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["Christopher M. Penalver" <christopher.m.penalver@xxxxxxxxx>]

mlchen, as per
http://www.dell.com/support/troubleshooting/us/en/19/Product/latitude-e6430
an update is available for your BIOS (A12). If you update to this, does
it change anything?

If not, could you please both specify what happened, and provide the output of the following terminal command:
sudo dmidecode -s bios-version && sudo dmidecode -s bios-release-date

Thank you for your understanding.

** Tags added: bios-outdated-a12 needs-upstream-testing regression-
potential

** Changed in: linux (Ubuntu)
       Status: Confirmed => Incomplete

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Title:
  [Dell Latitude E6430] FunctionKeys of brightness don't work

Status in “linux” package in Ubuntu:
  Incomplete

Bug description:
  cid:  201202-10552
  it doesn't work whenever pressing the brightness-up button or brightness-down button.

  ProblemType: Bug
  DistroRelease: Ubuntu 12.04
  Package: linux-image-3.2.0-29-generic 3.2.0-29.46
  ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.2.0-29.46-generic 3.2.24
  Uname: Linux 3.2.0-29-generic x86_64
  AlsaVersion: Advanced Linux Sound Architecture Driver Version 1.0.24.
  ApportVersion: 2.0.1-0ubuntu12
  Architecture: amd64
  ArecordDevices:
   **** List of CAPTURE Hardware Devices ****
   card 0: PCH [HDA Intel PCH], device 0: STAC92xx Analog [STAC92xx Analog]
     Subdevices: 1/1
     Subdevice #0: subdevice #0
  AudioDevicesInUse:
   USER        PID ACCESS COMMAND
   /dev/snd/controlC0:  ubuntu     1551 F.... pulseaudio
  Card0.Amixer.info:
   Card hw:0 'PCH'/'HDA Intel PCH at 0xf7e30000 irq 46'
     Mixer name	: 'Intel PantherPoint HDMI'
     Components	: 'HDA:111d76df,10280534,00100203 HDA:14f12c06,14f1000f,00100000 HDA:80862806,80860101,00100000'
     Controls      : 37
     Simple ctrls  : 13
  Date: Mon Nov  5 00:53:58 2012
  HibernationDevice: RESUME=UUID=a7126f65-e66f-4eb5-9d0f-df7f738cf5f2
  InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 12.04.1 LTS "Precise Pangolin" - Release amd64 (20120823.1)
  MachineType: Dell Inc. Latitude E6430
  ProcEnviron:
   TERM=xterm
   PATH=(custom, no user)
   LANG=en_US.UTF-8
   SHELL=/bin/bash
  ProcFB: 0 inteldrmfb
  ProcKernelCmdLine: BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-3.2.0-29-generic root=UUID=2bef066c-fb96-4702-b08d-4c7ae7c437fe ro quiet splash initcall_debug vt.handoff=7
  RelatedPackageVersions:
   linux-restricted-modules-3.2.0-29-generic N/A
   linux-backports-modules-3.2.0-29-generic  N/A
   linux-firmware                            1.79
  SourcePackage: linux
  StagingDrivers: mei
  UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)
  dmi.bios.date: 09/19/2012
  dmi.bios.vendor: Dell Inc.
  dmi.bios.version: A06
  dmi.board.name: 0CPWYR
  dmi.board.vendor: Dell Inc.
  dmi.board.version: X03
  dmi.chassis.type: 9
  dmi.chassis.vendor: Dell Inc.
  dmi.modalias: dmi:bvnDellInc.:bvrA06:bd09/19/2012:svnDellInc.:pnLatitudeE6430:pvr01:rvnDellInc.:rn0CPWYR:rvrX03:cvnDellInc.:ct9:cvr:
  dmi.product.name: Latitude E6430
  dmi.product.version: 01
  dmi.sys.vendor: Dell Inc.

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