The same on Ubuntu 14.04 with the Elitebook 8440p. Setting /sys/devices/platform/hp-wmi/als to 1 worked for me too.
Thank you a lot, no sunshine in my face experience anymore after boot. Only the function key still doesn't work. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu-X, which is subscribed to xserver-xorg-input-evdev in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/998489 Title: Fn+F11 does not control Ambient Light Sensor on HP 8560W To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/xserver-xorg-input-evdev/+bug/998489/+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
