[Bug 1169376] Re: XPS13 backlight stopped working after update 3.8.0-18.28

2013-06-12 Thread Marcus Rugger
I wanted to point out a typo in my post (#75). I wrote, "On April 8th..." That should be "April 18th". I would be glad to provide what ever information the Canonical developers need to move forward on this issue. I'm perfectly comfortable with modifying and compiling kernels. I've not done a l

[Bug 1169376] Re: XPS13 backlight stopped working after update 3.8.0-18.28

2013-06-08 Thread Marcus Rugger
Today, I got down the latest source to the Ubuntu kernel and took a look at what was changed that broke the brightness control. On April 8th, they decided to take out a line that applied to Ivy Bridge processors in the file drivers/gpu/drm/i915/intel_display.c. I put the line back in, recompiled

[Bug 1169376] Re: XPS13 backlight stopped working after update 3.8.0-18.28

2013-06-05 Thread Marcus Rugger
I did a clean install of 13.04 64-bit on my brand new XPS 13 Developer's Edition laptop and let it pull the latest updates. It is now running kernel 3.8.0-23-generic. The back-light control does not work. When I use the control, the on- screen 'progress bar' pops up and goes up and down per my k

[Bug 1132063] Re: Mouse settings missing from Mouse & Touchpad dialog

2013-05-28 Thread Marcus Rugger
I'm experiencing the same problem. The problem is apparently not specific to wireless mice. Ubuntu 13.04 installed on a Dell Optiplex 990 w/Kensington Orbit Trackball with Scroll Ring (corded). ⎡ Virtual core pointer id=2[master pointer (3)] ⎜ ↳ Virtual core XTEST