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[Joseph Salisbury <joseph.salisbury@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

This issue appears to be an upstream bug, since you tested the latest
upstream kernel. Would it be possible for you to open an upstream bug
report[0]? That will allow the upstream Developers to examine the issue,
and may provide a quicker resolution to the bug.

Please follow the instructions on the wiki page[0]. The first step is to
email the appropriate mailing list. If no response is received, then a
bug may be opened on bugzilla.kernel.org.

Once this bug is reported upstream, please add the tag: 'kernel-bug-
reported-upstream'.

[0] https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Bugs/Upstream/kernel


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

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Title:
  Sony vaio keyboard backlight does not work

Status in “linux” package in Ubuntu:
  Triaged

Bug description:
  The keyboard backlight of my SONY VAIO SE15 does not work.

  This is the corresponding dmesg output
  [   21.500543] sony_laptop: handle 0x014b: keyboard backlight setup already done for 0x0143
  [   21.500546] sony_laptop: couldn't set up keyboard backlight function (-16)
  [   21.500774] sony_laptop: brightness ignored, must be controlled by ACPI video driver
  [   21.500785] sony_laptop: SNC setup done.

  
  daniel@daniel-laptop:~$ lsb_release -rd
  Description:	Ubuntu Utopic Unicorn (development branch)
  Release:	14.10

  daniel@daniel-laptop:~$ uname -a
  Linux daniel-laptop 3.16.0-16-generic #22-Ubuntu SMP Wed Sep 17 18:47:43 UTC 2014 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux
  --- 
  ApportVersion: 2.14.7-0ubuntu2
  Architecture: amd64
  CurrentDesktop: Unity
  DistroRelease: Ubuntu 14.10
  InstallationDate: Installed on 2013-11-26 (305 days ago)
  InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 13.10 "Saucy Salamander" - Release amd64 (20131016.1)
  Package: linux (not installed)
  Tags:  utopic
  Uname: Linux 3.17.0-031700rc6-generic x86_64
  UnreportableReason: The running kernel is not an Ubuntu kernel
  UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)
  UserGroups: adm autopilot cdrom dip lpadmin plugdev sambashare sudo
  _MarkForUpload: True

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