[Bug 283103] New: Changing brightness with DELL laptop hotkeys is broken
https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=283103 Summary: Changing brightness with DELL laptop hotkeys is broken Product: openSUSE 10.2 Version: Final Platform: x86 OS/Version: openSUSE 10.2 Status: NEW Severity: Normal Priority: P5 - None Component: Other AssignedTo: bnc-team-screening@forge.provo.novell.com ReportedBy: juan.hoyosr@gmail.com QAContact: qa@suse.de I have a Dell Inspiron 1501 laptop w/ GNOME as desktop env. The brightness cannot be changed by the destined hotkeys (Fn+Up/Down) since first installation. Other hotkeys for Suspend, Hibernate, Volume and Eject work fine. Don't know if is just coincidence, but in Control Panel / Keyboard shortcuts one can find the working hotkeys options. Brightness is never a choice. Related: - There are some bugs that currently may have some relation with this: 225643, 251178 - I'm not an OS developer but Ubuntu had similar problems to make it work for them: https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/hal/+bug/43572 elhoyos -- Configure bugmail: https://bugzilla.novell.com/userprefs.cgi?tab=email ------- You are receiving this mail because: ------- You are on the CC list for the bug, or are watching someone who is.
https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=283103 Yi Xu <yxu@novell.com> changed: What |Removed |Added ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- AssignedTo|bnc-team- |thoenig@novell.com |screening@forge.provo.novell| |.com | -- Configure bugmail: https://bugzilla.novell.com/userprefs.cgi?tab=email ------- You are receiving this mail because: ------- You are on the CC list for the bug.
https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=283103#c1 Felix Möller <felix@derklecks.de> changed: What |Removed |Added ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- CC| |felix@derklecks.de Component|Other |Mobile Devices --- Comment #1 from Felix Möller <felix@derklecks.de> 2007-07-02 11:49:01 MST --- you might try modprobing video ... This Bug belongs to the Mobile Devices Component. -- Configure bugmail: https://bugzilla.novell.com/userprefs.cgi?tab=email ------- You are receiving this mail because: ------- You are on the CC list for the bug.
https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=283103#c2 --- Comment #2 from Juan David Hoyos Rentería <juan.hoyosr@gmail.com> 2007-07-02 12:28:30 MST --- Hi Felix, did you mean for modprobing video the following as root? # modprobe video After this, it shows nothing and doesn't fix the problem. -- Configure bugmail: https://bugzilla.novell.com/userprefs.cgi?tab=email ------- You are receiving this mail because: ------- You are on the CC list for the bug.
https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=283103#c3 --- Comment #3 from Felix Möller <felix@derklecks.de> 2007-07-02 14:08:32 MST --- yes that is what I meant. Just a quick googleing showed: http://ubuntu1501.blogspot.com/2007/04/your-dell-1501-is-ready.html
Christopher, backlight brightness is not handled by the operating system. It should work even with no OS running. With the 2.1.0 BIOS it is not working anymore in Linux (don't know why), maybe just in the bootloader (worked for me in GRUB). The solution is to downgrade your bios to the 1.7.0 version.
According to the above your BIOS version might be of interest. But just wait a little for the suse-experts they probably know better what to try. -- Configure bugmail: https://bugzilla.novell.com/userprefs.cgi?tab=email ------- You are receiving this mail because: ------- You are on the CC list for the bug.
https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=283103#c4 --- Comment #4 from Juan David Hoyos Rentería <juan.hoyosr@gmail.com> 2007-07-02 14:29:14 MST --- Just for the record: The brightness w/Fn keys work just fine before openSuSE starts. Even in GRUB. Lets wait... -- Configure bugmail: https://bugzilla.novell.com/userprefs.cgi?tab=email ------- You are receiving this mail because: ------- You are on the CC list for the bug.
https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=283103#c5 --- Comment #5 from Felix Möller <felix@derklecks.de> 2007-09-25 03:33:37 MST --- There is a new BIOS-Version available: Versionstitel: BIOS: Dell Inspiron 1501 System BIOS, English, Inspiron 1501, v.2.6.1, A14 Versionsdatum: 18.09.2007 Wichtigkeit: Urgent Beschreibung: Inspiron 1501 FlashBIOS Version A14 Could you please test and update the report. Thanks. -- Configure bugmail: https://bugzilla.novell.com/userprefs.cgi?tab=email ------- You are receiving this mail because: ------- You are on the CC list for the bug.
https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=283103#c6 --- Comment #6 from Juan David Hoyos Rentería <juan.hoyosr@gmail.com> 2007-10-08 20:38:02 MST --- I've just updated the BIOS to v2.6.1 and the brightness still is not working. I'm going to upgrade to 10.3 and see if it works already. -- Configure bugmail: https://bugzilla.novell.com/userprefs.cgi?tab=email ------- You are receiving this mail because: ------- You are on the CC list for the bug.
https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=283103#c7 Timo Hoenig <thoenig@novell.com> changed: What |Removed |Added ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Status|NEW |NEEDINFO Info Provider| |juan.hoyosr@gmail.com --- Comment #7 from Timo Hoenig <thoenig@novell.com> 2007-11-27 02:29:24 MST --- Juan, what's the result? Does it work with 10.3? -- Configure bugmail: https://bugzilla.novell.com/userprefs.cgi?tab=email ------- You are receiving this mail because: ------- You are on the CC list for the bug.
https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=283103#c8 --- Comment #8 from Juan David Hoyos Rentería <juan.hoyosr@gmail.com> 2007-11-27 07:06:03 MST --- No Timo, it didn't. I made a clean 10.3 installation, and it didn't worked. Searching for related stories I found that Ubuntu 7.10 has the same problem with this notebook due to the BIOS version. See the coments on http://www.ubuntu1501.com/2007/09/ubuntu-710-gutsy-gibbon-beta-overview.html When I initially reported the problem I had the BIOS v1.7 Currently I don't have the knowledge to understand why, the Brightness hotkey works with Vista and not with OpenSuSE (or any other distro including the BIOS version). If you could redirect me to some info. It'll be appreciated. Hope we can fix it. -- Configure bugmail: https://bugzilla.novell.com/userprefs.cgi?tab=email ------- You are receiving this mail because: ------- You are on the CC list for the bug.
https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=283103#c9 Timo Hoenig <thoenig@novell.com> changed: What |Removed |Added ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Status Whiteboard| |FATE 302883 --- Comment #9 from Timo Hoenig <thoenig@novell.com> 2007-11-27 07:18:08 MST --- Thanks for the information, Juan. It seems that this is covered by a feature request we're about to implement for upcoming versions of openSUSE (FATE #302883: Implement Vista compatible video and brightness functionality as defined by the latest ACPI specification) I'm closing this as LATER as it is unlikely that this will be backported for 10.3. -- Configure bugmail: https://bugzilla.novell.com/userprefs.cgi?tab=email ------- You are receiving this mail because: ------- You are on the CC list for the bug.
https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=283103#c10 Timo Hoenig <thoenig@novell.com> changed: What |Removed |Added ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Status|NEEDINFO |RESOLVED Info Provider|juan.hoyosr@gmail.com | Resolution| |LATER --- Comment #10 from Timo Hoenig <thoenig@novell.com> 2007-11-27 07:20:01 MST --- Closing as LATER. -- Configure bugmail: https://bugzilla.novell.com/userprefs.cgi?tab=email ------- You are receiving this mail because: ------- You are on the CC list for the bug.
https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=283103 User trenn@novell.com added comment https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=283103#c11 Thomas Renninger <trenn@novell.com> changed: What |Removed |Added ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- CC| |trenn@novell.com --- Comment #11 from Thomas Renninger <trenn@novell.com> 2007-12-17 08:23:18 MST --- After the BIOS update it is worth to try to load the video driver again. remove the file or comment the line in there: /etc/modprobe.d/xorg-x11-driver-video After that the video module should load, double check with: modprobe video lsmod |grep video Then pls boot into runlevel 3 (simply pass "3" as boot param) and load the video module Does it work now? Then start X by switching into runlevel 5: It doesn't work anymore? Which X driver do you use? Timo: Can you add me to CC to video driver related bugs, pls. -- Configure bugmail: https://bugzilla.novell.com/userprefs.cgi?tab=email ------- You are receiving this mail because: ------- You are on the CC list for the bug.
https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=283103 User coolo@novell.com added comment https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=283103#c12 Stephan Kulow <coolo@novell.com> changed: What |Removed |Added ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Status|RESOLVED |REOPENED Resolution|LATER | --- Comment #12 from Stephan Kulow <coolo@novell.com> 2008-06-25 03:20:07 MDT --- mass reopening all 10.2 LATER+REMIND bugs. -- Configure bugmail: https://bugzilla.novell.com/userprefs.cgi?tab=email ------- You are receiving this mail because: ------- You are on the CC list for the bug.
https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=283103 User coolo@novell.com added comment https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=283103#c13 Stephan Kulow <coolo@novell.com> changed: What |Removed |Added ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Status|REOPENED |RESOLVED Resolution| |WONTFIX --- Comment #13 from Stephan Kulow <coolo@novell.com> 2008-06-25 03:24:23 MDT --- close all 10.2 LATER/REMIND bugs as WONTFIX. Reopen yourself if you still plan to work on it. -- Configure bugmail: https://bugzilla.novell.com/userprefs.cgi?tab=email ------- You are receiving this mail because: ------- You are on the CC list for the bug.
https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=283103 User trenn@novell.com added comment https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=283103#c14 --- Comment #14 from Thomas Renninger <trenn@novell.com> 2008-09-10 06:56:45 MDT --- It took some time..., but this should finally be solved in the latest kernel. Please try the next 11.1 Beta release and open a new bug if you still should have problems. The reason why this took so long is that ThinkPads showed regressions which were not easy to resolve. The patchset is too big and will not be backported, therefore I keep it won't fix. Dell is also somewhat special and giving this a test before the final 11.1 comes out and we can still fix things is really worth it. It might be that another fix must be backported for Dell or Hal userspace tools which cannot be handled in the kernel. -- Configure bugmail: https://bugzilla.novell.com/userprefs.cgi?tab=email ------- You are receiving this mail because: ------- You are on the CC list for the bug.
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