[Bug 573984] Re: Screen brightness can not be adjusted in Lucid for Gateway NV59 with Intel Arrandale graphics

2010-05-19 Thread Tony Diep
Confirming crashes have stopped since turning off Compiz using 2.6.32-22-generic #33-Ubuntu SMP Eyes still burning... must wear shades... going blind stumbling around room... must turn brightness down ;) -- Screen brightness can not be adjusted in Lucid for Gateway NV59 with Intel Arrandal

[Bug 573984] Re: Screen brightness can not be adjusted in Lucid for Gateway NV59 with Intel Arrandale graphics

2010-05-02 Thread Tony Diep
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[Bug 573984] Re: Screen brightness can not be adjusted in Lucid for Gateway NV59 with Intel Arrandale graphics

2010-05-03 Thread Jeremy Foshee
Hi Tony, If you could also please test the latest upstream kernel available that would be great. It will allow additional upstream developers to examine the issue. Refer to https://wiki.ubuntu.com/KernelMainlineBuilds . Once you've tested the upstream kernel, please remove the 'needs-upstrea

[Bug 573984] Re: Screen brightness can not be adjusted in Lucid for Gateway NV59 with Intel Arrandale graphics

2010-05-09 Thread Tony Diep
Running 2.6.32-22-generic with "acpi=ht" option makes processor run hot. Fan runs almost constantly. Not a good long solution. System runs cooler without acpi options. But screen brightness burning eyes. This is a deal-killer. Going back to Karmic kernel. -- Screen brightness can not be adjusted

[Bug 573984] Re: Screen brightness can not be adjusted in Lucid for Gateway NV59 with Intel Arrandale graphics

2010-05-09 Thread Tony Diep
Ubuntu crashed twice today. Turning off Compiz. I had Compiz turned off in Karma because the Compiz would reliably crash it. GLXGears wouldn't run on it. -- Screen brightness can not be adjusted in Lucid for Gateway NV59 with Intel Arrandale graphics https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/573984 You re

[Bug 573984] Re: Screen brightness can not be adjusted in Lucid for Gateway NV59 with Intel Arrandale graphics

2010-05-04 Thread Tony Diep
original kernel: Linux tdlap6 2.6.32-21-generic #32-Ubuntu SMP Fri Apr 16 08:09:38 UTC 2010 x86_64 GNU/Linux No screen brightness adjustment possible. Workaround: "acpi=ht" Tested upstream kernel linux-image-2.6.34-020634rc6-generic_2.6.34-020634rc6_amd64 Screen boots to 100% brightness, even if

[Bug 573984] Re: Screen brightness can not be adjusted in Lucid for Gateway NV59 with Intel Arrandale graphics

2010-05-05 Thread Tony Diep
Tested Karmic kernel: linux-image-2.6.31-020631-generic_2.6.31-020631_amd64 * system wouldn't boot first time. keyboard not responsive * system boots second time. no keyboard. no mouse. had to use hard reset. Tested Karmic kernel: 2.6.31-21-generic #59 * Ubuntu respects screen brightness set durin

[Bug 573984] Re: Screen brightness can not be adjusted in Lucid for Gateway NV59 with Intel Arrandale graphics

2010-05-06 Thread Tony Diep
Confirming May 5 2010 Lucid updates with released kernel 2.6.32-22-generic #33 and updated acpi driver does _NOT_ solve problem. -- Screen brightness can not be adjusted in Lucid for Gateway NV59 with Intel Arrandale graphics https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/573984 You received this bug notificat

[Bug 573984] Re: Screen brightness can not be adjusted in Lucid for Gateway NV59 with Intel Arrandale graphics

2010-05-13 Thread J. Shaw
Vouching for Tony in his assessment (brightness in GRUB), I would like to add, if it helps, that using setpci doesn't work in X, either. (e.g. "setpci -s 00:02.0 F4.B=B2", etc.) There are two brightness settings listed, default level '5', the value of one can be changed (IIRC), but neither changes

Re: [Bug 573984] Re: Screen brightness can not be adjusted in Lucid for Gateway NV59 with Intel Arrandale graphics

2010-05-04 Thread Tony Diep
original kernel: Linux tdlap6 2.6.32-21-generic #32-Ubuntu SMP Fri Apr 16 08:09:38 UTC 2010 x86_64 GNU/Linux No screen brightness adjustment possible. Workaround: "acpi=ht" Tested upstream kernel linux-image-2.6.34-020634rc6-generic_2.6.34-020634rc6_amd64 Screen boots to 100% brightness, even if s