lotuspsychje 2017-02-01 15:47:11
!dmesg | tubal anything usefull in your logs?
ubottu 2017-02-01 15:47:11
tubal anything usefull in your logs?: dmesg is a console command which outputs the kernel ring buffer - an important log for diagnosing problems in Linux. Often when something errors with hardware it will result in additional lines reported which can be seen by running dmesg in a console.
tubal 2017-02-01 15:47:34
I didn't use 16.04. Coming back to Linux after several years away. lotuspsychje
lotuspsychje 2017-02-01 15:48:38
tubal: i would strongly advise also a fresh reainstall with 16.04.1 LTS just to compare if your issue persist there also
tubal 2017-02-01 15:50:36
dmesg doesn't seem to have anything to say about it, lotuspsychje.
tubal 2017-02-01 15:50:52
nor tail -f /var/log/syslog
lotuspsychje 2017-02-01 15:51:17
tubal: can you trace acpi issues in the logs?
tubal 2017-02-01 15:51:43
would that be in syslog?
lotuspsychje 2017-02-01 15:51:51
tubal: yes
tubal 2017-02-01 15:52:43
what's the paste site?
tubal 2017-02-01 15:52:50
nm
tubal 2017-02-01 15:53:40
https://paste.ubuntu.com/23908788/
lotuspsychje 2017-02-01 15:54:04
lemme have a look mate
tubal 2017-02-01 15:54:28
little to look at :)
lotuspsychje 2017-02-01 15:55:12
tubal: so when you press the dim buttons nothing happens, neither in a syslog tail?
lotuspsychje 2017-02-01 15:55:49
tubal: your system is also up to date to latest i hope?
tubal 2017-02-01 15:56:01
yep
tubal 2017-02-01 15:56:10
nuffink in syslog
tubal 2017-02-01 15:56:34
some ±±±±±±±±±±±±±±±±±±±± appear in the term as I press the screen buttons.
lotuspsychje 2017-02-01 15:58:48
tubal: lemme do a lil research holdon
tubal 2017-02-01 15:58:57
sure. thanks.
lotuspsychje 2017-02-01 15:59:49
tubal: you could try the first trick here: http://www.debugpoint.com/2016/10/2-ways-fix-laptop-brightness-problem-ubuntu-linux/#
lotuspsychje 2017-02-01 16:01:13
tubal: and another interesting thread: http://askubuntu.com/questions/762764/cant-change-brightness-in-ubuntu-16-04-lts
tubal 2017-02-01 16:02:31
Cool! ...
tubal 2017-02-01 16:06:14
I'll try the first first. See you after rb.... I hope!
Redfoxmoon 2017-02-01 16:08:59
It sure would be nice if the "You can force the installer to continue installing Debian" message could get removed when the installer incorrectly detects a legacy-boot windows install
Redfoxmoon 2017-02-01 16:09:02
in UEFI mode. ffs.
Redfoxmoon 2017-02-01 16:09:14
especially when it's buttons don't even -work-
lotuspsychje 2017-02-01 16:09:30
Redfoxmoon: you joined the ubuntu channel mate
Redfoxmoon 2017-02-01 16:09:34
Yes
Redfoxmoon 2017-02-01 16:09:42
I KNOW. and this happens on UBUNTU
Redfoxmoon 2017-02-01 16:09:47
it LITERALLY says "Debian"
tgm4883 2017-02-01 16:09:59
Redfoxmoon: known bug
Redfoxmoon 2017-02-01 16:10:05
ffs.
tgm4883 2017-02-01 16:10:10
a pretty minor one too
Redfoxmoon 2017-02-01 16:10:47
eh. minor or major. still a bloody annoyance when you've configured everything to how you want it to be
Redfoxmoon 2017-02-01 16:10:52
then it shits itself with that
lotuspsychje 2017-02-01 16:11:44
Redfoxmoon: please keep language polite in main
tgm4883 2017-02-01 16:11:52
Redfoxmoon: true, you can get past it though https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/ubiquity/+bug/1547286/comments/11
ubottu 2017-02-01 16:11:54
Launchpad bug 1418706 in ubiquity (Ubuntu) "duplicate for #1547286 UEFI: blank drive incorrectly detected as existing BIOS-mode install" [Critical,Triaged]
Redfoxmoon 2017-02-01 16:12:43
tgm4883, I got around it by nuking the partition tables
tgm4883 2017-02-01 16:12:50
Redfoxmoon: here's the main bug if you want to look through it https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/ubiquity/+bug/1418706
Redfoxmoon 2017-02-01 16:12:50
dunno if it will boot now though.
ubottu 2017-02-01 16:12:51
Launchpad bug 1418706 in ubiquity (Ubuntu) "UEFI: blank drive incorrectly detected as existing BIOS-mode install" [Critical,Triaged]
Redfoxmoon 2017-02-01 16:14:06
of course it doesn't boot
tubal 2017-02-01 16:14:37
Darn, who was I speaking with just before?
Redfoxmoon 2017-02-01 16:15:32
although this might be specific to this laptop though *sigh* no EFI boot record, because who needs that!
lotuspsychje 2017-02-01 16:17:41
tubal: did it work?
tubal 2017-02-01 16:19:22
ah lotuspsychje 1 I was poring over the userlist...
tubal 2017-02-01 16:20:26
yes and no. The brightness is back, but the buttons are still ineffectual. Also, more strange plus/minus chars, see http://imgur.com/jKXYFlU
tubal 2017-02-01 16:20:45
they appear when i try to brighten-up.
tubal 2017-02-01 16:20:51
not dim-down.
Redfoxmoon 2017-02-01 16:21:02
tgm4883, well, I only have one thing to say, such a bug existing for 2+ years is absolutely unacceptable
lotuspsychje 2017-02-01 16:21:42
tubal: well thats a start for sure...
Redfoxmoon 2017-02-01 16:22:03
Reminds me of when grub-efi was completely unusable, oh that was a good time
tubal 2017-02-01 16:22:14
Yes, for sure. Can you repeat URL #2, lotuspsychje ?No buffer in this client.
tubal 2017-02-01 16:22:39
And what is that little box for, anyway??
lotuspsychje 2017-02-01 16:22:44
tubal: more things to try :p http://askubuntu.com/questions/762764/cant-change-brightness-in-ubuntu-16-04-lts
lotuspsychje 2017-02-01 16:22:55
tubal: wich client?
tgm4883 2017-02-01 16:23:10
Redfoxmoon: yea, I'll agree with that.
tubal 2017-02-01 16:23:27
chatzilla. I was using Polari, but it seems to be broken.
tubal 2017-02-01 16:30:08
lotuspsychje: I'll try the xorg.conf trick.
lotuspsychje 2017-02-01 16:30:53
tubal: wich graphics card are you on/driver?
tubal 2017-02-01 16:31:36
Intel® Sandybridge Mobile lotuspsychje
lotuspsychje 2017-02-01 16:32:19
tubal: check with sudo lshw -C video if it shows driver= loaded
tubal 2017-02-01 16:33:23
lotuspsychje: no driver line at all.
lotuspsychje 2017-02-01 16:33:59
tubal: card shows unclaimed at top?
tubal 2017-02-01 16:35:02
lotuspsychje: https://paste.ubuntu.com/23908924/
lotuspsychje 2017-02-01 16:35:12
lets c
lotuspsychje 2017-02-01 16:35:45
tubal: lookin good mate: driver=i915
lotuspsychje 2017-02-01 16:36:04
tubal: continue on the brightness thread
tubal 2017-02-01 16:36:07
oh, duh. Didn't see that.
tubal 2017-02-01 16:37:53
Guess I gotta reboot again. brb
tubal 2017-02-01 16:43:33
lotuspsychje: Success!!
tubal 2017-02-01 16:43:54
lotuspsychje: Many thanks. I'll stick around in here and try to pay it forward. :)
lotuspsychje 2017-02-01 16:43:57
!yay | tubal
ubottu 2017-02-01 16:43:57
tubal: Glad you made it! :-)
lotuspsychje 2017-02-01 16:44:09
tubal: you can share how you fixxed it?