[Bug 740893] Re: Kernel 2.6.38-7 completely dims screen on Intel GMA 4500M

2013-08-08 Thread Launchpad Bug Tracker
[Expired for linux (Ubuntu) because there has been no activity for 60 days.] ** Changed in: linux (Ubuntu) Status: Incomplete => Expired -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/740893 Ti

[Bug 740893] Re: Kernel 2.6.38-7 completely dims screen on Intel GMA 4500M

2013-06-09 Thread Christopher M. Penalver
Oxwivi, thank you for reporting this and helping make Ubuntu better. Natty reached EOL on October 28, 2012. Please see this document for currently supported Ubuntu releases: https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Releases We were wondering if this is still an issue in a supported release? If so, could you pleas

[Bug 740893] Re: Kernel 2.6.38-7 completely dims screen on Intel GMA 4500M

2013-06-05 Thread Thomas Beyer
Report at 1187794 -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/740893 Title: Kernel 2.6.38-7 completely dims screen on Intel GMA 4500M To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.la

[Bug 740893] Re: Kernel 2.6.38-7 completely dims screen on Intel GMA 4500M

2013-06-05 Thread Thomas Beyer
@christriant: nice to hear that. trying ubuntu 13.04 on acer travelmate 5734Z - black screen... adding acpi_backlight=legacy acpi_osi=Linux to grub-options and i can turn screen on by pressing [FN] + [ <-] which is lower brightness. After that, i can customize my brightness setting with that k

[Bug 740893] Re: Kernel 2.6.38-7 completely dims screen on Intel GMA 4500M

2013-06-05 Thread Thomas Beyer
** Changed in: linux (Ubuntu) Status: Incomplete => Confirmed -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/740893 Title: Kernel 2.6.38-7 completely dims screen on Intel GMA 4500M To manage

[Bug 740893] Re: Kernel 2.6.38-7 completely dims screen on Intel GMA 4500M

2013-05-21 Thread Christopher M. Penalver
Chris Triantafillis / PrototypeX29A / Michael Chapman / cryd_be / Gary Liddle / Richard Brown / cyrilou, if you have a bug in Ubuntu, the Ubuntu Kernel team, Ubuntu Bug Control team, and Ubuntu Bug Squad would like you to please file a new report by executing the following in a terminal: ubuntu-

[Bug 740893] Re: Kernel 2.6.38-7 completely dims screen on Intel GMA 4500M

2013-05-18 Thread Chris Triantafillis
Its fixed for me in Ubuntu 13.04 fresh install! The brightness is ok but the hotkeys for changing it are not.. they don't work -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/740893 Title: Kernel 2.6.

[Bug 740893] Re: Kernel 2.6.38-7 completely dims screen on Intel GMA 4500M

2013-05-18 Thread PrototypeX29A
This still is an issue for me, is there any information you need to proceed with the bug? ** Changed in: linux (Ubuntu) Status: Expired => New -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/7408

[Bug 740893] Re: Kernel 2.6.38-7 completely dims screen on Intel GMA 4500M

2012-10-17 Thread Launchpad Bug Tracker
[Expired for linux (Ubuntu) because there has been no activity for 60 days.] ** Changed in: linux (Ubuntu) Status: Incomplete => Expired -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/740893 Ti

[Bug 740893] Re: Kernel 2.6.38-7 completely dims screen on Intel GMA 4500M

2012-08-18 Thread Michael Chapman
It looks like I spoke too soon about the fix in comment #53. According to this: http://lists.freedesktop.org/archives/intel-gfx/2012-August/019770.html a better fix will be in Linux 3.7, "hopefully." -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscri

[Bug 740893] Re: Kernel 2.6.38-7 completely dims screen on Intel GMA 4500M

2012-07-29 Thread Michael Chapman
I think patching Linux to add the Acer 5732z parameters is in the pipeline. I resolved this issue only 3 days ago by working with someone involved in creating quirk_invert_brightness. I don't think this is high on his priority list, but he said he would submit a patch. After that, I assume it will

[Bug 740893] Re: Kernel 2.6.38-7 completely dims screen on Intel GMA 4500M

2012-07-29 Thread Chris Triantafillis
so it will be fixed in the next update?? (i have the same laptop) -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/740893 Title: Kernel 2.6.38-7 completely dims screen on Intel GMA 4500M To manage not

[Bug 740893] Re: Kernel 2.6.38-7 completely dims screen on Intel GMA 4500M

2012-07-29 Thread Michael Chapman
I've managed to fix this for my machine (Acer Aspire 5732z). Someone has added an intel_quirk to linux / drivers / gpu / drm / i915 / intel_display.c called 'quirk_invert_brightness'. But it is only set for Acer Aspire 5734z. I added the settings for my laptop to intel_display.c (around line 7135)

Re: [Bug 740893] Re: Kernel 2.6.38-7 completely dims screen on Intel GMA 4500M

2012-07-29 Thread cryd_be
Tested Linux Mint XFCE 13 yesterday. It is still an issue. On Fri, Jul 27, 2012 at 11:05 PM, Christopher M. Penalver < christopher.penal...@gmx.com> wrote: > Oxwivi, this bug was reported a while ago and there hasn't been any > activity in it recently. We were wondering if this is still an issue

[Bug 740893] Re: Kernel 2.6.38-7 completely dims screen on Intel GMA 4500M

2012-07-27 Thread Chris Triantafillis
downloading iso! i don't quite understand this: "Please do not test the kernel in the daily folder, but the one all the way at the bottom." you mean this kernel http://kernel.ubuntu.com/~kernel-ppa/mainline/v3.5-rc7-quantal/ ? -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubu

[Bug 740893] Re: Kernel 2.6.38-7 completely dims screen on Intel GMA 4500M

2012-07-27 Thread Christopher M. Penalver
Oxwivi, this bug was reported a while ago and there hasn't been any activity in it recently. We were wondering if this is still an issue? If so, could you please test for this with the latest development release of Ubuntu? ISO CD images are available from http://cdimage.ubuntu.com/releases/ . If i

[Bug 740893] Re: Kernel 2.6.38-7 completely dims screen on Intel GMA 4500M

2012-02-29 Thread PrototypeX29A
AlsaVersion: Advanced Linux Sound Architecture Driver Version 1.0.24. AplayDevices: List of PLAYBACK Hardware Devices card 0: Intel [HDA Intel], device 0: ALC272X Analog [ALC272X Analog] Subdevices: 1/1 Subdevice #0: subdevice #0 ApportVersion: 1.23-0ubuntu4 Architecture: i386 Are

[Bug 740893] Re: Kernel 2.6.38-7 completely dims screen on Intel GMA 4500M

2012-01-12 Thread Michael Chapman
I used yesterday's (11 Jan 2012) Precise AMD64 Lubuntu ISO image to boot from a CD on an Acer 5732z, which has the same graphics controller as the OP's computer [Intel Corporation Mobile 4 Series Chipset Integrated Graphics Controller (rev 09)]. After I choose the first option in the initial menu (

[Bug 740893] Re: Kernel 2.6.38-7 completely dims screen on Intel GMA 4500M

2012-01-11 Thread Ahmed Shams
Does this bug occur with any of Kernel 3 like on Oneiric or Precise beta? would you please update this bug by running: apport-collect 740893 ** Changed in: linux (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided => Medium -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is su

[Bug 740893] Re: Kernel 2.6.38-7 completely dims screen on Intel GMA 4500M

2011-12-05 Thread Gary Liddle
This bug is still a problem for me too, however there is a work around. https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux/+bug/779166 The following command should make the screen bright again, I recommend you use an external monitor when trying to correct this issue. sudo setpci -s 00:02.0 F4.B=00

[Bug 740893] Re: Kernel 2.6.38-7 completely dims screen on Intel GMA 4500M

2011-12-04 Thread Richard Brown
>Any news on this bug? I have exactly the same issue. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/740893 Title: Kernel 2.6.38-7 completely dims screen on Intel GMA 4500M To manage notifications a

[Bug 740893] Re: Kernel 2.6.38-7 completely dims screen on Intel GMA 4500M

2011-10-02 Thread Markus Walther
fine to be here. I just wanted to say about this issue and ask the kernel developers to not set the brightness to FF without being sure that this would be the right setting in order to gain a maximum brightness of the backlight of the screen. Well, then. You might get a scrpt that is working after

[Bug 740893] Re: Kernel 2.6.38-7 completely dims screen on Intel GMA 4500M

2011-08-05 Thread Gary Liddle
Hey I have the same laptop and have the same problem when i updated the Kernel. I've been running 2.6.35.22 which has no problems. I initially updated to 2.6.38-8 which i thought at first had failed, but noticed the screen was only usable (and i use that word very lightly) in direct sunlight. I

[Bug 740893] Re: Kernel 2.6.38-7 completely dims screen on Intel GMA 4500M

2011-08-05 Thread Gary Liddle
** Changed in: linux (Ubuntu) Status: Incomplete => Confirmed -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/740893 Title: Kernel 2.6.38-7 completely dims screen on Intel GMA 4500M To manage

[Bug 740893] Re: Kernel 2.6.38-7 completely dims screen on Intel GMA 4500M

2011-07-18 Thread Oxwivi
@Brad, I'm sorry the laptop in question is no longer functional, I cannot attempt to run apport even if I wanted to. If cyrilou is still following the bug, he can help in obtaining the logs. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubun

[Bug 740893] Re: Kernel 2.6.38-7 completely dims screen on Intel GMA 4500M

2011-07-04 Thread talessx
with solution 3 every time you suspend or hibernatethe computer video is off on waking. I have solved adding this script (make it executable) in "/etc/pm/00_video" : #!/bin/bash case "$1" in hibernate|suspend) ;; thaw|resume) setpci -s 00:02.0 F4.B=00 ;; *)

[Bug 740893] Re: Kernel 2.6.38-7 completely dims screen on Intel GMA 4500M

2011-07-03 Thread talessx
My experience with Acer TravelMate 5335 (video Intel GMA 4500M) and ubuntu 11.04: SOLUTION 1 (bad): renounce to graphic acceleration and add "nomodeset" into boot (typeing "e" on grub start) or in GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX_DEFAULT option into "/etc/default/grub". at least you can boot without an externa

[Bug 740893] Re: Kernel 2.6.38-7 completely dims screen on Intel GMA 4500M

2011-05-05 Thread Oxwivi
@cyrilou, add Arch affected under affected distributions, and link to the bug report, if you've made one on Arch's bug tracker. ** Description changed: Display hardware specifications [sudo lshw -c display]:   *-display:0    description: VGA compatible controller    product: Mobil

[Bug 740893] Re: Kernel 2.6.38-7 completely dims screen on Intel GMA 4500M

2011-04-18 Thread cyrilou
I forgot the [sudo lshw -c display]: *-display:0 description: VGA compatible controller product: Mobile 4 Series Chipset Integrated Graphics Controller vendor: Intel Corporation physical id: 2 bus info: pci@:00:02.0 version: 09 width: 64 bits

[Bug 740893] Re: Kernel 2.6.38-7 completely dims screen on Intel GMA 4500M

2011-04-18 Thread cyrilou
On my laptop it's the same. If i boot with 2.6.38-6 kernel, it's ok but if i boot the 2.6.38-7 kernel then i only have an 'almost black screen' as described above. Here is my lspci | grep VGA 00:02.0 VGA compatible controller: Intel Corporation Mobile 4 Series Chipset Integrated Graphics Control