Created attachment 42217 [details] Xorg.0.log System Environment: -- chipset: Integrated Graphics Chipset: Intel(R) Arrandale (As reported by X.org -- system architecture: x86_64 -- xf86-video-intel/xserver/mesa/libdrm version: "pkg-config --modversion libdrm" -- > 2.4.21 mesa version with glxinfo output --> server glx vendor string: SGI server glx version string: 1.4 client glx vendor string: Mesa Project and SGI client glx version string: 1.4 OpenGL vendor string: Tungsten Graphics, Inc OpenGL renderer string: Mesa DRI Intel(R) Ironlake Mobile GEM 20100330 DEVELOPMENT OpenGL version string: 2.1 Mesa 7.9-devel OpenGL shading language version string: 1.20 xf86-video-intel and xserver version available in Xorg.0.log --> [ 25.780] (II) Loading /usr/lib/xorg/modules/drivers/intel_drv.so [ 25.850] (II) Module intel: vendor="X.Org Foundation" [ 25.850] compiled for 1.9.0, module version = 2.12.0 [ 25.850] Module class: X.Org Video Driver [ 25.850] ABI class: X.Org Video Driver, version 8.0 -- kernel version: 2.6.35-22-generic -- Linux distribution: Ubuntu 10.10 -- Machine or mobo model: Gateway N55C -- Display connector: VGA 3) Reproduce steps. Try ubuntu's default keybindings for brightnes. Brightness does not change. Try changing brightness manually. Brightness does not change.: # cd /proc/acpi/video/GFX0/ root@hormiga-vaca:/proc/acpi/video/GFX0# ls -l total 0 dr-xr-xr-x 2 root root 0 2010-11-20 21:50 DD01 dr-xr-xr-x 2 root root 0 2010-11-20 21:50 DD02 dr-xr-xr-x 2 root root 0 2010-11-20 21:15 DD03 dr-xr-xr-x 2 root root 0 2010-11-20 21:50 DD04 dr-xr-xr-x 2 root root 0 2010-11-20 21:50 DD05 dr-xr-xr-x 2 root root 0 2010-11-20 21:50 DD06 dr-xr-xr-x 2 root root 0 2010-11-20 21:50 DD07 dr-xr-xr-x 2 root root 0 2010-11-20 21:50 DD08 -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 0 2010-11-20 21:50 DOS -r--r--r-- 1 root root 0 2010-11-20 21:50 info -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 0 2010-11-20 21:50 POST -r--r--r-- 1 root root 0 2010-11-20 21:50 POST_info -r--r--r-- 1 root root 0 2010-11-20 21:50 ROM root@hormiga-vaca:/proc/acpi/video/GFX0# cat DD01/brightness <not supported> root@hormiga-vaca:/proc/acpi/video/GFX0# cat DD02/brightness <not supported> root@hormiga-vaca:/proc/acpi/video/GFX0# cat DD03/brightness levels: 10 20 30 40 50 60 70 80 90 100 current: 100 root@hormiga-vaca:/proc/acpi/video/GFX0# echo "10" > DD03/brightness root@hormiga-vaca:/proc/acpi/video/GFX0# #Brightness does not change root@hormiga-vaca:/proc/acpi/video/GFX0# cat DD04/brightness <not supported> root@hormiga-vaca:/proc/acpi/video/GFX0# cat DD05/brightness <not supported> root@hormiga-vaca:/proc/acpi/video/GFX0# cat DD06/brightness <not supported> root@hormiga-vaca:/proc/acpi/video/GFX0# cat DD07/brightness <not supported> root@hormiga-vaca:/proc/acpi/video/GFX0# cat DD08/brightness <not supported> root@hormiga-vaca:/proc/acpi/video/GFX0# 4) Attachments: -- Xorg.0.log -- dmesg output (better with boot option "drm.debug=0x06") -- output of "xrandr --verbose" mode issue -- intel_reg_dumper output and VBIOS dump
Created attachment 42218 [details] Output of 'xrandr --verbose' command
Created attachment 42219 [details] output of 'intel_reg_dumper' command
Created attachment 42220 [details] output of 'intel_gpu_dump' command
Created attachment 42221 [details] Output of 'dmesg' command with drm.debug=0x06 option enabled at boot time.
Is there is any way I can further help to fix this issue? Do you need more information?
This bug is related to this: https://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=15513
This bug report on Launchapad describes the same sympthoms. https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux/+bug/573984/
Just wondering if this issue is still alive with all the latest kernel and driver updates. I cannot reproduce it on my arrandale machine. But I suspect that it is a ACPI issue, not a video driver one. If it is still reproducible, with the latest kernel, I could help you debug it further.
Thank you for the help. I remember that I tried some kernel patching to have some limited support for brightness control. But I no longer have access to that computer. Should we mark this bug as closed?
sounds like this one is lost to us now.
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