Public bug reported: When hitting the brightness keyboard hot keys a notification comes up displaying the the brightness is changing; however the actual screen brightness never changes.
By going into NVidia's control panel I'm able to manually change the screen brightness. ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 12.04 Package: xorg 1:7.6+12ubuntu1 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.2.0-25.40-generic 3.2.18 Uname: Linux 3.2.0-25-generic x86_64 NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia .proc.driver.nvidia.gpus.0: Error: [Errno 21] Is a directory: '/proc/driver/nvidia/gpus/0' .proc.driver.nvidia.registry: Binary: "" .proc.driver.nvidia.version: NVRM version: NVIDIA UNIX x86_64 Kernel Module 295.49 Mon Apr 30 23:46:33 PDT 2012 GCC version: gcc version 4.6.3 (Ubuntu/Linaro 4.6.3-1ubuntu5) .tmp.unity.support.test.0: ApportVersion: 2.0.1-0ubuntu8 Architecture: amd64 CompizPlugins: [core,composite,opengl,decor,gnomecompat,move,vpswitch,grid,regex,imgpng,mousepoll,resize,compiztoolbox,place,snap,animation,session,unitymtgrabhandles,workarounds,screenshot,wall,expo,ezoom,fade,scale,unityshell] CompositorRunning: compiz Date: Mon Jun 25 11:09:58 2012 DistUpgraded: 2012-06-07 17:37:42,096 DEBUG enabling apt cron job DistroCodename: precise DistroVariant: ubuntu DkmsStatus: nvidia-current-updates, 295.49, 3.2.0-25-generic, x86_64: installed virtualbox, 4.1.12, 3.2.0-24-generic, x86_64: installed virtualbox, 4.1.12, 3.2.0-25-generic, x86_64: installed ExtraDebuggingInterest: Yes, whatever it takes to get this fixed in Ubuntu GraphicsCard: NVIDIA Corporation G98 [GeForce 9300M GS] [10de:06e9] (rev a1) (prog-if 00 [VGA controller]) Subsystem: Hewlett-Packard Company Device [103c:1505] JockeyStatus: xorg:nvidia_current - NVIDIA accelerated graphics driver (Proprietary, Disabled, Not in use) xorg:nvidia_current_updates - NVIDIA accelerated graphics driver (post-release updates) (Proprietary, Enabled, In use) MachineType: Hewlett-Packard HP Pavilion dv3500 Notebook PC ProcEnviron: PATH=(custom, user) LANG=en_US.UTF-8 SHELL=/bin/bash ProcKernelCmdLine: root=UUID=34ce2b6b-d74a-4864-b47a-51ee0d304a2b ro quiet splash SourcePackage: xorg Symptom: display UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to precise on 2012-06-07 (17 days ago) dmi.bios.date: 05/04/2009 dmi.bios.vendor: Hewlett-Packard dmi.bios.version: F.15 dmi.board.asset.tag: Base Board Asset Tag dmi.board.name: 1505 dmi.board.vendor: Inventec dmi.board.version: KBC Version 13.14 dmi.chassis.asset.tag: CNU921378L dmi.chassis.type: 10 dmi.chassis.vendor: Inventec dmi.chassis.version: N/A dmi.modalias: dmi:bvnHewlett-Packard:bvrF.15:bd05/04/2009:svnHewlett-Packard:pnHPPaviliondv3500NotebookPC:pvrF.15:rvnInventec:rn1505:rvrKBCVersion13.14:cvnInventec:ct10:cvrN/A: dmi.product.name: HP Pavilion dv3500 Notebook PC dmi.product.version: F.15 dmi.sys.vendor: Hewlett-Packard version.compiz: compiz 1:0.9.7.8-0ubuntu1 version.ia32-libs: ia32-libs 20090808ubuntu36 version.libdrm2: libdrm2 2.4.32-1ubuntu1 version.libgl1-mesa-dri: libgl1-mesa-dri 8.0.2-0ubuntu3.1 version.libgl1-mesa-dri-experimental: libgl1-mesa-dri-experimental N/A version.libgl1-mesa-glx: libgl1-mesa-glx 8.0.2-0ubuntu3.1 version.nvidia-graphics-drivers: nvidia-graphics-drivers N/A version.xserver-xorg-core: xserver-xorg-core 2:1.11.4-0ubuntu10.2 version.xserver-xorg-input-evdev: xserver-xorg-input-evdev 1:2.7.0-0ubuntu1 version.xserver-xorg-video-ati: xserver-xorg-video-ati 1:6.14.99~git20111219.aacbd629-0ubuntu2 version.xserver-xorg-video-intel: xserver-xorg-video-intel 2:2.19.0-0ubuntu1~xup1 version.xserver-xorg-video-nouveau: xserver-xorg-video-nouveau 1:0.0.16+git20111201+b5534a1-1build2 ** Affects: gnome-settings-daemon (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided Status: New ** Tags: amd64 apport-bug compiz-0.9 precise regression-update third-party-packages ubuntu -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1017556 Title: Brightness keyboard hotkeys do not work for the HP Pavilion dv3510nr (dv3000) in Ubuntu 12.04 To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/gnome-settings-daemon/+bug/1017556/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs