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Old 07-20-2008, 01:41 PM   #1
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Question brightness and volume problems with Ubuntu 8.04 on Gateway M-6846


I have just installed Ubuntu on my Gateway M-6846 using wubi, and everything is working well except for the brightness and the volume. When I try to adjust brightness, I get the icon on the screen that shows the brightness going down, however, the actual brightness of the screen doesn't change. As for the volume, it can be adjusted, but turning it down to anything below about 50% makes it completely inaudible.

My graphics card is the Intel GM965/GL960 Integrated Graphics Controller, and the sound controller is an Intel 82801H (ICH8 Family) HD Audio Controller. Here is what I get for lspci:

kevin@kevin-laptop:~$ lspci
00:00.0 Host bridge: Intel Corporation Mobile PM965/GM965/GL960 Memory Controller Hub (rev 03)
00:02.0 VGA compatible controller: Intel Corporation Mobile GM965/GL960 Integrated Graphics Controller (rev 03)
00:02.1 Display controller: Intel Corporation Mobile GM965/GL960 Integrated Graphics Controller (rev 03)
00:1a.0 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801H (ICH8 Family) USB UHCI Controller #4 (rev 03)
00:1a.1 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801H (ICH8 Family) USB UHCI Controller #5 (rev 03)
00:1a.7 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801H (ICH8 Family) USB2 EHCI Controller #2 (rev 03)
00:1b.0 Audio device: Intel Corporation 82801H (ICH8 Family) HD Audio Controller (rev 03)
00:1c.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 82801H (ICH8 Family) PCI Express Port 1 (rev 03)
00:1c.2 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 82801H (ICH8 Family) PCI Express Port 3 (rev 03)
00:1c.5 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 82801H (ICH8 Family) PCI Express Port 6 (rev 03)
00:1d.0 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801H (ICH8 Family) USB UHCI Controller #1 (rev 03)
00:1d.1 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801H (ICH8 Family) USB UHCI Controller #2 (rev 03)
00:1d.2 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801H (ICH8 Family) USB UHCI Controller #3 (rev 03)
00:1d.7 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801H (ICH8 Family) USB2 EHCI Controller #1 (rev 03)
00:1e.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 82801 Mobile PCI Bridge (rev f3)
00:1f.0 ISA bridge: Intel Corporation 82801HEM (ICH8M) LPC Interface Controller (rev 03)
00:1f.1 IDE interface: Intel Corporation 82801HBM/HEM (ICH8M/ICH8M-E) IDE Controller (rev 03)
00:1f.2 SATA controller: Intel Corporation 82801HBM/HEM (ICH8M/ICH8M-E) SATA AHCI Controller (rev 03)
00:1f.3 SMBus: Intel Corporation 82801H (ICH8 Family) SMBus Controller (rev 03)
02:00.0 Network controller: Intel Corporation PRO/Wireless 3945ABG Network Connection (rev 02)
06:00.0 Ethernet controller: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd. RTL8101E PCI Express Fast Ethernet controller (rev 01)

Any help would be greatly appreciated!

-Kevin
 
Old 08-17-2009, 05:04 PM   #2
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Did your brightness/volume issue finally get resolved? Brightness problem still exists on mine.
 
Old 08-18-2009, 04:32 PM   #3
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I didn't get the volume fixed, but upgrading to 9.04 fixed the brightness problem.
 
Old 08-18-2009, 04:53 PM   #4
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I didn't get the volume fixed, but upgrading to 9.04 fixed the brightness problem.
Strange. I still have that problem despite using 9.04.
 
Old 12-20-2009, 11:11 PM   #5
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brightness

from a previous post, It was suggested turning off the light sensor. For me I now have a nice brite pix after putting black tape over it. Problem is not fixed but at least I can see what i`m doing
 
  


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