You have been subscribed to a public bug: Brightness keys does not change screen brightness. Manually editing the brightness in system settings does work however. Using xev, neither of the brightness function keys are detected.
ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 14.04 Package: xorg 1:7.7+1ubuntu8.1 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.19.0-26.28~14.04.1-generic 3.19.8-ckt4 Uname: Linux 3.19.0-26-generic x86_64 .tmp.unity.support.test.0: ApportVersion: 2.14.1-0ubuntu3.12 Architecture: amd64 CompizPlugins: No value set for `/apps/compiz-1/general/screen0/options/active_plugins' CompositorRunning: compiz CompositorUnredirectDriverBlacklist: '(nouveau|Intel).*Mesa 8.0' CompositorUnredirectFSW: true CurrentDesktop: Unity Date: Fri Sep 4 08:59:14 2015 DistUpgraded: Fresh install DistroCodename: trusty DistroVariant: ubuntu ExtraDebuggingInterest: Yes GraphicsCard: Intel Corporation Broadwell-U Integrated Graphics [8086:161e] (rev 08) (prog-if 00 [VGA controller]) Subsystem: ASUSTeK Computer Inc. Device [1043:181d] InstallationDate: Installed on 2015-09-02 (1 days ago) InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 14.04.3 LTS "Trusty Tahr" - Beta amd64 (20150805) Lsusb: Bus 002 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0003 Linux Foundation 3.0 root hub Bus 001 Device 003: ID 064e:9700 Suyin Corp. Bus 001 Device 002: ID 8087:0a2a Intel Corp. Bus 001 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub MachineType: ASUSTeK COMPUTER INC. UX305FA ProcKernelCmdLine: BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-3.19.0-26-generic.efi.signed root=UUID=dc0d1e93-b3f9-4b94-9fd9-4c91317f91f7 ro quiet splash acpi_osi=Linux vt.handoff=7 SourcePackage: xorg Symptom: display UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install) dmi.bios.date: 05/19/2015 dmi.bios.vendor: American Megatrends Inc. dmi.bios.version: UX305FA.210 dmi.board.asset.tag: ATN12345678901234567 dmi.board.name: UX305FA dmi.board.vendor: ASUSTeK COMPUTER INC. dmi.board.version: 1.0 dmi.chassis.asset.tag: No Asset Tag dmi.chassis.type: 10 dmi.chassis.vendor: ASUSTeK COMPUTER INC. dmi.chassis.version: 1.0 dmi.modalias: dmi:bvnAmericanMegatrendsInc.:bvrUX305FA.210:bd05/19/2015:svnASUSTeKCOMPUTERINC.:pnUX305FA:pvr1.0:rvnASUSTeKCOMPUTERINC.:rnUX305FA:rvr1.0:cvnASUSTeKCOMPUTERINC.:ct10:cvr1.0: dmi.product.name: UX305FA dmi.product.version: 1.0 dmi.sys.vendor: ASUSTeK COMPUTER INC. version.compiz: compiz 1:0.9.11.3+14.04.20150313-0ubuntu1 version.ia32-libs: ia32-libs N/A version.libdrm2: libdrm2 2.4.60-2~ubuntu14.04.1 version.libgl1-mesa-dri: libgl1-mesa-dri N/A version.libgl1-mesa-dri-experimental: libgl1-mesa-dri-experimental N/A version.libgl1-mesa-glx: libgl1-mesa-glx N/A version.xserver-xorg-core: xserver-xorg-core N/A version.xserver-xorg-input-evdev: xserver-xorg-input-evdev N/A version.xserver-xorg-video-ati: xserver-xorg-video-ati N/A version.xserver-xorg-video-intel: xserver-xorg-video-intel N/A version.xserver-xorg-video-nouveau: xserver-xorg-video-nouveau N/A xserver.bootTime: Fri Sep 4 08:03:23 2015 xserver.configfile: /etc/X11/xorg.conf xserver.errors: xserver.logfile: /var/log/Xorg.0.log xserver.version: 2:1.17.1-0ubuntu3~trusty1 xserver.video_driver: intel ** Affects: linux (Ubuntu) Importance: Medium Status: Incomplete ** Tags: amd64 apport-bug compiz-0.9 latest-bios-210 trusty ubuntu -- Brightness keys (fn+f5/f6) not working, UX305FA https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1492137 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Kernel Packages, which is subscribed to linux in Ubuntu. -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~kernel-packages Post to : kernel-packages@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~kernel-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp