I was using Lucid and had no back light issues, but on Maverick and Natty I had to plug in a VGA cable to make the back light work on both versions. Plus my contrast does not work in neither Natty, Maverick, or Lucid.
On Fri, Jan 21, 2011 at 7:29 PM, Bryce Harrington <[email protected] > wrote: > When did this first start happening? Had you had natty installed and > working on it previously? I see this natty install was a fresh install, > but had you had maverick or other ubuntu releases working properly on it > before? > > ** Changed in: xorg (Ubuntu) > Status: New => Incomplete > > -- > You received this bug notification because you are a direct subscriber > of the bug. > https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/705949 > > Title: > Gateway NV79 Backlight and Monitor trouble > > Status in “xorg” package in Ubuntu: > Incomplete > > Bug description: > Binary package hint: xorg > > Backlight doesn't turn on unless it is plugged into an external > monitor. When it is plugged into an external monitor you can see the > screen clearly on the external monitor, but on the laptop the screen > is split by a black line. > > ProblemType: Bug > DistroRelease: Ubuntu 11.04 > Package: xorg 1:7.5+6ubuntu8 > ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.37-12.26-generic 2.6.37 > Uname: Linux 2.6.37-12-generic i686 > Architecture: i386 > DRM.card0.DP.1: > status: disconnected > enabled: disabled > dpms: Off > modes: > edid-base64: > DRM.card0.HDMI.A.1: > status: disconnected > enabled: disabled > dpms: Off > modes: > edid-base64: > DRM.card0.LVDS.1: > status: connected > enabled: enabled > dpms: On > modes: 1600x900 > edid-base64: > AP///////wAGr54QAAAAAAESAQOAJhV4CkUlnFtVnCcZUFQAAAABAQEBAQEBAQEBAQEBAQEBICtAkGGEFDBAKjMAftYQAAAYAAAADwAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAgAAAA/gBBVU8KICAgICAgICAgAAAA/gBCMTczUlcwMSBWMCAKALs= > DRM.card0.VGA.1: > status: connected > enabled: enabled > dpms: On > modes: 1360x768 1024x768 1024x768 1024x768 800x600 800x600 800x600 > 800x600 640x480 640x480 640x480 720x400 > edid-base64: > AP///////wBMLnQLAQEBAQATAQIIOSB4Kpd9pFZLmB0QR0qvzgABAQEBAQEBAQEBAQEBAQEBZiFQsFEAGzBAcDYAOkAhAAAeAAAA/QA4Vh5GCwAKICAgICAgAAAA/ABTQU5ZTyBMQ0QKICAgAAAA/gAKICAgICAgICAgICAgAMM= > Date: Fri Jan 21 15:52:46 2011 > DistUpgraded: Fresh install > DistroCodename: natty > DistroVariant: ubuntu > GdmLog1: Not present > GdmLog2: Not present > GraphicsCard: Subsystem: Acer Incorporated [ALI] Device [1025:031c] > LiveMediaBuild: Ubuntu 11.04 "Natty Narwhal" - Alpha i386 (20110121) > MachineType: Gateway NV79 > ProcEnviron: > LANGUAGE=en_US.UTF-8:en > LANG=en_US.UTF-8 > LC_MESSAGES=en_AG.utf8 > SHELL=/bin/bash > ProcKernelCmdLine: file=/cdrom/preseed/hostname.seed boot=casper > initrd=/casper/initrd.lz quiet splash -- maybe-ubiquity > SourcePackage: xorg > Symptom: display > UnitySupportTest: > > dmi.bios.date: 01/05/2010 > dmi.bios.vendor: Gateway > dmi.bios.version: V1.05 > dmi.board.asset.tag: Base Board Asset Tag > dmi.board.name: NV79 > dmi.board.vendor: Gateway > dmi.board.version: V1.05 > dmi.chassis.type: 10 > dmi.chassis.vendor: Gateway > dmi.chassis.version: V1.05 > dmi.modalias: > dmi:bvnGateway:bvrV1.05:bd01/05/2010:svnGateway:pnNV79:pvrV1.05:rvnGateway:rnNV79:rvrV1.05:cvnGateway:ct10:cvrV1.05: > dmi.product.name: NV79 > dmi.product.version: V1.05 > dmi.sys.vendor: Gateway > version.libdrm2: libdrm2 2.4.22-2ubuntu1 > version.libgl1-mesa-glx: libgl1-mesa-glx 7.9+repack-1ubuntu6 > version.xserver-xorg: xserver-xorg 1:7.5+6ubuntu8 > version.xserver-xorg-video-ati: xserver-xorg-video-ati 1:6.13.2-1ubuntu2 > version.xserver-xorg-video-intel: xserver-xorg-video-intel > 2:2.13.901-2ubuntu2 > version.xserver-xorg-video-nouveau: xserver-xorg-video-nouveau > 1:0.0.16+git20100805+b96170a-0ubuntu1 > > To unsubscribe from this bug, go to: > https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/xorg/+bug/705949/+subscribe > -- 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/705949 Title: Gateway NV79 Backlight and Monitor trouble _______________________________________________ Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~ubuntu-x-swat Post to : [email protected] Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~ubuntu-x-swat More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp

