[Kernel-packages] [Bug 1229591] Re: 8086:0116 [Dell Inspiron 14z (N411z)] Display brightness keys don't generate evdev events after saucy upgrade

2015-04-24 Thread Christopher M. Penalver
postadelmaga, please do not adjust the Status. For more on this, please see https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Bugs/Status . ** Changed in: linux (Ubuntu) Status: Confirmed => Triaged -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Kernel Packages, which is subscribed to linux in U

[Kernel-packages] [Bug 1229591] Re: 8086:0116 [Dell Inspiron 14z (N411z)] Display brightness keys don't generate evdev events after saucy upgrade

2015-04-23 Thread postadelmaga
** Changed in: linux (Ubuntu) Status: Triaged => Confirmed -- 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/1229591 Title: 8086:0116 [Dell Inspiron 14z (N411z)] Display brightness k

[Kernel-packages] [Bug 1229591] Re: 8086:0116 [Dell Inspiron 14z (N411z)] Display brightness keys don't generate evdev events after saucy upgrade

2015-04-23 Thread postadelmaga
it also affectes other dell: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux/+bug/954661 -- 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/1229591 Title: 8086:0116 [Dell Inspiron 14z (N411z

[Kernel-packages] [Bug 1229591] Re: 8086:0116 [Dell Inspiron 14z (N411z)] Display brightness keys don't generate evdev events after saucy upgrade

2015-03-22 Thread postadelmaga
Issue is still present on 15.04. Any chance to get it fixed ? -- 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/1229591 Title: 8086:0116 [Dell Inspiron 14z (N411z)] Display brightness keys

[Kernel-packages] [Bug 1229591] Re: 8086:0116 [Dell Inspiron 14z (N411z)] Display brightness keys don't generate evdev events after saucy upgrade

2014-09-01 Thread Christopher M. Penalver
rpgmaker, please again see https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux/+bug/1229591/comments/61 . -- 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/1229591 Title: 8086:0116 [Dell Inspir

[Kernel-packages] [Bug 1229591] Re: 8086:0116 [Dell Inspiron 14z (N411z)] Display brightness keys don't generate evdev events after saucy upgrade

2014-09-01 Thread rpgmaker
I can still experience the issue on 14.04.1 -- 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/1229591 Title: 8086:0116 [Dell Inspiron 14z (N411z)] Display brightness keys don't generate e

[Kernel-packages] [Bug 1229591] Re: 8086:0116 [Dell Inspiron 14z (N411z)] Display brightness keys don't generate evdev events after saucy upgrade

2014-07-07 Thread madvinegar
I confirm the above statement. Also tried Fedora 21 rawhide (with kernel 3.16) and the bug is still present. -- 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/1229591 Title: 8086:0116 [Dell

[Kernel-packages] [Bug 1229591] Re: 8086:0116 [Dell Inspiron 14z (N411z)] Display brightness keys don't generate evdev events after saucy upgrade

2014-07-05 Thread Jeremy
Bug still present in 3.16 RC3 -- 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/1229591 Title: 8086:0116 [Dell Inspiron 14z (N411z)] Display brightness keys don't generate evdev events af

[Kernel-packages] [Bug 1229591] Re: 8086:0116 [Dell Inspiron 14z (N411z)] Display brightness keys don't generate evdev events after saucy upgrade

2014-06-22 Thread madvinegar
I also tried latest fedora, arch and suse, and the same problem persists. So it must be a kernel problem and not something debian-based. -- 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/1229

[Kernel-packages] [Bug 1229591] Re: 8086:0116 [Dell Inspiron 14z (N411z)] Display brightness keys don't generate evdev events after saucy upgrade

2014-06-04 Thread madvinegar
Just a pastebin of xorg that might bve of assistance. http://paste.ubuntu.com/7582689/ As you will see it says: intel(0): found backlight control interface acpi_video0 (type 'firmware') -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Kernel Packages, which is subscribed to li

[Kernel-packages] [Bug 1229591] Re: 8086:0116 [Dell Inspiron 14z (N411z)] Display brightness keys don't generate evdev events after saucy upgrade

2014-05-29 Thread madvinegar
Also, the brightness keys work when I am in the Grub Menu !!! That is, before loading the OS. What could be wrong after loading the OS ??? -- 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/1

[Kernel-packages] [Bug 1229591] Re: 8086:0116 [Dell Inspiron 14z (N411z)] Display brightness keys don't generate evdev events after saucy upgrade

2014-05-29 Thread madvinegar
Just to add another piece of information. The brightness function keys work just fine when I am 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/1229591 Title: 8086:0116 [Dell In

[Kernel-packages] [Bug 1229591] Re: 8086:0116 [Dell Inspiron 14z (N411z)] Display brightness keys don't generate evdev events after saucy upgrade

2014-05-27 Thread Christopher M. Penalver
rpgmaker, thank you for your comment. So your hardware and problem may be tracked, could you please file a new report with Ubuntu by executing the following in a terminal while booted into a Ubuntu repository kernel (not a mainline one) via: ubuntu-bug linux For more on this, please read the of

[Kernel-packages] [Bug 1229591] Re: 8086:0116 [Dell Inspiron 14z (N411z)] Display brightness keys don't generate evdev events after saucy upgrade

2014-05-26 Thread rpgmaker
I also suffer from this bug. I have used 12.10 for the past year and upgraded to 14.04 but aside from the fact that it seemed generally buggy this did not work. Going over all the versions between 12.10 and 14.04 revealed that 13.04 is the only one where the brightness keys still work. After that t

[Kernel-packages] [Bug 1229591] Re: 8086:0116 [Dell Inspiron 14z (N411z)] Display brightness keys don't generate evdev events after saucy upgrade

2014-05-20 Thread madvinegar
Just another piece of information I would like to add. As I said, I have ubuntu 14.04 installed with kernel 3.13. I have downloaded from here: http://kernel.ubuntu.com/~kernel-ppa/mainline/v3.2.59-precise/ the latest 3.2 kernel and installed it. More specifically I downloaded and installed the

[Kernel-packages] [Bug 1229591] Re: 8086:0116 [Dell Inspiron 14z (N411z)] Display brightness keys don't generate evdev events after saucy upgrade

2014-05-17 Thread madvinegar
Apologies, I cannot do it. It's too dificult for me. I tried various things and almost made my system inoperable. I hope devs can solve it with the info and terminal results already provided. Otherwise, if anyone has more knowledge on these things, he is free to try. Last working kernel was 3.10.0

[Kernel-packages] [Bug 1229591] Re: 8086:0116 [Dell Inspiron 14z (N411z)] Display brightness keys don't generate evdev events after saucy upgrade

2014-05-06 Thread Christopher M. Penalver
madvinegar, one may learn about bisecting following https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Kernel/KernelBisection . -- 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/1229591 Title: 8086:0116 [Dell Inspiro

[Kernel-packages] [Bug 1229591] Re: 8086:0116 [Dell Inspiron 14z (N411z)] Display brightness keys don't generate evdev events after saucy upgrade

2014-05-06 Thread madvinegar
I have also sent the email to intel-...@lists.freedesktop.org I got a reply from Jani Nikula as per below: "A bisect result on upstream kernel pointing at the regression might be useful... although we've changed the code considerably since 3.14." And from Daniel Vetter as per below. "Yeah, if t

[Kernel-packages] [Bug 1229591] Re: 8086:0116 [Dell Inspiron 14z (N411z)] Display brightness keys don't generate evdev events after saucy upgrade

2014-05-05 Thread Christopher M. Penalver
madvinegar, you shouldn't be sending e-mails to any one person. Instead, as noted in https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux/+bug/1229591/comments/51 you should be sending it to the linux-input mailing list, as previously advised to you in https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux/+bu

[Kernel-packages] [Bug 1229591] Re: 8086:0116 [Dell Inspiron 14z (N411z)] Display brightness keys don't generate evdev events after saucy upgrade

2014-05-05 Thread madvinegar
I have sent the email with all the info to Mr Matthew Garret at mj...@srcf.ucam.org. -- 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/1229591 Title: 8086:0116 [Dell Inspiron 14z (N411z)] D

[Kernel-packages] [Bug 1229591] Re: 8086:0116 [Dell Inspiron 14z (N411z)] Display brightness keys don't generate evdev events after saucy upgrade

2014-05-04 Thread Christopher M. Penalver
madvinegar, you may want to start with linux-input. -- 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/1229591 Title: 8086:0116 [Dell Inspiron 14z (N411z)] Display brightness keys don't ge

[Kernel-packages] [Bug 1229591] Re: 8086:0116 [Dell Inspiron 14z (N411z)] Display brightness keys don't generate evdev events after saucy upgrade

2014-05-04 Thread madvinegar
Hi, Thanx for your reply. Could you please be a little more specific? To whom should I send/mail all the info I will gather from the terminal commands/results when using the latest 3.15 kernel? -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Kernel Packages, which is subscribed

[Kernel-packages] [Bug 1229591] Re: 8086:0116 [Dell Inspiron 14z (N411z)] Display brightness keys don't generate evdev events after saucy upgrade

2014-05-02 Thread Christopher M. Penalver
Chris Stratford / madvinegar, the issue you are reporting is an upstream one. Could you please report this problem through the appropriate channel by following the instructions _verbatim_ at https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Bugs/Upstream/kernel ? Please provide a direct URL to your e-mail to the mailing li

[Kernel-packages] [Bug 1229591] Re: 8086:0116 [Dell Inspiron 14z (N411z)] Display brightness keys don't generate evdev events after saucy upgrade

2014-05-01 Thread madvinegar
Just tried kernel 3.15 rc3, but unfortunately the brightness functions keys (Fn+F4 and Fn+F5) still do not work. Any comments/ideas regarding my previous post? -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Kernel Packages, which is subscribed to linux in Ubuntu. https://bugs.

[Kernel-packages] [Bug 1229591] Re: 8086:0116 [Dell Inspiron 14z (N411z)] Display brightness keys don't generate evdev events after saucy upgrade

2014-04-30 Thread madvinegar
Thank you for your reply. I will test kernel 3.15 and revert with news (probably later on today). In the meantime and after reading various reported bugs, I came accross this one: http://www.aristofunnies.gr/wp-content/uploads/2010/12/photo-12.jpeg It regards dell xps13, but refers to the exact

[Kernel-packages] [Bug 1229591] Re: 8086:0116 [Dell Inspiron 14z (N411z)] Display brightness keys don't generate evdev events after saucy upgrade

2014-04-25 Thread Christopher M. Penalver
madvinegar, if you would like to help with this issue, please test the latest mainline kernel via http://kernel.ubuntu.com/~kernel- ppa/mainline/v3.15-rc2-trusty/ and advise to the results. The fact it is an RC is not relevant information here, as it contains new patches not found in prior kernel r

[Kernel-packages] [Bug 1229591] Re: 8086:0116 [Dell Inspiron 14z (N411z)] Display brightness keys don't generate evdev events after saucy upgrade

2014-04-25 Thread madvinegar
I installed today kernel 3.14.1. The problem is still present. I have not tried yet kernel 3.15 as it is in a very early (RC2) stage yet. I have also tried hundreds of grub parameters and conf files inside X11 (following the ARCH wiki here: https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/backlight) but s

[Kernel-packages] [Bug 1229591] Re: 8086:0116 [Dell Inspiron 14z (N411z)] Display brightness keys don't generate evdev events after saucy upgrade

2014-04-22 Thread Christopher M. Penalver
** Changed in: linux (Ubuntu) Status: Confirmed => Incomplete -- 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/1229591 Title: 8086:0116 [Dell Inspiron 14z (N411z)] Display brightnes

[Kernel-packages] [Bug 1229591] Re: 8086:0116 [Dell Inspiron 14z (N411z)] Display brightness keys don't generate evdev events after saucy upgrade

2014-04-21 Thread madvinegar
I made a clean installation of 14.04 yesterday but unfortunately the problem with the brightness keys is still present. Have there been any developments as regards isolating the culprit? It is very strange considering that the keys worked just fine up to 13.04 and kernel 3.8. I don't know if it

[Kernel-packages] [Bug 1229591] Re: 8086:0116 [Dell Inspiron 14z (N411z)] Display brightness keys don't generate evdev events after saucy upgrade

2014-02-16 Thread madvinegar
Thank you. Please see here: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux/+bug/1280394 -- 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/1229591 Title: 8086:0116 [Dell Inspiron 14z (N411z

[Kernel-packages] [Bug 1229591] Re: 8086:0116 [Dell Inspiron 14z (N411z)] Display brightness keys don't generate evdev events after saucy upgrade

2014-02-15 Thread Christopher M. Penalver
madvinegar, please again see https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux/+bug/1229591/comments/42 . -- 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/1229591 Title: 8086:0116 [Dell Insp

[Kernel-packages] [Bug 1229591] Re: 8086:0116 [Dell Inspiron 14z (N411z)] Display brightness keys don't generate evdev events after saucy upgrade

2014-02-14 Thread madvinegar
Hi. Thanx for your reply. Since I have exactly the same laptop with the same GPU (id 8086:0116) would it be better just to keep updating this bug report and provide additional info? (rather than opening a new bug report?) I could provide additional info by running: apport-collect -p linux #12295

[Kernel-packages] [Bug 1229591] Re: 8086:0116 [Dell Inspiron 14z (N411z)] Display brightness keys don't generate evdev events after saucy upgrade

2014-02-13 Thread Christopher M. Penalver
madvinegar, thank you for your comment. So your hardware and problem may be tracked, could you please file a new report with Ubuntu by executing the following in a terminal while booted into a Ubuntu repository kernel (not a mainline one) via: ubuntu-bug linux For more on this, please read the

[Kernel-packages] [Bug 1229591] Re: 8086:0116 [Dell Inspiron 14z (N411z)] Display brightness keys don't generate evdev events after saucy upgrade

2014-02-13 Thread madvinegar
Just to add that I have today updated my BIOS to the latest available for my laptop (I had A02 and I updated to A06), however the brightness function keys still don't work. So we will have to wait for a fix to be included in a newer kernel. -- You received this bug notification because you are a

[Kernel-packages] [Bug 1229591] Re: 8086:0116 [Dell Inspiron 14z (N411z)] Display brightness keys don't generate evdev events after saucy upgrade

2014-02-07 Thread madvinegar
I have exactly the same problem and exactly the same laptop. I would be very very happy to see this fixed at least for 14.04. I have 14.04 installed right now on this laptop but I still have the same problem with the function keys. In case you need to do any tests in 14.04 release, please let me

[Kernel-packages] [Bug 1229591] Re: 8086:0116 [Dell Inspiron 14z (N411z)] Display brightness keys don't generate evdev events after saucy upgrade

2014-01-29 Thread Maarten Lankhorst
** Package changed: xorg (Ubuntu) => linux (Ubuntu) -- 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/1229591 Title: 8086:0116 [Dell Inspiron 14z (N411z)] Display brightness keys don't ge

[Kernel-packages] [Bug 1229591] Re: 8086:0116 [Dell Inspiron 14z (N411z)] Display brightness keys don't generate evdev events after saucy upgrade

2014-01-29 Thread Launchpad Bug Tracker
Status changed to 'Confirmed' because the bug affects multiple users. ** Changed in: linux (Ubuntu) Status: New => Confirmed -- 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/1229591

[Kernel-packages] [Bug 1229591] Re: 8086:0116 [Dell Inspiron 14z (N411z)] Display brightness keys don't generate evdev events after saucy upgrade

2014-01-15 Thread Christopher M. Penalver
Sending to xorg for stack review. Please send back if found to be a kernel issue. ** Package changed: linux (Ubuntu) => xorg (Ubuntu) ** Changed in: xorg (Ubuntu) Importance: Medium => Low ** Changed in: xorg (Ubuntu) Status: Incomplete => New -- You received this bug notification be

[Kernel-packages] [Bug 1229591] Re: 8086:0116 [Dell Inspiron 14z (N411z)] Display brightness keys don't generate evdev events after saucy upgrade

2014-01-15 Thread Chris Stratford
No change I'm afraid. I might be misunderstanding what those options do, but the problem isn't the backlight itself. As I stated in the original bug report, changing the value in /sys/class/backlight/intel_backlight/brightness does dim the screen (as does the slider in system settings / brightnes

[Kernel-packages] [Bug 1229591] Re: 8086:0116 [Dell Inspiron 14z (N411z)] Display brightness keys don't generate evdev events after saucy upgrade

2013-12-31 Thread Christopher M. Penalver
Chris Stratford, thank you for your quick response. Could you please clear out the non-default kernel boot parameters, and test the following individually and advise if it changes anything: acpi_backlight=vendor video.use_bios_initial_backlight=0 when only testing a mainline kernel v3.13.x+ (for

[Kernel-packages] [Bug 1229591] Re: 8086:0116 [Dell Inspiron 14z (N411z)] Display brightness keys don't generate evdev events after saucy upgrade

2013-12-31 Thread Chris Stratford
For my Trusty test it would not have been used (at least not intentionally), as that was from a pure live CD boot. For all other tests, it would be. Offhand, I don't recall why or when they were added, but I suspect it was an attempt to improve battery life or reduce the temperature. -- You rec

[Kernel-packages] [Bug 1229591] Re: 8086:0116 [Dell Inspiron 14z (N411z)] Display brightness keys don't generate evdev events after saucy upgrade

2013-12-31 Thread Christopher M. Penalver
Chris Stratford, thank you for testing Trusty. Just to clarify, were you utilizing the following kernel boot parameters in your bisection or Trusty testing: pcie_aspm=force i915.i915_enable_rc6=1 As well, could you please comment to why you have these? -- You received this bug notification bec

[Kernel-packages] [Bug 1229591] Re: 8086:0116 [Dell Inspiron 14z (N411z)] Display brightness keys don't generate evdev events after saucy upgrade

2013-12-31 Thread Christopher M. Penalver
** Tags added: trusty -- 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/1229591 Title: 8086:0116 [Dell Inspiron 14z (N411z)] Display brightness keys don't generate evdev events after sauc

[Kernel-packages] [Bug 1229591] Re: 8086:0116 [Dell Inspiron 14z (N411z)] Display brightness keys don't generate evdev events after saucy upgrade

2013-12-31 Thread Chris Stratford
I've just tested the latest trusty-desktop-amd64.iso and it has the same problem. There's still no response to the brightness keys. -- 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/1229591