I just checked for updates and received a bunch of hal and libhal
notices. I upgraded, rebooted, and the problem is gone.
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brightness buttons only lower brightness, inpiron 1420
https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/144123
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Excellent. Thanks for confirming that.
** Changed in: hal (Ubuntu)
Sourcepackagename: linux-source-2.6.22 = hal
Status: Confirmed = Fix Released
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brightness buttons only lower brightness, inpiron 1420
https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/144123
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Thank you for your bug report. Could you please follow
https://wiki.ubuntu.com/LaptopTestingTeam/HotkeyResearch ?
** Changed in: hotkey-setup (Ubuntu)
Sourcepackagename: None = hotkey-setup
Importance: Undecided = Low
Status: New = Incomplete
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brightness buttons only lower
Could you clarify as to whether you're using gnome or KDE?
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brightness buttons only lower brightness, inpiron 1420
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I am using Gnome.
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The ACPI backlight class seems to interact slightly poorly with gnome-
power-manager. I'll look into this.
** Changed in: linux-source-2.6.22 (Ubuntu)
Sourcepackagename: hotkey-setup = linux-source-2.6.22
Status: Incomplete = Confirmed
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brightness buttons only lower brightness, inpiron
Same problem here. Same laptop (Dell Inspiron 1420). Using the laptop's
Fn key in combo with the up arrow does nothing, using it with the down
arrow will dim the dispay. Overlay will show same behavior (brightness
progress bar won't go up, but will go down.) Going through power manager
gives
