[Bug 693942] Re: Acer Aspire 5742Z No Screen Brightness Control

2012-05-21 Thread Launchpad Bug Tracker
[Expired for linux (Ubuntu) because there has been no activity for 60 days.] ** Changed in: linux (Ubuntu) Status: Incomplete => Expired -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/693942 Ti

[Bug 693942] Re: Acer Aspire 5742Z No Screen Brightness Control

2012-03-22 Thread Christopher M. Penalver
787B, thank you for reporting this bug and helping make Ubuntu better. Please execute the following command, as it will automatically gather debugging information, in a terminal: apport-collect 693942 As well, could you please provide all relevant detail following: https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Kernel

[Bug 693942] Re: Acer Aspire 5742Z No Screen Brightness Control

2011-12-18 Thread Luke Cassar
Hello Everyone, just to confirm, The new line will be, 'GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX_DEFAULTacpi_osi= ' and then save and update GRUB? -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/693942 Title: Acer Aspire

[Bug 693942] Re: Acer Aspire 5742Z No Screen Brightness Control

2011-08-14 Thread Julian Wiedmann
Eric (and anyone else affected): have you tried following the advice at https://launchpad.net/~kamalmostafa/+archive/linux-kamal-mjgbacklight ? -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/693942 Ti

[Bug 693942] Re: Acer Aspire 5742Z No Screen Brightness Control

2011-08-03 Thread Eric
I have an Acer Aspire 5741 with Natty fully updated and still i have no backlight control -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/693942 Title: Acer Aspire 5742Z No Screen Brightness Control

[Bug 693942] Re: Acer Aspire 5742Z No Screen Brightness Control

2011-07-14 Thread Barry
I have an Acer Aspire 5750G with the same brightness control problem. I have a current installation of Ubuntu 11.04 Adding the fix to the grub command line worked. If you have problems with this, check that you have done an update-grub after changing the command in /etc/default/grub -- You rece

[Bug 693942] Re: Acer Aspire 5742Z No Screen Brightness Control

2011-07-14 Thread Rezaur Rahman
my fn key for brightness control in Acer Aspire 5742z for Ubuntu11.04 dose not work. it shows brightness decreases but there is no effect. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/693942 Title:

[Bug 693942] Re: Acer Aspire 5742Z No Screen Brightness Control

2011-04-16 Thread Lee Byrd
Confirmed under Ubuntu 10.10 fully updated as of 4/16/2011. Model is 5810TZ-4274. Cuts effective battery life in half. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/693942 Title: Acer Aspire 5742Z N

[Bug 693942] Re: Acer Aspire 5742Z No Screen Brightness Control

2011-04-11 Thread Wasif Hasan Baig
I have Acer Aspire 5742Z-4685. This problem existed in my ubuntu 10.10 installation and yesterday i updated to Natty beta and this problem is still there. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs

[Bug 693942] Re: Acer Aspire 5742Z No Screen Brightness Control

2011-03-26 Thread Lisa W
** Description changed: The screen brightness controls on this laptop do not work in Ubuntu 10.10 with all updates installed to-date. Pressing the Fn+arrow keys will bring up the brightness notification and indicate a change, but nothing happens. The power control is unable to dim th

[Bug 693942] Re: Acer Aspire 5742Z No Screen Brightness Control

2011-03-06 Thread 787B
Confirmed identical behavior on Ubuntu Natty 11.04 apha 4. Even the work-around works. (Though by the looks of it I probably will be switching distributions.) -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net

[Bug 693942] Re: Acer Aspire 5742Z No Screen Brightness Control

2011-03-06 Thread 787B
Confirming that the problem still exists with all updates to 2011-03-06 installed. I'll test with Natty alpha 4 this evening. Melvin, the "acpi_osi= " consistently works for me. Make sure you have a blank space after the equal sign. I put it right after the "splash" in the boot commands. -- Y

[Bug 693942] Re: Acer Aspire 5742Z No Screen Brightness Control

2011-03-06 Thread Melvin Garcia
** Changed in: linux (Ubuntu) Status: New => Confirmed -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/693942 Title: Acer Aspire 5742Z No Screen Brightness Control -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list

[Bug 693942] Re: Acer Aspire 5742Z No Screen Brightness Control

2011-02-21 Thread Luis Silva
This is also true for Natty. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/693942 Title: Acer Aspire 5742Z No Screen Brightness Control -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com htt

[Bug 693942] Re: Acer Aspire 5742Z No Screen Brightness Control

2011-01-31 Thread Melvin Garcia
I can confirm this bug. I have the same laptop with Ubuntu 10.10 fully updated and it doesn't work. I tried the fix above but it doesn't work for me. I installed linux 2.6.37 and the bug persists. I will try using a Natty live session to see if this persists in the latest image. -- You received

[Bug 693942] Re: Acer Aspire 5742Z No Screen Brightness Control

2011-01-13 Thread 787B
Confirming that the problem still exists with all updates to-date installed. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/693942 Title: Acer Aspire 5742Z No Screen Brightness Control -- ubuntu-bu

[Bug 693942] Re: Acer Aspire 5742Z No Screen Brightness Control

2011-01-12 Thread Jeremy Foshee
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[Bug 693942] Re: Acer Aspire 5742Z No Screen Brightness Control

2010-12-23 Thread 787B
Additional testing: Adding "acpi_osi=" (without quotes) with nothing after the equal sign to the GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX_DEFAULT line in /etc/default/grub makes the brightness keys work complete with 10 levels of brightness. However, the notification no longer works. Also, connecting and removing the

[Bug 693942] Re: Acer Aspire 5742Z No Screen Brightness Control

2010-12-23 Thread 787B
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[Bug 693942] Re: Acer Aspire 5742Z No Screen Brightness Control

2010-12-23 Thread 787B
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[Bug 693942] Re: Acer Aspire 5742Z No Screen Brightness Control

2010-12-23 Thread 787B
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[Bug 693942] Re: Acer Aspire 5742Z No Screen Brightness Control

2010-12-23 Thread 787B
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[Bug 693942] Re: Acer Aspire 5742Z No Screen Brightness Control

2010-12-23 Thread 787B
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[Bug 693942] Re: Acer Aspire 5742Z No Screen Brightness Control

2010-12-23 Thread 787B
** Attachment added: "acpidump.txt" https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/693942/+attachment/1774907/+files/acpidump.txt -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/693942 Title: Acer Aspire 5742Z