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 Bugs, which is subscribed to 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 -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
