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["Malte S. Stretz" <951736@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Sorry, I don't have the hardware anymore.

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Title:
  Cannot change brightness on laptop with ATI Radeon 6470M

Status in The Linux Kernel:
  Fix Released
Status in “linux” package in Ubuntu:
  Incomplete

Bug description:
  "When I press Fn+F9 or F10 which are the keyboard buttons to
  decrease/increase the screen brightness of my HP Probook 6560b laptop,
  nothing happens."

  This was quoted from the following bug from the kernel.org bugtracker
  which has some more infos:
  https://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=40862

  I manually installed the precise kernel on my oneiric install to see
  if it is fixed with a newer kernel, didn't help.

  WORKAROUND: Use fglrx.

  ProblemType: Bug
  DistroRelease: Ubuntu 11.10
  Package: xserver-xorg-video-radeon 1:6.14.99~git20110811.g93fc084-0ubuntu1
  ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.2.0-18.28-generic 3.2.9
  Uname: Linux 3.2.0-18-generic x86_64
  ApportVersion: 1.23-0ubuntu4
  Architecture: amd64
  Date: Sat Mar 10 20:02:31 2012
  InstallationMedia: Kubuntu 11.10 "Oneiric Ocelot" - Release amd64 (20111011)
  SourcePackage: xserver-xorg-video-ati
  UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)

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