Public bug reported: The setting persists over reboot and the brightness needs to be set in the bootloader (e.g. `grub`).
ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 15.04 Package: xorg 1:7.7+7ubuntu4 Uname: Linux 4.1.0-040100rc7-generic x86_64 .tmp.unity.support.test.0: ApportVersion: 2.17.2-0ubuntu1.1 Architecture: amd64 CompizPlugins: »/apps/compiz-1/general/screen0/options/active_plugins« wurde kein Wert zugewiesen CompositorRunning: compiz CompositorUnredirectDriverBlacklist: '(nouveau|Intel).*Mesa 8.0' CompositorUnredirectFSW: true CurrentDesktop: Unity Date: Mon Jun 15 14:16:20 2015 DistUpgraded: 2015-06-09 11:26:48,626 DEBUG enabling apt cron job DistroCodename: vivid DistroVariant: ubuntu EcryptfsInUse: Yes ExtraDebuggingInterest: Yes, including running git bisection searches GraphicsCard: Intel Corporation 3rd Gen Core processor Graphics Controller [8086:0166] (rev 09) (prog-if 00 [VGA controller]) Subsystem: Lenovo Device [17aa:3904] InstallationDate: Installed on 2015-06-08 (7 days ago) InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 14.04 LTS "Trusty Tahr" - Release amd64 (20140417) MachineType: LENOVO 20221 ProcEnviron: TERM=xterm PATH=(custom, no user) XDG_RUNTIME_DIR=<set> LANG=de_DE.UTF-8 SHELL=/bin/bash ProcKernelCmdLine: BOOT_IMAGE=/vmlinuz-4.1.0-040100rc7-generic root=UUID=b7cf2463-f723-4ad2-bcc0-ebecb1842908 ro rootflags=subvol=@ quiet splash vt.handoff=7 SourcePackage: xorg UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to vivid on 2015-06-09 (6 days ago) dmi.bios.date: 07/12/2013 dmi.bios.vendor: LENOVO dmi.bios.version: 71CN51WW(V1.21) dmi.board.asset.tag: No Asset Tag dmi.board.name: INVALID dmi.board.vendor: LENOVO dmi.board.version: 31900003WIN8 STD MLT dmi.chassis.asset.tag: No Asset Tag dmi.chassis.type: 10 dmi.chassis.vendor: LENOVO dmi.chassis.version: Lenovo IdeaPad Z500 Touch dmi.modalias: dmi:bvnLENOVO:bvr71CN51WW(V1.21):bd07/12/2013:svnLENOVO:pn20221:pvrLenovoIdeaPadZ500Touch:rvnLENOVO:rnINVALID:rvr31900003WIN8STDMLT:cvnLENOVO:ct10:cvrLenovoIdeaPadZ500Touch: dmi.product.name: 20221 dmi.product.version: Lenovo IdeaPad Z500 Touch dmi.sys.vendor: LENOVO version.compiz: compiz 1:0.9.12.1+15.04.20150410.1-0ubuntu1 version.ia32-libs: ia32-libs N/A version.libdrm2: libdrm2 2.4.61+git20150614.97be70b4-0ubuntu0ricotz~vivid version.libgl1-mesa-dri: libgl1-mesa-dri 10.6.0~git20150614+10.6.9dc43dc3-0ubuntu0ricotz~vivid version.libgl1-mesa-dri-experimental: libgl1-mesa-dri-experimental N/A version.libgl1-mesa-glx: libgl1-mesa-glx 10.6.0~git20150614+10.6.9dc43dc3-0ubuntu0ricotz~vivid version.xserver-xorg-core: xserver-xorg-core 2:1.17.1-0ubuntu3 version.xserver-xorg-input-evdev: xserver-xorg-input-evdev 1:2.9.0-1ubuntu2 version.xserver-xorg-video-ati: xserver-xorg-video-ati 1:7.5.99+git20150521.d64a13eb-0ubuntu0ricotz~vivid version.xserver-xorg-video-intel: xserver-xorg-video-intel 2:2.99.917+git20150528.fb1643f0-0ubuntu0sarvatt~vivid version.xserver-xorg-video-nouveau: xserver-xorg-video-nouveau N/A xserver.bootTime: Mon Jun 15 14:14:01 2015 xserver.configfile: default xserver.errors: xserver.logfile: /var/log/Xorg.0.log xserver.outputs: product id 5557 vendor CMN xserver.version: 2:1.17.1-0ubuntu3 ** Affects: xorg (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided Status: New ** Tags: amd64 apport-bug compiz-0.9 third-party-packages ubuntu vivid -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu-X, which is subscribed to xorg in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1465266 Title: [xorg-edgers] lowering brightness with hotkeys causes it to drop to the minimum and stay minimal To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/xorg/+bug/1465266/+subscriptions _______________________________________________ Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~ubuntu-x-swat Post to : ubuntu-x-swat@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~ubuntu-x-swat More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp