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[Bug 1171848] Re: [Dell Latitude D830] Fn+Left does not enable ambient light sensor

 

Wow! I didn't expect they'll update BIOS for such an old notebook !
Thank you ! As soon as possible I'll update it and post reply here.

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Title:
  [Dell Latitude D830] Fn+Left does not enable ambient light sensor

Status in “linux” package in Ubuntu:
  Incomplete

Bug description:
  According to Dell Latitude D830 manual, <Fn> and left-arrow key should
  activate the ambient light sensor, which controls brightness of the
  display based on light level in the current environment. I've checked
  it in WinPE and in GRUB - it works well. But in user account in my
  Kubuntu 13.04 <Fn> and left-arrow key returns:

  (XEV output)

  KeyPress event, serial 40, synthetic NO, window 0x4000001,
  root 0x103, subw 0x0, time 4948865, (162,-13), root:(164,45),
  state 0x0, keycode 201 (keysym 0x1008ffb1, XF86TouchpadOff), same_screen YES, XLookupString gives 0 bytes:
  XmbLookupString gives 0 bytes:
  XFilterEvent returns: False

  So, as we see, this is mistake and it should not return any code
  because it processes through BIOS and must switch on/of ambient light
  sensor to operate correctly according to laptop manual.

  ProblemType: Bug
  DistroRelease: Ubuntu 13.04
  Package: xorg 1:7.7+1ubuntu4
  ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.8.0-19.29-generic 3.8.8
  Uname: Linux 3.8.0-19-generic x86_64
  ApportVersion: 2.9.2-0ubuntu8
  Architecture: amd64
  Date: Tue Apr 23 15:19:14 2013
  InstallationDate: Installed on 2013-02-28 (53 days ago)
  InstallationMedia: Kubuntu 12.10 "Quantal Quetzal" - Release amd64 (20121017.1)
  MarkForUpload: True
  ProcEnviron:
   LANGUAGE=
   PATH=(custom, no user)
   XDG_RUNTIME_DIR=<set>
   LANG=uk_UA.UTF-8
   SHELL=/bin/bash
  SourcePackage: xorg
  Symptom: display
  UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to raring on 2013-03-16 (38 days ago)
  --- 
  ApportVersion: 2.9.2-0ubuntu8
  Architecture: amd64
  AudioDevicesInUse:
   USER        PID ACCESS COMMAND
   /dev/snd/controlC0:  oleg       2057 F.... pulseaudio
   /dev/snd/pcmC0D0p:   oleg       2057 F...m pulseaudio
  DistroRelease: Ubuntu 13.04
  HibernationDevice: RESUME=UUID=b9380414-31cf-4dc1-b933-31abc843015d
  InstallationDate: Installed on 2013-02-28 (53 days ago)
  InstallationMedia: Kubuntu 12.10 "Quantal Quetzal" - Release amd64 (20121017.1)
  MachineType: Dell Inc. Latitude D830
  MarkForUpload: True
  Package: linux 3.8.0.19.35
  PackageArchitecture: amd64
  PccardctlIdent:
   Socket 0:
     no product info available
  PccardctlStatus:
   Socket 0:
     no card
  ProcFB: 0 nouveaufb
  ProcKernelCmdLine: BOOT_IMAGE=/vmlinuz-3.8.0-19-generic root=UUID=61a1e2a2-ab1a-47a0-bf86-5ef19ee2e901 ro rootflags=subvol=@ quiet splash vt.handoff=7
  ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.8.0-19.29-generic 3.8.8
  RelatedPackageVersions:
   linux-restricted-modules-3.8.0-19-generic N/A
   linux-backports-modules-3.8.0-19-generic  N/A
   linux-firmware                            1.106
  RfKill:
   0: phy0: Wireless LAN
   	Soft blocked: no
   	Hard blocked: no
  Tags:  raring
  Uname: Linux 3.8.0-19-generic x86_64
  UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to raring on 2013-03-16 (38 days ago)
  UserGroups: adm cdrom dip lpadmin plugdev sambashare sudo
  dmi.bios.date: 12/22/2011
  dmi.bios.vendor: Dell Inc.
  dmi.bios.version: A16
  dmi.board.name: 0UY141
  dmi.board.vendor: Dell Inc.
  dmi.chassis.type: 8
  dmi.chassis.vendor: Dell Inc.
  dmi.modalias: dmi:bvnDellInc.:bvrA16:bd12/22/2011:svnDellInc.:pnLatitudeD830:pvr:rvnDellInc.:rn0UY141:rvr:cvnDellInc.:ct8:cvr:
  dmi.product.name: Latitude D830
  dmi.sys.vendor: Dell Inc.

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