[Bug 568611] Re: Screen brightness control fails on Dell Studio 1558

2010-06-03 Thread Shlape
Just like to thank you Kamal, and to confirm the fix also works on my HP DV3 2105TU laptop. -- Screen brightness control fails on Dell Studio 1558 https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/568611 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. --

[Bug 568611] Re: Screen brightness control fails on Dell Studio 1558

2010-06-06 Thread Shlape
The latest build still works for the HP DV3-2105TU laptop, and dmesg has the "backlight/i915" line. Of less importance, I thought I'd mention that dmesg still has the old warning line: [Firmware Bug]: ACPI: ACPI brightness control misses _BQC function -- Screen brightness control fails on Dell

[Bug 568611] Re: Screen brightness control fails on Dell Studio 1558

2011-02-11 Thread Shlape
Hi Kamal, I've tried the latest kernel release and it works great except for a minor issue. I lock the PC's screen while I'm away from it, and have it set to 'blank' the screen (no screensaver animation). I usually have the screen set to between 1/4 and 1/2 max brightness. After a while of bein