk to HAL about brightness correctly https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/43572 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is a direct subscriber. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
[Bug 43572] Re: Dell Laptops don't talk to HAL about brightness correctly
Hi, I'm having this same problem on a Gateway MX6440 laptop too. The symptoms are similar, I am able to use keyboard functions to adjust the brightness, but not the applet. I've loaded the "dcdbas" kernel module as suggested by this thread, but it has not helped. -- Dell Laptops don't talk to HAL about brightness correctly https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/43572 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is a direct subscriber. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
Re: [Bug 43572] Re: Dell Laptops don't talk to HAL about brightness correctly
This also does not work even if the module is loaded and running. Please advise On Tue, Mar 25, 2008 at 7:50 AM, Erik Andrén <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Vyas, > you can check if you have the dcdbas kernel module loaded by issuing: > 'sudo lsmod | grep dcdbas' in a terminal without the ticks. > To load the dcdbas kernel module, issue 'sudo modprobe dcdbas' > You might need to restart hal after loading the kernel module to get the > backlight working. > This can be done by typing 'sudo /etc/init.d/hal restart' > > -- > Dell Laptops don't talk to HAL about brightness correctly > https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/43572 > You received this bug notification because you are a direct subscriber > of the bug. > > Status in Hardware Abstraction Layer (HAL): Fix Released > Status in Source Package "hal" in Ubuntu: Fix Released > Status in Source Package "linux" in Ubuntu: Fix Released > Status in Source Package "linux-source-2.6.22" in Ubuntu: Won't Fix > > Bug description: > This was discovered in Bug #38531. It seems that Dell laptops are able to > change the brightness settings in the Bios but this does not talk properly > to ACPI, HAL or anything else. > > >From http://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=337580 : > "Some code needs to be written to do this - there's no ACPI method to do > it, but > it can be done via an SMBios call from userspace." > > It means that the system does not know, and cannot change, the brightness > of the monitor. > -- Vyas Sanzgiri 573 202 0165 http://ejvyas.blogspot.com -- Dell Laptops don't talk to HAL about brightness correctly https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/43572 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is a direct subscriber. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
Re: [Bug 43572] Re: Dell Laptops don't talk to HAL about brightness correctly
This does not work even if the module is loaded and running. Please advise On Tue, Mar 25, 2008 at 2:48 PM, Christian Schuerer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > With the currently used kernel, it's not possible to load this module > automatically (I think this will be available in hardy+1). But it's easy > to get your system load this module at boot time, but adding 'dcdbas' in > one empty line of the file '/etc/modules'. You can do this by issuing > the following command in a terminal: > > sudo sh -c "echo 'dcdbas' >> /etc/modules" > > -- > Dell Laptops don't talk to HAL about brightness correctly > https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/43572 > You received this bug notification because you are a direct subscriber > of the bug. > > Status in Hardware Abstraction Layer (HAL): Fix Released > Status in Source Package "hal" in Ubuntu: Fix Released > Status in Source Package "linux" in Ubuntu: Fix Released > Status in Source Package "linux-source-2.6.22" in Ubuntu: Won't Fix > > Bug description: > This was discovered in Bug #38531. It seems that Dell laptops are able to > change the brightness settings in the Bios but this does not talk properly > to ACPI, HAL or anything else. > > >From http://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=337580 : > "Some code needs to be written to do this - there's no ACPI method to do > it, but > it can be done via an SMBios call from userspace." > > It means that the system does not know, and cannot change, the brightness > of the monitor. > -- Vyas Sanzgiri 573 202 0165 http://ejvyas.blogspot.com -- Dell Laptops don't talk to HAL about brightness correctly https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/43572 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is a direct subscriber. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
[Bug 43572] Re: Dell Laptops don't talk to HAL about brightness correctly
With the currently used kernel, it's not possible to load this module automatically (I think this will be available in hardy+1). But it's easy to get your system load this module at boot time, but adding 'dcdbas' in one empty line of the file '/etc/modules'. You can do this by issuing the following command in a terminal: sudo sh -c "echo 'dcdbas' >> /etc/modules" -- Dell Laptops don't talk to HAL about brightness correctly https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/43572 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is a direct subscriber. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
[Bug 43572] Re: Dell Laptops don't talk to HAL about brightness correctly
Vyas, you can check if you have the dcdbas kernel module loaded by issuing: 'sudo lsmod | grep dcdbas' in a terminal without the ticks. To load the dcdbas kernel module, issue 'sudo modprobe dcdbas' You might need to restart hal after loading the kernel module to get the backlight working. This can be done by typing 'sudo /etc/init.d/hal restart' -- Dell Laptops don't talk to HAL about brightness correctly https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/43572 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is a direct subscriber. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
Re: [Bug 43572] Re: Dell Laptops don't talk to HAL about brightness correctly
I do not know how to check/ add dcdbas module. All references to it go to yum and I have not been able to install/ start/ check it Please help Thanks, Vs On Mon, Mar 24, 2008 at 3:38 AM, Erik Andrén <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Vyas, > please make sure you have loaded the dcdbas kernel module. > > -- > Dell Laptops don't talk to HAL about brightness correctly > https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/43572 > You received this bug notification because you are a direct subscriber > of the bug. > > Status in Hardware Abstraction Layer (HAL): Fix Released > Status in Source Package "hal" in Ubuntu: Fix Released > Status in Source Package "linux" in Ubuntu: Fix Released > Status in Source Package "linux-source-2.6.22" in Ubuntu: Won't Fix > > Bug description: > This was discovered in Bug #38531. It seems that Dell laptops are able to > change the brightness settings in the Bios but this does not talk properly > to ACPI, HAL or anything else. > > >From http://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=337580 : > "Some code needs to be written to do this - there's no ACPI method to do > it, but > it can be done via an SMBios call from userspace." > > It means that the system does not know, and cannot change, the brightness > of the monitor. > -- Vyas Sanzgiri 573 202 0165 http://ejvyas.blogspot.com -- Dell Laptops don't talk to HAL about brightness correctly https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/43572 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is a direct subscriber. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
[Bug 43572] Re: Dell Laptops don't talk to HAL about brightness correctly
Vyas, please make sure you have loaded the dcdbas kernel module. -- Dell Laptops don't talk to HAL about brightness correctly https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/43572 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is a direct subscriber. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
Re: [Bug 43572] Re: Dell Laptops don't talk to HAL about brightness correctly
I do not have any BIOS password. The output of the following commands : - [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~$ sudo dellLcdBrightness [sudo] password for ejvyas: Read Battery Mode Setting current: 0 min: 0 max: 7 [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~$ dellLcdBrightness An Error occurred. The Error message is: Could not instantiate SMBIOS table. [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~$ I am a fan of Ubuntu. The brightness was working earlier - I was trying out a whole lot of changes for tuning and speeding up Ubuntu I am sure something failed. Please help me fix this Thanks, Vs On Sun, Mar 23, 2008 at 4:27 PM, Christian Schuerer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Vyas, do you have a BIOS password set? > > Does the command "dellLcdBrightness" give any error messages? > > -- > Dell Laptops don't talk to HAL about brightness correctly > https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/43572 > You received this bug notification because you are a direct subscriber > of the bug. > > Status in Hardware Abstraction Layer (HAL): Fix Released > Status in Source Package "hal" in Ubuntu: Fix Released > Status in Source Package "linux" in Ubuntu: Fix Released > Status in Source Package "linux-source-2.6.22" in Ubuntu: Won't Fix > > Bug description: > This was discovered in Bug #38531. It seems that Dell laptops are able to > change the brightness settings in the Bios but this does not talk properly > to ACPI, HAL or anything else. > > >From http://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=337580 : > "Some code needs to be written to do this - there's no ACPI method to do > it, but > it can be done via an SMBios call from userspace." > > It means that the system does not know, and cannot change, the brightness > of the monitor. > -- Vyas Sanzgiri 573 202 0165 http://ejvyas.blogspot.com -- Dell Laptops don't talk to HAL about brightness correctly https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/43572 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is a direct subscriber. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
[Bug 43572] Re: Dell Laptops don't talk to HAL about brightness correctly
Vyas, do you have a BIOS password set? Does the command "dellLcdBrightness" give any error messages? -- Dell Laptops don't talk to HAL about brightness correctly https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/43572 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is a direct subscriber. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
[Bug 43572] Re: Dell Laptops don't talk to HAL about brightness correctly
I still have the problem with Dell Inspiron 2200. I was able to change the brightness a while back but now I am not able to. Is there any solution? I use Ubuntu 7.10 -- Dell Laptops don't talk to HAL about brightness correctly https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/43572 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is a direct subscriber. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
[Bug 43572] Re: Dell Laptops don't talk to HAL about brightness correctly
Ubuntu-2.6.24-4.6 ** Changed in: linux (Ubuntu) Status: Fix Committed => Fix Released ** Changed in: linux (Ubuntu) Assignee: Amit Kucheria (amitk) => (unassigned) -- Dell Laptops don't talk to HAL about brightness correctly https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/43572 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is a direct subscriber. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
[Bug 43572] Re: Dell Laptops don't talk to HAL about brightness correctly
*** Computer Model *** Dell Vostro 1500 *** Platform *** Xubuntu Hardy 8.04 Alpha 3 I have perfect control over the brightness of my screen by using "Fn" + Arrow Up / Arrow Down I can control the brightness under: * Windows (8 brightness rates) * Xubuntu (5 brightness rates) * Grub (8 brightness rates) But I can't control brightness during loading BIOS (which makes sense) -- Dell Laptops don't talk to HAL about brightness correctly https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/43572 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is a direct subscriber. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
[Bug 43572] Re: Dell Laptops don't talk to HAL about brightness correctly
Pushed to Hardy Commit id: 9eaf004cccff7a517e4452d1a4b6bf6324f54fb0 ** Changed in: linux (Ubuntu) Status: In Progress => Fix Committed -- Dell Laptops don't talk to HAL about brightness correctly https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/43572 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is a direct subscriber. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
[Bug 43572] Re: Dell Laptops don't talk to HAL about brightness correctly
Amit, please look at the URL in comment #44 and see about pulling this patch into our 2.6.24 tree. For others, please note that this will likely not be accepted for gutsy. It's a simple fix, but it's also a simple workaround (add dcdbas to /etc/modules). I would rather not take the change that loading this module for all Dell's would cause some unforseen bugs. We'll give this a go in Hardy, where we have plenty of time to evaluate bug reports. ** Changed in: linux-source-2.6.22 (Ubuntu) Status: Triaged => Won't Fix ** Changed in: linux (Ubuntu) Assignee: Ubuntu Kernel Team (ubuntu-kernel-team) => Amit Kucheria (amitk) Status: Triaged => In Progress -- Dell Laptops don't talk to HAL about brightness correctly https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/43572 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is a direct subscriber. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
[Bug 43572] Re: Dell Laptops don't talk to HAL about brightness correctly
** Tags removed: hardy-kernel-candidate -- Dell Laptops don't talk to HAL about brightness correctly https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/43572 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is a direct subscriber. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
[Bug 43572] Re: Dell Laptops don't talk to HAL about brightness correctly
I just tested Hardy Alpha 1 on my Dell Inspiron 510m. The slider now appears in GPM, but the settings on the slider do not actually affect the brightness level. On a related note, the brightness "icon" that appears on the screen when one uses the hotkeys no longer shows the correct brightness. Instead, it always shows an empty slider. When the plug is removed or inserted, the slider displays a value, but it is not correct. Let me know if there are any tests that I can run to help resolve this. ** Attachment added: "Screenshot.png" http://launchpadlibrarian.net/10735138/Screenshot.png -- Dell Laptops don't talk to HAL about brightness correctly https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/43572 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is a direct subscriber. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
[Bug 43572] Re: Dell Laptops don't talk to HAL about brightness correctly
** Changed in: linux (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided => Medium Assignee: (unassigned) => Ubuntu Kernel Team (ubuntu-kernel-team) Status: New => Triaged -- Dell Laptops don't talk to HAL about brightness correctly https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/43572 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is a direct subscriber. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
[Bug 43572] Re: Dell Laptops don't talk to HAL about brightness correctly
** Also affects: linux (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided Status: New -- Dell Laptops don't talk to HAL about brightness correctly https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/43572 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is a direct subscriber. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
[Bug 43572] Re: Dell Laptops don't talk to HAL about brightness correctly
I have an Inspiron 1501, and have installed the hal and libsmbios packaged from hardy and put dcdbas in /etc/modules, but I still cant control my backlight. The gnome-power-manager applet does show a brightness slider now though, but it does nothing. Setting the backlight using the dellLcdBrightness doesn't work either. -- Dell Laptops don't talk to HAL about brightness correctly https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/43572 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is a direct subscriber. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
[Bug 43572] Re: Dell Laptops don't talk to HAL about brightness correctly
libsmbios doesn't support Vostro bioses yet. See [1]. [1] http://lists.us.dell.com/pipermail/libsmbios- devel/2007-October/000382.html -- Dell Laptops don't talk to HAL about brightness correctly https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/43572 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is a direct subscriber. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
[Bug 43572] Re: Dell Laptops don't talk to HAL about brightness correctly
I'm a new linux user and i choose ubuntu to install in my dell vostro 1000. I would like to know if someone wrote a tutorial (step-by-step) about the solution for problem with brightness (fn key doesn't work and slider control doens't show). Thanks for help. -- Dell Laptops don't talk to HAL about brightness correctly https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/43572 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is a direct subscriber. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
[Bug 43572] Re: Dell Laptops don't talk to HAL about brightness correctly
** Tags added: hardy-kernel-candidate -- Dell Laptops don't talk to HAL about brightness correctly https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/43572 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is a direct subscriber. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
[Bug 43572] Re: Dell Laptops don't talk to HAL about brightness correctly
Thank you for the pointer to the upstream patch! I opened a kernel task, we should pull this patch into Hardy's kernel even if it doesn't make it into 2.6.24 upstream. ** Also affects: linux-source-2.6.22 (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided Status: New ** Changed in: linux-source-2.6.22 (Ubuntu) Status: New => Triaged -- Dell Laptops don't talk to HAL about brightness correctly https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/43572 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is a direct subscriber. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
[Bug 43572] Re: Dell Laptops don't talk to HAL about brightness correctly
A kernel patch [1] is queued up for 2.6.25 that implements DMI-based autoloading of the dcdbas-module. This means that this issue will, in time, be resolved. Close the bug? [1] http://lkml.org/lkml/2007/10/29/416 -- Dell Laptops don't talk to HAL about brightness correctly https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/43572 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is a direct subscriber. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
[Bug 43572] Re: Dell Laptops don't talk to HAL about brightness correctly
Erik, the ideal solution would be to fix the kernel module to load automatically on hardware which requires it (through modaliases). If this is not possible, we need a recipe how to detect when to load the module. In that case it should be done in an init script or an udev rule. -- Dell Laptops don't talk to HAL about brightness correctly https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/43572 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is a direct subscriber. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
[Bug 43572] Re: Dell Laptops don't talk to HAL about brightness correctly
Great! Martin, there's still the issue that the dcdbas kernel module needs manual loading at bootup to get this to work. What's the proper approach to getting this issue resolved? -- Dell Laptops don't talk to HAL about brightness correctly https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/43572 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is a direct subscriber. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
[Bug 43572] Re: Dell Laptops don't talk to HAL about brightness correctly
hal (0.5.10-1ubuntu1) hardy; urgency=low * Redo the bzr branch of this package as clean fork from the Debian svn (https://code.launchpad.net/~ubuntu-core-dev/hal/debian, thanks bzr-svn!) and commit the remaining relevant Ubuntu patches to it: https://code.launchpad.net/~ubuntu-core-dev/hal/ubuntu * Merge with Debian unstable; remaining Ubuntu changes: - Ubuntu udev world order: + debian/hal.links: Remove rules symlink, we install the rules file directly into rules/. + debian/rules: Install udev rules into /etc/udev/rules.d/. + debian/hal.{preinst,postinst,postrm}: Transition code for changing the udev rule priority (see 0.5.8.1-3ubuntu7, needs to be kept until after next LTS). - debian/rules: Enable MacBook (Pro) support on i386 and amd64. Add pciutils-dev build dependency. - debian/hal.init: Remove stray gparted-disable-automount.fdi on startup. (LP #134712) - debian/rules: Do not run stop init.d script for levels 1 and 6 (TearDown). - debian/preferences.fdi: Disable automounting for fixed disks. On session startup it is not done anyway (since that disables the gnome-mount UI which would ask for authentication) and it leads to confusion when restarting hal while a session is running. (LP #138537) - 80_allow_vfat_usefree.patch: Allow vfat mount option "usefree". (LP #133567) - 81_ignore_single_slash_label.patch: Ignore labels which only consist of a slash, so that they do not end up as /media/-. An earlier Ubuntu d-i/ubiquity created those labels by default. (LP #83323) - 82_ignore_fixed_nonmedia.patch: Ignore fixed partitions which mounted, but not below /media/. - 83_ssb_bus_support.patch: Add support for devices on the SSB bus; patch by Matthew Garrett (not applied upstream yet, this needs to update the spec, too). - 84_memstick_bus_support.patch: Add support for devices on the "memstick" bus; patch by Matthew Garrett (not reported upstream yet, this needs to update the spec, too). - 85_read_brightness_not_actual_brightness.patch: Read the brightness from /sys/class/backlight/foo/brightness, not actual_brightness. It makes more sense to change based on the brightness that we wanted to set, not the brightness that we actually set. Patch by Matthew Garrett. Forwarded to FD#12891. * Now build with libsmbios to get Dell backlight support. (LP: #43572) * Dropped the following Ubuntu changes: - hwdb icons and patches, python-launchpad-integration, .desktop file translation fixes: hal-device-manager is gone, will be replaced by indepentent gnome-device-manager project. - symlinking of doc directories in debian/rules: current cdbs does that automatically now. - 02_powerscripts.patch, 90_pmi.patch: pm-utils is the only supported backend now. - 26-addon-acpi-fix-free-before-init.diff, 63_my_dbus_is_full_of_uints.patch, 69_set_dmi_before_matching.patch, macbook-backlight.diff: Applied upstream. - 56_probe_fstab.patch and the disabling of mounting for unmounted partitions which are 'auto' in fstab: The patch does not fit into hal's design to always show current information, was rejected upstream, only handles a corner case, and we do not automount fixed drives anyway. * Add 86_allow_ufs_ufstype.patch: Allow ufs mount option 'ufstype', thanks to Georges Discry. (LP: #110865, FD#10998) hal (0.5.10-1) unstable; urgency=low [ Michael Biebl ] * New upstream release. - Ships the x11-input.fdi file which is required for the xorg input hotplugging (Closes: #446851). - Correctly initializes the dbus error struct in the acpi addon (Closes: #438802). hal-device-manager has been removed from the upstream tarball. There is now a separate project called gnome-device-manager which is intended to replace hal-device-manager. * Remove obsolete files - debian/hal-device-manager.1 - debian/hal-device-manager.desktop - debian/hal-device-manager.install - debian/hal-device-manager.manpages - debian/patches/62_dbus-python-0.80.patch - debian/pyversions * debian/rules - Remove the dh_pysupport call. - Enable the hal umount helper. * debian/control - Remove Build-Depends: python, python-dbus, python-support. - Remove binary package hal-device-manager. - Replace Suggests: hal-device-manager with gnome-device-manager. - Use the new "Homepage:" field to specify the upstream URL. - Add a Build-Depends: gperf. This utility is required for building the hal-setup-keymap binary that is necessary for the multimedia key re-mapping support. - Add a Recommends: libsmbios-bin [i386 amd64]. The libsmbios-bin package ships the dellWirelessCtl utility which is required for the RF kill switch support on DELL laptops. - Add a Depends: pm-utils. Beginning with this release we
[Bug 43572] Re: Dell Laptops don't talk to HAL about brightness correctly
** Changed in: hal (Ubuntu) Assignee: (unassigned) => Martin Pitt (pitti) Status: Confirmed => In Progress -- Dell Laptops don't talk to HAL about brightness correctly https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/43572 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is a direct subscriber. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
[Bug 43572] Re: Dell Laptops don't talk to HAL about brightness correctly
insyzygy: This bug is specific to Dell laptops that use the smbios interface to control the brightness. -- Dell Laptops don't talk to HAL about brightness correctly https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/43572 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is a direct subscriber. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
[Bug 43572] Re: Dell Laptops don't talk to HAL about brightness correctly
Not sure if the bug report belongs here as the hardware is different but there seem to be many report of similar bugs so tell me if I should report somewhere else. I have a thinkpad x20. Up till now (dapper, edgy, feisty) I could change the screen brightness by using fn + home or fn+end. This broke in the upgrade to gutsy. I thought I would try the brightness applet, and I found that does not work either. When I mouse over the applet it gives the message Cannot get laptop panel brightness. -- Dell Laptops don't talk to HAL about brightness correctly https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/43572 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is a direct subscriber. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
[Bug 43572] Re: Dell Laptops don't talk to HAL about brightness correctly
Ok, I've added it to the inclusion queue. -- Dell Laptops don't talk to HAL about brightness correctly https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/43572 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is a direct subscriber. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
[Bug 43572] Re: Dell Laptops don't talk to HAL about brightness correctly
You should add it to https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UbuntuMainInclusionQueue once it's ready. I'd add links to the cve databases, and to bugs in debian and ubuntu, as in https://wiki.ubuntu.com/MainInclusionReportTracker -- Dell Laptops don't talk to HAL about brightness correctly https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/43572 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is a direct subscriber. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
[Bug 43572] Re: Dell Laptops don't talk to HAL about brightness correctly
I've taken a first stab at the main inclusion request at https://wiki.ubuntu.com/MainInclusionReportLibsmbios Please review. -- Dell Laptops don't talk to HAL about brightness correctly https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/43572 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is a direct subscriber. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
[Bug 43572] Re: Dell Laptops don't talk to HAL about brightness correctly
You need a MainInclussionRequest, see https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UbuntuMainInclusionRequirements -- Dell Laptops don't talk to HAL about brightness correctly https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/43572 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is a direct subscriber. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
[Bug 43572] Re: Dell Laptops don't talk to HAL about brightness correctly
Yeah, that's because the build machine haven't got libsmbios installed which, in turn, makes the configure disable building the dell-backlight files. -- Dell Laptops don't talk to HAL about brightness correctly https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/43572 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is a direct subscriber. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
[Bug 43572] Re: Dell Laptops don't talk to HAL about brightness correctly
Thanks Erik, i grabbed the source for the package (and dependencies including libsmbios, compiled and installed the deb, added the module dcdbas to /etc/modules and it worked fine (on a dell d620). Looks like the debs in gutsy still aren't built with dell-backlight support correctly - they don't contain the following files /usr/lib/hal/hald-addon-dell-backlight /usr/share/hal/fdi/policy/10osvendor/10-dell-laptop-brightness.fdi. -- Dell Laptops don't talk to HAL about brightness correctly https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/43572 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is a direct subscriber. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
[Bug 43572] Re: Dell Laptops don't talk to HAL about brightness correctly
There's still no change from the ubuntu camp on this one. Follow my instructions in the blueprint or my comments from 2007-05-14 to enable backlight support. -- Dell Laptops don't talk to HAL about brightness correctly https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/43572 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is a direct subscriber. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
[Bug 43572] Re: Dell Laptops don't talk to HAL about brightness correctly
I'm running gutsy, updated today (20070918), and still have issues with the backlight. The function keys increase/decrease the brightness as normal, but the Power Manager Brightness Applet still can't control the brightness, and I don't see the option to dim the screen after a certain amount of time in Power Manager. -- Dell Laptops don't talk to HAL about brightness correctly https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/43572 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is a direct subscriber. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
[Bug 43572] Re: Dell Laptops don't talk to HAL about brightness correctly
Ok, after some days keeping eyes on it, I can say that the issue is about the lid switch management of the new hal package, in fact if I suspend/resume by my Fn keys and then I close the lid everything is working as expected. Moreover, a couple of times my notebook suspended in a wrong way with video corruption on resume and, one time, I've found it resumed in my bag :-| Avoiding the lid switch events seems the solution. Cheers Roberto -- Dell Laptops don't talk to HAL about brightness correctly https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/43572 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is a direct subscriber. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
[Bug 43572] Re: Dell Laptops don't talk to HAL about brightness correctly
Uhmmm I've just found that there's something wrong with this patch: when my notebook resumes from suspend/hibernate the backlight doesn't turn off anymore when the session expires :-( so I'have to manually restart hal or gnome-power-manager... Any suggestions? Thank you again Roberto -- Dell Laptops don't talk to HAL about brightness correctly https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/43572 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is a direct subscriber. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
[Bug 43572] Re: Dell Laptops don't talk to HAL about brightness correctly
Ok, I've just followed your instructions and everything is working perfectly: i can adjust brightness either by th Fn keys and the gnome-brightness-applet, moreover gnome-power-manager now lets me set different brightness for ac/battery. Thank you all! Roberto -- Dell Laptops don't talk to HAL about brightness correctly https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/43572 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is a direct subscriber. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
[Bug 43572] Re: Dell Laptops don't talk to HAL about brightness correctly
I'm wondering if libsmbios will need to be moved from Universe to Main before this can be done. That would mean a Main Inclusion Report: https://wiki.ubuntu.com/MainInclusionProcess It would be great to have some developer guidance on this as it seems there is little left to be done if we knew what to do. -- Dell Laptops don't talk to HAL about brightness correctly https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/43572 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is a direct subscriber. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
[Bug 43572] Re: Dell Laptops don't talk to HAL about brightness correctly
Roberto, On my Dell D600, I could also use the Fn Keys to increase and decrease the brightness, and the brightness applet was not working before too. After I have performed the instructions, when I use those keys, it is behaving as before (from an end user point of view). I mean, if I press once on decrease, it decrease them once. Also, the modification are easily undone. Basically, you install an updated version of the libsmbios, and by using Synaptic, it is pretty easy to restore the official version from Ubuntu 7.04. -- Dell Laptops don't talk to HAL about brightness correctly https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/43572 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is a direct subscriber. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
[Bug 43572] Re: Dell Laptops don't talk to HAL about brightness correctly
Hi all, I've got a Dell 500m running Feisty and brightness is working for me but only through the Fn keys: brightness applet/g-p-m aren't able to read/write the value in the bios. So, I wonder if I follow the instructions from Huygens will I have the brightness increased/decreased twice each time? (1 for the hardware keys and one for the HAL stuff) Thank you guys Roberto -- Dell Laptops don't talk to HAL about brightness correctly https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/43572 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is a direct subscriber. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
[Bug 43572] Re: Dell Laptops don't talk to HAL about brightness correctly
Nice initiative Erik :-) thanks for your work! -- Dell Laptops don't talk to HAL about brightness correctly https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/43572 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is a direct subscriber. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
[Bug 43572] Re: Dell Laptops don't talk to HAL about brightness correctly
Ok, I've filed a blueprint for this issue. Hopefully a developer picks it up and implements the few changes needed. You may find the blueprint here: https://blueprints.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+spec/dell-backlight-support -- Dell Laptops don't talk to HAL about brightness correctly https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/43572 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is a direct subscriber. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
[Bug 43572] Re: Dell Laptops don't talk to HAL about brightness correctly
Oops, I meant by updating the page, that one: http://www.berthon.eu/wiki/foss:ubuntu:wikishelf:hal:feisty -- Dell Laptops don't talk to HAL about brightness correctly https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/43572 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is a direct subscriber. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
[Bug 43572] Re: Dell Laptops don't talk to HAL about brightness correctly
You are a King Erik :-) I did install libsmbios from the Gutsy source and now the LCD brightness is working :-) I have updated the page. It is kind of raw/rough at the moment, I will later in the week update it. -- Dell Laptops don't talk to HAL about brightness correctly https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/43572 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is a direct subscriber. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
[Bug 43572] Re: Dell Laptops don't talk to HAL about brightness correctly
Thank you Erik. I have tried in parallel to compile the source package that I had manually downloaded (including the patch). Roughly, here (http://www.berthon.eu/wiki/foss:ubuntu:wikishelf:hal:feisty) is an history of what I executed. After rebooting, I issued the modprobe command to load the dcdbas module and added the LCD brightness applet. It did not work (I guess this is due to the problem you mentioned about the libsmbios version). It reset my brightness to the minimum and I could not changed it after. Also the applet does not show the current brightness level and is not able to raise or lower it. I will wait for libsmbios to be backported from Gutsy. Do you know if there is already a Live CD of Gutsy that I could play with? Once again thank you for your very quick reply :-) -- Dell Laptops don't talk to HAL about brightness correctly https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/43572 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is a direct subscriber. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
[Bug 43572] Re: Dell Laptops don't talk to HAL about brightness correctly
Sorry, I lied, you need the >0.13.4 version of the libsmbios library, shipped with feisty is only 0.12.1. So you basically need to wait until Gutsy is released :(. You can of course manually try to compile a new version of the libsmbios library but this is if course more complicated. -- Dell Laptops don't talk to HAL about brightness correctly https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/43572 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is a direct subscriber. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
[Bug 43572] Re: Dell Laptops don't talk to HAL about brightness correctly
Huygens, Bug #92194 describes the issue at hand. Basically the build machine probably didn't have libsmbios installed and thus did not the dell addon got built. You can easily rebuild the module by first typing "apt-get source hal" in an empty directory. Enter the hal directory and issue sudo dpkg-buildpackage to properly build the hal .deb packages. Make sure you have installed the libsmbios library first. The last thing you need for success is to manually modprobe the dcdbas kernel module as it isn't autodetected. -- Dell Laptops don't talk to HAL about brightness correctly https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/43572 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is a direct subscriber. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
[Bug 43572] Re: Dell Laptops don't talk to HAL about brightness correctly
The HAL release, which includes the fix, is in the Gutsy Gibbon repository and has been back-ported to Feisty. However, even though the source code, which corresponds to the Ubuntu 7.04 back-ported package (0.5.9-1ubuntu2~feisty1, see http://packages.ubuntu.com/feisty-backports/source/hal), includes the Dell LCD brightness update, the LCD brightness dim on idle does not work after updating. In other words, the HAL addon + the FDI (hal-info) files for the Dell LCD brightness are missing from the Ubuntu deb binary packages that have been back-ported. However, the Ubuntu source code for the package clearly shows that the addon and FDI file are both present. I cannot state anything for Gutsy Gibbon. Does anyone knows why hasn't it been included in the binary package? I wanted to compile the source code available (http://packages.ubuntu.com/feisty-backports/source/hal), so I decompressed the file and I applied the Feisty patch. Now, I do not know if there are some special flags or third party libraries that are necessary to compile. Can anyone point me at the commands required to compile HAL for Feisty (if different than just ./configure && make)? Also, once compiled, is there a way that I can create a DEB package? Maybe there is some documentation out there. If you happen to now where, I would be more than glad :-) -- Dell Laptops don't talk to HAL about brightness correctly https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/43572 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is a direct subscriber. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
[Bug 43572] Re: Dell Laptops don't talk to HAL about brightness correctly
Erik, bug fixes are not features, it's perfectly reasonable to backport fixes from upstream. Do you have a GITweb URL or a patch handy? Please also test this, I can't (I don't have the hardware). -- Dell Laptops don't talk to HAL about brightness correctly https://launchpad.net/bugs/43572 -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
[Bug 43572] Re: Dell Laptops don't talk to HAL about brightness correctly
As feisty now is in feature freeze mode (See https://wiki.ubuntu.com/FeistyReleaseSchedule) you'll need to wait until feisty + 1 :/ -- Dell Laptops don't talk to HAL about brightness correctly https://launchpad.net/bugs/43572 -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
[Bug 43572] Re: Dell Laptops don't talk to HAL about brightness correctly
Any update about getting this in Feisty? -- Dell Laptops don't talk to HAL about brightness correctly https://launchpad.net/bugs/43572 -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
Re: [Bug 43572] Re: Dell Laptops don't talk to HAL about brightness correctly
You´re a star, Erik! -- Dell Laptops don't talk to HAL about brightness correctly https://launchpad.net/bugs/43572 -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
[Bug 43572] Re: Dell Laptops don't talk to HAL about brightness correctly
I'm afraid Edgy is out of the question. Either a patch is included to give feisty that functionality or it's going in feisty+1 as ubuntu syncs with the updated debian package. ** Changed in: hal (Ubuntu) Status: Unconfirmed => Confirmed -- Dell Laptops don't talk to HAL about brightness correctly https://launchpad.net/bugs/43572 -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
[Bug 43572] Re: Dell Laptops don't talk to HAL about brightness correctly
I would like this in my Edgy -- Dell Laptops don't talk to HAL about brightness correctly https://launchpad.net/bugs/43572 -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
[Bug 43572] Re: Dell Laptops don't talk to HAL about brightness correctly
** Changed in: hal (upstream) Status: Confirmed => Fix Released -- Dell Laptops don't talk to HAL about brightness correctly https://launchpad.net/bugs/43572 -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
[Bug 43572] Re: Dell Laptops don't talk to HAL about brightness correctly
Current mainline hal now supports this. I can backport a patch and attach it to this bug if there's interest of getting this into feisty. -- Dell Laptops don't talk to HAL about brightness correctly https://launchpad.net/bugs/43572 -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
[Bug 43572] Re: Dell Laptops don't talk to HAL about brightness correctly
** Changed in: hal (upstream) Status: Unknown => Confirmed -- Dell Laptops don't talk to HAL about brightness correctly https://launchpad.net/bugs/43572 -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
[Bug 43572] Re: Dell Laptops don't talk to HAL about brightness correctly
I've filed a bug upstream and assigned that to you, Richard, as you seemed interested. I'll unassign the Ubuntu bug from you. ** Bug watch added: Freedesktop Bugzilla #7221 https://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=7221 ** Also affects: hal (upstream) via https://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=7221 Importance: Unknown Status: Unknown ** Changed in: hal (Ubuntu) Assignee: Richard Hughes => (unassigned) -- Dell Laptops don't talk to HAL about brightness correctly https://launchpad.net/bugs/43572 -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
[Bug 43572] Re: Dell Laptops don't talk to HAL about brightness correctly
Some links for anyone interested: http://www.ussg.iu.edu/hypermail/linux/kernel/0602.0/2221.html http://lists.us.dell.com/pipermail/libsmbios-devel/2006-February/thread.html#177 http://linux.dell.com/libsmbios/main/ http://packages.ubuntu.com/dapper/admin/libsmbios-bin -- Dell Laptops don't talk to HAL about brightness correctly https://launchpad.net/bugs/43572 -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs