[Bug 700615] Re: The brightness keys doesn't work on a samsung NF310 (unless an unofficial PPA is used)

[papukaija]

This bug is fixed by the new samsung_laptop kernel module (included in
Oneiric+). However, you will have flickering issues (please see bug
810093 for details) but the actual brightness control works. Thank you
again for taking the time to report this bug and helping to make Ubuntu
better. Please submit any future bugs you may find.

** Changed in: udev (Ubuntu)
       Status: New => Fix Released

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Title:
  The brightness keys doesn't work on a samsung NF310 (unless an
  unofficial PPA is used)

Status in “udev” package in Ubuntu:
  Fix Released

Bug description:
  Binary package hint: udev

  Hello

  On my samsung Nf310 the brightness keys doesn't work on a default
  install of 10.10 (32 or 64 bit) nor with the latest updates and they
  actually crashes the system when using them. On 11.04 alpha 1 the
  system no longer crashes but the keys does nothing.

  I also tried booting 11.04 on my other Samsung laptop, a R510, and it
  has the same problem. And judging from the number of bugs on launchpad
  when searching for "samsung brightness" I'd say this is a common
  problem om samsung laptops.

  There is a PPA at this URL thas fixes my problem (and probably a bunch of the other reports):
  https://launchpad.net/~voria/+archive/ppa
  It has an updated kernel, udev and a kernel module called samsung-backlight (among other things).

  I think these fixes should be integrated in 11.04 so that samsung
  laptops work out-of-the-box!

  (I'm reporting this for udev as I'm not sure which package to chose)

  ProblemType: Bug
  DistroRelease: Ubuntu 10.10
  Package: gnome (not installed)
  ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.37-12.26~lucid1-generic 2.6.37
  Uname: Linux 2.6.37-12-generic x86_64
  NonfreeKernelModules: wl
  Architecture: amd64
  Date: Sun Jan  9 11:37:34 2011
  InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 10.10 "Maverick Meerkat" - Release amd64 (20101007)
  ProcEnviron:
   LANG=sv_SE.utf8
   SHELL=/bin/bash
  SourcePackage: meta-gnome2

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