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[amd64 gutsy] kde-guidance-powermanager brightness controls missing

Bug #139205 reported by steavieleeking
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Bug Description

Binary package hint: kde-guidance-powermanager

Sometimes when i start my T60 the brightness controls show no values. Attach. screenshot for better understanding.

Machine: Thinkpad T60
Kubuntu amd64 gutsy.

Tags: brightness
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steavieleeking (steavieleeking) wrote :
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steavieleeking (steavieleeking) wrote :
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steavieleeking (steavieleeking) wrote :
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steavieleeking (steavieleeking) wrote :
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steavieleeking (steavieleeking) wrote :

kde-guidance-powermanager version 0.8.0svn20070727-0ubuntu6

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steavieleeking (steavieleeking) wrote :

It seems to be working right now, after several reboots the brightness controls always show up.

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steavieleeking (steavieleeking) wrote :

it's broken again. :(

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Luka Renko (lure) wrote :

It looks like your system is reporting strange numbers for number of brightness levels. In first screen-shot (and attached lshal output), you can see that there is only *one* level reported, while second screen shot shows very large number of brightness levels. I would suspect this is problem of your HW (buggy BIOS?) or kernel/hal which is reporting wrong levels.

Changed in kde-guidance:
status: New → Incomplete
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Luka Renko (lure) wrote :

Similar problem (with excessive number of brightness levels) is also reported in bug 138956.

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Klaus S. Madsen (ubuntu-hjernemadsen) wrote :

Just a thought. When I upgrade hal on my T61p, kde-guidance-powermanager looses the connection to the battery, and stops displaying battery information. Could something similar happen for the brightness levels after a hal upgrade?

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Klaus S. Madsen (ubuntu-hjernemadsen) wrote :

Since there was a hal update today, I tried to see if it affected the powermanager in anyway, and that doesn't seem to be the case. So please disregard my previous comment.

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Luka Renko (lure) wrote :

Changing package to HAL as wrong # of levels is reported for this laptop.

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Sebastian Kügler (sebasje) wrote : Re: [Bug 139205] Re: [amd64 gutsy] kde-guidance-powermanager brightness controls missing

On Wednesday 10 October 2007 08:12:14 Klaus S. Madsen wrote:
> Just a thought. When I upgrade hal on my T61p, kde-guidance-powermanager
> looses the connection to the battery, and stops displaying battery
> information. Could something similar happen for the brightness levels
> after a hal upgrade?

Sure, HAL can break with every update. That doesn't say anything about how
likely it actually is.

Does restarting powermanager fix it, btw? It has problems picking up the DBus
connection when that one goes away.
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Klaus S. Madsen (ubuntu-hjernemadsen) wrote :

Yes. Restarting the powermanager will make it discover the battery again.

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Leann Ogasawara (leannogasawara) wrote :

Can anyone comment if this is still an issue in the latest Hardy Alpha release with hal version 0.5.10-5ubuntu8 ? Thanks.

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Zaar Hai (haizaar) wrote :

Kubuntu Hardy final: Brightness control is working just fine via KDE power management applet

Jonathan Thomas (echidnaman)
Changed in hal:
status: Incomplete → Fix Released
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