Public bug reported: The OS boots fine into Ubuntu Natty however the Kernel Version 2.6.38-11 I am using has a dark backlight. I can see the login screen but is very dark. The fix for this seems to be to use the brightness control on my Emachines E725 while in the bootloader, during boot. Holding the Fn + increase brightness key gives the desired results.
ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 11.04 Package: xorg 1:7.6+4ubuntu3.1 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.38-11.48-generic 2.6.38.8 Uname: Linux 2.6.38-11-generic i686 Architecture: i386 CompizPlugins: [core,bailer,detection,composite,opengl,decor,mousepoll,vpswitch,regex,animation,snap,expo,move,compiztoolbox,place,grid,imgpng,gnomecompat,wall,ezoom,workarounds,staticswitcher,resize,fade,unitymtgrabhandles,scale,session,unityshell] CompositorRunning: compiz Date: Mon Aug 22 13:59:04 2011 DistUpgraded: Log time: 2011-08-17 05:13:50.784615 DistroCodename: natty DistroVariant: ubuntu GraphicsCard: Intel Corporation Mobile 4 Series Chipset Integrated Graphics Controller [8086:2a42] (rev 09) (prog-if 00 [VGA controller]) Subsystem: Acer Incorporated [ALI] Device [1025:0212] Subsystem: Acer Incorporated [ALI] Device [1025:0212] InstallationMedia: Ubuntu-Netbook 10.10 "Maverick Meerkat" - Release i386 (20101007) MachineType: eMachines eMachines E725 ProcEnviron: LANGUAGE=en_IN:en LANG=en_IN LC_MESSAGES=en_IN.UTF-8 SHELL=/bin/bash ProcKernelCmdLine: BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-2.6.38-11-generic root=UUID=115e2e49-93f5-43eb-920d-8caa9eb92cdb ro quiet splash vt.handoff=7 Renderer: Unknown SourcePackage: xorg Symptom: display UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to natty on 2011-08-17 (5 days ago) dmi.bios.date: 07/11/2009 dmi.bios.vendor: eMachines dmi.bios.version: V1.06 dmi.board.asset.tag: Base Board Asset Tag dmi.board.name: eMachines E725 dmi.board.vendor: eMachines dmi.board.version: V1.06 dmi.chassis.type: 10 dmi.chassis.vendor: eMachines dmi.chassis.version: V1.06 dmi.modalias: dmi:bvneMachines:bvrV1.06:bd07/11/2009:svneMachines:pneMachinesE725:pvrV1.06:rvneMachines:rneMachinesE725:rvrV1.06:cvneMachines:ct10:cvrV1.06: dmi.product.name: eMachines E725 dmi.product.version: V1.06 dmi.sys.vendor: eMachines version.compiz: compiz 1:0.9.4+bzr20110606-0ubuntu1~natty2 version.libdrm2: libdrm2 2.4.23-1ubuntu6 version.libgl1-mesa-dri: libgl1-mesa-dri 7.10.2-0ubuntu2 version.libgl1-mesa-dri-experimental: libgl1-mesa-dri-experimental N/A version.libgl1-mesa-glx: libgl1-mesa-glx 7.10.2-0ubuntu2 version.xserver-xorg: xserver-xorg 1:7.6+4ubuntu3.1 version.xserver-xorg-video-ati: xserver-xorg-video-ati 1:6.14.0-0ubuntu4.1 version.xserver-xorg-video-intel: xserver-xorg-video-intel 2:2.14.0-4ubuntu7.1 version.xserver-xorg-video-nouveau: xserver-xorg-video-nouveau 1:0.0.16+git20110107+b795ca6e-0ubuntu7 ** Affects: xorg (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided Status: New ** Tags: apport-bug compiz-0.9 i386 natty patch running-unity ubuntu -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/830907 Title: Kernel Version 2.6.38-11 Backlight Problem To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/xorg/+bug/830907/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs