HP Pavilion dv7 3140el laptop with nVidia GeForce GT 320M.
OpenSUSE 12.2 x86_64.
Starting with version 304.60, I am experiencing Brightness/Gamma problems.
KDE power management is unable to automatically adjust the brightness.
Nvidia-settings takes a long time to start (about one minute) because of the file $HOME/.nvidia-settings-rc; if I delete that file, nvidia-settings starts immediately, but as soon as the file is regenerated, the problem returns.
All OpenGL programs have the same problem (for example, GoogleEarth starts immediately, but the globe appears after one minute).
Typing, for example “nvidia-settings -a 0/Gamma[DFP-0]=0,746” from a terminal, I get:
ERROR: Error assigning 0,746000 to attribute 'Gamma' on linux-22kj.site:0.0
specified in assignment '0/Gamma[DFP-0]=0,746' (Bad handle)
Tested with 304.60, 304.64 and 310.19.
Last working driver: 304.51.
I can second the described problems.
(please ignore the .bmp extension of the attached logs. without, the forum software will not accept the attachments :-( )
delayed start of nvidia-settings (without -n or deleting .nvidia-settings-rc) on 304.43, 304.51, 310.19
brightness control not working via Fn+F9 / F10 on 310.19
however, setting via
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HP EliteBook 8530w with Quadro FX 770M
Fedora 17 x86_64
Not sure about gamma, but I also have problems with brightness settings with 304.60,304.64 and 310.19. 304.51 works.
The brightness keys and also brightness settings from KDE power management do not work. Can use /sys/class/backlight to change the brightness manually.
Often after suspend the brightness is set to minimum while /sys/class/backlight reports the brightness to be at maximum, setting the brightness manually still works in this situation.
I recently updated to KDE 4.9.4 and nvidia driver 313.09. Now brightness settings work in KDE. Not sure if it was a change in KDE or nvidia driver.
The problem that /sys/class/backlight/acpi_video0/{,actual_}brightness does not properly reflect the real brightness on the screen remains. It also does not show the brightness changes done through KDE.