[Bug 356510] Re: [i965] Jaunty: random screen flashes

2009-04-08 Thread Geir Ove Myhr
Thanks for uploading all the ACPI related information. I have opened this bug for linux and closed it for xorg and xserver-xorg-video-intel (FYI: xorg is just a meta-package for people who don't know which xorg- related package to put a bug into, and as such really makes no sense together with

[Bug 356510] Re: [i965] Jaunty: random screen flashes

2009-04-07 Thread Sebastien Bacher
could you not run gnome-panel and see if that's still an issue? it's doubtfully a gnome-panel bug ** Changed in: gnome-panel (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided = Low ** Changed in: gnome-panel (Ubuntu) Status: New = Incomplete ** Changed in: gnome-panel (Ubuntu) Assignee:

[Bug 356510] Re: [i965] Jaunty: random screen flashes

2009-04-07 Thread Bernhard
@Sebastien: actually, I don't know how to run gnome without a panel. :) It's probably not a gnome-panel bug, it's a problem with changing screen brightness. So that means it's an xorg bug? @Geir: I tried a little more and I can now confirm that a random flash (with me doing nothing on keyboard

[Bug 356510] Re: [i965] Jaunty: random screen flashes

2009-04-07 Thread Sebastien Bacher
you can try logging a non GNOME session, anyway as said that's probably not a gnome-panel issue closing this task now ** Changed in: gnome-panel (Ubuntu) Status: Incomplete = Invalid -- [i965] Jaunty: random screen flashes https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/356510 You received this bug

[Bug 356510] Re: [i965] Jaunty: random screen flashes

2009-04-07 Thread Geir Ove Myhr
Good to know that it does not add anything to Xorg.0.log. That means we can exclude something calling xrandr as being the source of this bug. I'm not exactly sure where it belongs, but I guess probably the kernel. Screen brightness change goes through the ACPI interface and those bugs are filed

[Bug 356510] Re: [i965] Jaunty: random screen flashes

2009-04-07 Thread Bernhard
Yes, there is no difference between the hotkeys and the brightness applet. That's why I thought it's probly not a gnome-panel issue. OK, here's the experiment, start out with dark screen (lowest brightness) and I keep going up in brightness: BACKLIGHT: 1 (0x0001) range: (0,7) now go up

[Bug 356510] Re: [i965] Jaunty: random screen flashes

2009-04-07 Thread Geir Ove Myhr
Strange... Does the same happen with /proc/acpi/video/VID/LCD0/brightness? (it goes up to max, drops down, etc.) Also, 0 should not be minimum, not maximum... On my computer it is BACKLIGHT: 12 (0x000c) range: (0,15) and the value goes from 0 (minimum) to 15 (maximum) --

[Bug 356510] Re: [i965] Jaunty: random screen flashes

2009-04-07 Thread Bernhard
It's clearly the max for me when Backlight is on 0, don't know. You don't have this bouncing behavior? Maybe it's the intel video card. As for the brightness file, I can't find it, is it a text file? locate brightness /etc/acpi/video_brightnessdown.sh /etc/acpi/video_brightnessup.sh

[Bug 356510] Re: [i965] Jaunty: random screen flashes

2009-04-07 Thread Bernhard
You might think that if it's at the max (in my case 0) and you press the hotkey up then it would always behave in the same way. But it doesn't: if it comes from 1-4-5-6-7-0 it bounces but not if it comes from 7-2-0. There must be some hidden variable. :) -- [i965] Jaunty: random screen flashes

[Bug 356510] Re: [i965] Jaunty: random screen flashes

2009-04-07 Thread Geir Ove Myhr
For sure you have a /proc/acpi directory. Do you have a video directory in there? If so, do you have a VID directory in there? If so, a LCD0 directory in there? If so, what files do you have there? Nothing under /proc are real files, it's a filesystem the kernel uses to inform/communicate with

[Bug 356510] Re: [i965] Jaunty: random screen flashes

2009-04-07 Thread Bernhard
OK, I found brightness, it doesn't list under locate. Here's the funny output: xrandr --prop Screen 0: minimum 320 x 200, current 1280 x 800, maximum 1280 x 1280 VGA disconnected (normal left inverted right x axis y axis) LVDS connected 1280x800+0+0 (normal left inverted right x axis y axis)

[Bug 356510] Re: [i965] Jaunty: random screen flashes

2009-04-07 Thread Bernhard
Also tried some of the other brightness levels, the numbers never cohere or maybe I'm just missing the pattern. -- [i965] Jaunty: random screen flashes https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/356510 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Desktop Bugs, which is a bug

[Bug 356510] Re: [i965] Jaunty: random screen flashes

2009-04-07 Thread Bernhard
** Attachment added: kern.log.0 http://launchpadlibrarian.net/24984291/kern.log.0 -- [i965] Jaunty: random screen flashes https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/356510 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Desktop Bugs, which is a bug assignee. -- desktop-bugs

[Bug 356510] Re: [i965] Jaunty: random screen flashes

2009-04-07 Thread Bernhard
** Attachment added: dmidecode.txt http://launchpadlibrarian.net/24984375/dmidecode.txt -- [i965] Jaunty: random screen flashes https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/356510 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Desktop Bugs, which is a bug assignee. --

[Bug 356510] Re: [i965] Jaunty: random screen flashes

2009-04-07 Thread Bernhard
** Attachment added: lspci.txt http://launchpadlibrarian.net/24984384/lspci.txt -- [i965] Jaunty: random screen flashes https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/356510 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Desktop Bugs, which is a bug assignee. -- desktop-bugs

[Bug 356510] Re: [i965] Jaunty: random screen flashes

2009-04-07 Thread Bernhard
** Attachment added: uname.txt http://launchpadlibrarian.net/24984387/uname.txt -- [i965] Jaunty: random screen flashes https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/356510 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Desktop Bugs, which is a bug assignee. -- desktop-bugs

[Bug 356510] Re: [i965] Jaunty: random screen flashes

2009-04-07 Thread Bernhard
** Attachment added: acpi.tar.bz http://launchpadlibrarian.net/24984414/acpi.tar.bz -- [i965] Jaunty: random screen flashes https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/356510 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Desktop Bugs, which is a bug assignee. -- desktop-bugs

[Bug 356510] Re: [i965] Jaunty: random screen flashes

2009-04-07 Thread Bernhard
OK, I attached whatever they wanted. I will try to update the bug description to give it in a nutshell since there is a lot of red herrings in the thread. -- [i965] Jaunty: random screen flashes https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/356510 You received this bug notification because you are a member of

[Bug 356510] Re: [i965] Jaunty: random screen flashes

2009-04-07 Thread Bernhard
** Description changed: - Binary package hint: xorg - I have random screen flashes in Jaunty beta, where the screen goes black for a split second. Similar flashes appear when I play around with the brightness applet in the gnome-panel. To reproduce: - 1) put brightness applet in your

[Bug 356510] Re: [i965] Jaunty: random screen flashes

2009-04-06 Thread Bernhard
** Also affects: gnome-panel (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided Status: New ** Description changed: Binary package hint: xorg I have random screen flashes in Jaunty beta, where the screen goes black - for a split second. The bug is sort of the same as the old (and fixed) - Bug 91404