Bug#722515: gnome-shell: Brightness FN keys not working any more
Hashem Nasarat
hnasarat at gmail.com
Wed Sep 11 22:25:58 UTC 2013
Check ~/.cache/gdm/session.log for errors. I believe some part of GNOME
now tries to make calls to something in systemd. I had this problem, and
switching to systemd enabled everything to work fine.
On 09/11/2013 06:20 PM, Carlo Marchiori wrote:
> Package: gnome-shell
> Version: 3.8.4-1
> Severity: normal
>
> Dear Maintainer,
>
> since I installed gnome 3.8 (from experimental on my debian jessie/testing)
> brightness function keys don't work anymore. I've tried with or without kernel
> parameter acpi=vendor, with or without the Backlight option in xorg.conf, but
> it doesn't work.
>
> In the meantime I have also switched to kernel 3.10. Previously function keys
> worked normally.
>
> Thanks for you attention.
> Best regards,
> Carlo.
>
>
>
> -- System Information:
> Debian Release: jessie/sid
> APT prefers testing
> APT policy: (900, 'testing'), (800, 'unstable'), (100, 'experimental')
> Architecture: amd64 (x86_64)
> Foreign Architectures: i386
>
> Kernel: Linux 3.10-2-amd64 (SMP w/4 CPU cores)
> Locale: LANG=en_GB.utf8, LC_CTYPE=en_GB.utf8 (charmap=UTF-8)
> Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/dash
>
> Versions of packages gnome-shell depends on:
> ii dconf-gsettings-backend [gsettings-backend] 0.16.1-1
> ii evolution-data-server 3.8.5-1
> ii gdm3 3.8.4-1
> ii gir1.2-accountsservice-1.0 0.6.34-1
> ii gir1.2-caribou-1.0 0.4.12-1
> ii gir1.2-clutter-1.0 1.14.4-3
> ii gir1.2-freedesktop 1.36.0-2+b1
> ii gir1.2-gcr-3 3.8.2-4
> ii gir1.2-gkbd-3.0 3.6.0-1
> ii gir1.2-glib-2.0 1.36.0-2+b1
> ii gir1.2-gmenu-3.0 3.8.0-2
> ii gir1.2-gnomebluetooth-1.0 3.8.1-2
> ii gir1.2-gnomedesktop-3.0 3.8.4-1
> ii gir1.2-gtk-3.0 3.8.4-1
> ii gir1.2-ibus-1.0 1.5.3-5
> ii gir1.2-mutter-3.0 3.8.3-1
> ii gir1.2-networkmanager-1.0 0.9.8.0-5
> ii gir1.2-nmgtk-1.0 0.9.8.2-1+b1
> ii gir1.2-pango-1.0 1.32.5-5+b1
> ii gir1.2-polkit-1.0 0.105-3
> ii gir1.2-soup-2.4 2.42.2-6
> ii gir1.2-telepathyglib-0.12 0.20.4-1
> ii gir1.2-telepathylogger-0.2 0.8.0-2
> ii gir1.2-upowerglib-1.0 0.9.21-3
> ii gjs 1.36.1-2
> ii gnome-bluetooth 3.8.1-2
> ii gnome-icon-theme-symbolic 3.8.2.2-2
> ii gnome-settings-daemon 3.8.5-1
> ii gnome-shell-common 3.8.4-1
> ii gnome-themes-standard 3.8.3-1
> ii gsettings-desktop-schemas 3.8.0-1
> ii libatk-bridge2.0-0 2.9.5-1
> ii libatk1.0-0 2.8.0-2
> ii libc6 2.17-92+b1
> ii libcairo-gobject2 1.12.14-4
> ii libcairo2 1.12.14-4
> ii libcamel-1.2-43 3.8.5-1
> ii libcanberra-gtk3-0 0.30-2
> ii libcanberra0 0.30-2
> ii libclutter-1.0-0 1.14.4-3
> ii libcogl-pango12 1.14.0-3
> ii libcogl12 1.14.0-3
> ii libcroco3 0.6.8-2
> ii libdbus-1-3 1.6.12-1
> ii libdbus-glib-1-2 0.100.2-1
> ii libecal-1.2-15 3.8.5-1
> ii libedataserver-1.2-17 3.8.5-1
> ii libegl1-mesa [libegl1-x11] 9.1.6-2
> ii libgck-1-0 3.8.2-4
> ii libgcr-base-3-1 3.8.2-4
> ii libgdk-pixbuf2.0-0 2.28.2-1
> ii libgirepository-1.0-1 1.36.0-2+b1
> ii libgjs0c [libgjs0-libmozjs185-1.0] 1.36.1-2
> ii libglib2.0-0 2.36.4-1
> ii libgnome-menu-3-0 3.8.0-2
> ii libgstreamer1.0-0 1.0.10-1
> ii libgtk-3-0 3.8.4-1
> ii libical0 0.48-2
> ii libjson-glib-1.0-0 0.16.0-1
> ii libmozjs185-1.0 1.8.5-1.0.0+dfsg-4+b1
> ii libmutter0b 3.8.3-1
> ii libnm-glib4 0.9.8.0-5
> ii libnm-gtk0 0.9.8.2-1+b1
> ii libnm-util2 0.9.8.0-5
> ii libnspr4 2:4.10-1
> ii libnspr4-0d 2:4.10-1
> ii libnss3 2:3.15.1-1
> ii libnss3-1d 2:3.15.1-1
> ii libp11-kit0 0.18.4-1
> ii libpango-1.0-0 1.32.5-5+b1
> ii libpangocairo-1.0-0 1.32.5-5+b1
> ii libpolkit-agent-1-0 0.105-3
> ii libpolkit-gobject-1-0 0.105-3
> ii libpulse-mainloop-glib0 4.0-6
> ii libpulse0 4.0-6
> ii libsecret-1-0 0.15-2
> ii libsoup2.4-1 2.42.2-6
> ii libsqlite3-0 3.8.0.2-1
> ii libstartup-notification0 0.12-3
> ii libtelepathy-glib0 0.20.4-1
> ii libx11-6 2:1.6.1-1
> ii libxcomposite1 1:0.4.4-1
> ii libxdamage1 1:1.1.4-1
> ii libxext6 2:1.3.2-1
> ii libxfixes3 1:5.0.1-1
> ii libxi6 2:1.7.2-1
> ii libxml2 2.9.1+dfsg1-3
> ii libxrandr2 2:1.4.1-1
> ii python 2.7.5-4
> ii telepathy-mission-control-5 1:5.14.1-2
>
> Versions of packages gnome-shell recommends:
> ii gkbd-capplet 3.6.0-1
> pn gnome-contacts <none>
> ii gnome-control-center 1:3.8.3-2
> ii gnome-user-guide 3.8.2-1
> ii unzip 6.0-9
>
> gnome-shell suggests no packages.
>
> -- no debconf information
>
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