[Ubuntu-x-swat] [Bug 1506914] Re: Screen brightness not working using keyboard shortcut fn+F5/F6 not working.

2015-12-07 Thread Christopher M. Penalver
Vidvranjek, could you please test the latest upstream kernel available from the very top line at the top of the page from http://kernel.ubuntu.com/~kernel-ppa/mainline/?C=N;O=D (the release names are irrelevant for testing, and please do not test the daily folder)? Install instructions are

[Ubuntu-x-swat] [Bug 1506914] Re: Screen brightness not working using keyboard shortcut fn+F5/F6 not working.

2015-12-06 Thread Vidvranjek
I upgraded my bios, here is the output: vid@G550:~$ sudo dmidecode -s bios-version && sudo dmidecode -s bios-release-date [sudo] password for vid: G550JK.205 09/26/2014 It didn't solve the problem, so I guess this isnt due to outdated BIOS? What solves my problem is adding 'acpi_osi=' to

[Ubuntu-x-swat] [Bug 1506914] Re: Screen brightness not working using keyboard shortcut fn+F5/F6 not working.

2015-10-18 Thread Christopher M. Penalver
Vidvranjek, thank you for reporting this and helping make Ubuntu better. As per https://www.asus.com/Notebooks/G550JK/HelpDesk_Download/ an update to your computer's buggy and outdated BIOS is available (205). If you update to this following https://help.ubuntu.com/community/BIOSUpdate does it

[Ubuntu-x-swat] [Bug 1506914] Re: Screen brightness not working using keyboard shortcut fn+F5/F6 not working.

2015-10-16 Thread Vidvranjek
Actually this used to be the fix 14.04, but doesnt seem to work 15.04 -- 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/1506914 Title: Screen brightness not working using keyboard shortcut