Public bug reported: When I press the brightness keys on the Lenovo X121e, I see that it's moving the brightness up several levels rather than just one. Running udevadm monitor shows (when the key is pressed):
KERNEL[66607.242993] change /devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:01.0/backlight/acpi_video0 (backlight) UDEV [66607.245662] change /devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:01.0/backlight/acpi_video0 (backlight) KERNEL[66607.493336] change /devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:01.0/backlight/acpi_video0 (backlight) UDEV [66607.494550] change /devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:01.0/backlight/acpi_video0 (backlight) KERNEL[66607.652904] change /devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:01.0/backlight/acpi_video0 (backlight) UDEV [66607.654247] change /devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:01.0/backlight/acpi_video0 (backlight) acpi_listen on the other hand produce only: ibm/hotkey HKEY 00000080 00001010 video LCD 00000086 00000000 ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 12.04 Package: linux-image-3.2.0-23-generic 3.2.0-23.36 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.2.0-23.36-generic 3.2.14 Uname: Linux 3.2.0-23-generic x86_64 AlsaVersion: Advanced Linux Sound Architecture Driver Version 1.0.24. ApportVersion: 2.0.1-0ubuntu5 Architecture: amd64 ArecordDevices: **** List of CAPTURE Hardware Devices **** card 1: SB [HDA ATI SB], device 0: CONEXANT Analog [CONEXANT Analog] Subdevices: 0/1 Subdevice #0: subdevice #0 AudioDevicesInUse: USER PID ACCESS COMMAND /dev/snd/controlC1: ubuntu 1617 F.... pulseaudio /dev/snd/pcmC1D0c: ubuntu 1617 F...m pulseaudio /dev/snd/controlC0: ubuntu 1617 F.... pulseaudio Card0.Amixer.info: Card hw:0 'Generic'/'HD-Audio Generic at 0x90344000 irq 44' Mixer name : 'ATI R6xx HDMI' Components : 'HDA:1002aa01,00aa0100,00100200' Controls : 6 Simple ctrls : 1 Card0.Amixer.values: Simple mixer control 'IEC958',0 Capabilities: pswitch pswitch-joined penum Playback channels: Mono Mono: Playback [on] Card1.Amixer.info: Card hw:1 'SB'/'HDA ATI SB at 0x90340000 irq 16' Mixer name : 'Conexant CX20590' Components : 'HDA:14f1506e,17aa21ec,00100000' Controls : 8 Simple ctrls : 5 Card29.Amixer.info: Card hw:29 'ThinkPadEC'/'ThinkPad Console Audio Control at EC reg 0x30, fw unknown' Mixer name : 'ThinkPad EC (unknown)' Components : '' Controls : 1 Simple ctrls : 1 Card29.Amixer.values: Simple mixer control 'Console',0 Capabilities: pswitch pswitch-joined penum Playback channels: Mono Mono: Playback [on] Date: Tue Jul 10 10:31:56 2012 HibernationDevice: RESUME=UUID=3933dbd8-a348-42c1-a37f-83b5b2db5613 InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 12.04 LTS "Precise Pangolin" - Release amd64 (20120425) MachineType: LENOVO 305152U ProcEnviron: TERM=xterm PATH=(custom, no user) LANG=en_US.UTF-8 SHELL=/bin/bash ProcFB: 0 radeondrmfb 1 VESA VGA ProcKernelCmdLine: BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-3.2.0-23-generic root=UUID=f1d5705e-f9a7-4a90-b4c4-69fd8f27a306 ro quiet splash initcall_debug vt.handoff=7 RelatedPackageVersions: linux-restricted-modules-3.2.0-23-generic N/A linux-backports-modules-3.2.0-23-generic N/A linux-firmware 1.79 SourcePackage: linux StagingDrivers: rts_pstor UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install) dmi.bios.date: 06/20/2011 dmi.bios.vendor: LENOVO dmi.bios.version: 8RET26WW (1.08 ) dmi.board.asset.tag: Not Available dmi.board.name: 305152U dmi.board.vendor: LENOVO dmi.board.version: Not Available dmi.chassis.asset.tag: No Asset Information dmi.chassis.type: 10 dmi.chassis.vendor: LENOVO dmi.chassis.version: Not Available dmi.modalias: dmi:bvnLENOVO:bvr8RET26WW(1.08):bd06/20/2011:svnLENOVO:pn305152U:pvrThinkPad:rvnLENOVO:rn305152U:rvrNotAvailable:cvnLENOVO:ct10:cvrNotAvailable: dmi.product.name: 305152U dmi.product.version: ThinkPad dmi.sys.vendor: LENOVO ** Affects: linux (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided Status: New ** Tags: amd64 apport-bug precise staging -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1023002 Title: [Lenovo X121e] Brightness key events are multiplied To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux/+bug/1023002/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs