tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4978574080375349792.post8973319423867839996..comments2023-05-25T17:34:07.226+02:00Comments on Linux on the EeePC 1001p: Fixing brightness controlsOlafhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17510866894585707569noreply@blogger.comBlogger28125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4978574080375349792.post-73120440523872621292018-11-15T15:23:22.771+01:002018-11-15T15:23:22.771+01:00thanks yooo, helped a lot, my eee pc 1005p was dar...thanks yooo, helped a lot, my eee pc 1005p was dark before, now its bright, i can use my fn keys but but not for brightness, it just stays at full brightness which is okay for me. but speaker fn keys work well now.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4978574080375349792.post-79630299231566978912015-09-30T00:11:36.330+02:002015-09-30T00:11:36.330+02:00Than you very very much.Than you very very much.Some Guy Called Andrewhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08375064391541331993noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4978574080375349792.post-41216607613482089812014-06-26T17:53:05.506+02:002014-06-26T17:53:05.506+02:00Cheers chap. Your post and the associated link sol...Cheers chap. Your post and the associated link solved my problem with an Asus EEE PC 1005P running Mint14. I'd put Mint on for my partner and the brightness was the only real issue. Thank you very much.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4978574080375349792.post-59756355552414136162014-05-25T13:08:16.419+02:002014-05-25T13:08:16.419+02:00Thanks again Olaf. My netbookused to run Ubuntu 10...Thanks again Olaf. My netbookused to run Ubuntu 10.04 Gnome OK but was slow with 12.04 Unity. So it now has Lubuntu 13.10 and runs well but needed the brightness problem fixed. Your fix worked perfectly.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18013411140523238473noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4978574080375349792.post-55752345469250146792014-03-21T05:05:36.543+01:002014-03-21T05:05:36.543+01:00thank you Olaf, you saved my eyes.thank you Olaf, you saved my eyes.rafaeldhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15562393221659630630noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4978574080375349792.post-14455245316590809632013-10-26T22:33:25.799+02:002013-10-26T22:33:25.799+02:00Thank you, Olaf !!!
Worked on my 1005PE running De...Thank you, Olaf !!!<br />Worked on my 1005PE running Debian 7.2 :)<br />Velimir Mlakerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15655672645291128583noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4978574080375349792.post-7338508414392700032013-09-30T05:02:16.900+02:002013-09-30T05:02:16.900+02:00Thanks!!
Worked perfectly on an Asus 1005PE runnin...Thanks!!<br />Worked perfectly on an Asus 1005PE running CrunchBang Waldorf!!!<br />I've been searching for this fix for a long time! I got this problem with several distros.<br />=DAnonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18411649582218662948noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4978574080375349792.post-91375917436691227852012-07-26T04:24:43.654+02:002012-07-26T04:24:43.654+02:00Hello, can somebody PLEASE tell me how to get into...Hello, can somebody PLEASE tell me how to get into/change grub? I downloaded Ubuntu 12.04 on my Acer Aspire 5734z laptop and it installs but choosing it frustrates me when the screen never works. PLEASE help me out, I'm not a big computer person so I don't understand much.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4978574080375349792.post-1977158324682424342012-05-01T12:11:23.773+02:002012-05-01T12:11:23.773+02:00its not working in my laptop toshiba C665-L5011
w...its not working in my laptop toshiba C665-L5011<br />with Ubuntu 12.04 LTS<br /><br />any one knows how to solve in this laptopDinohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03109667773998688312noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4978574080375349792.post-46560959106981000412012-01-08T19:46:01.070+01:002012-01-08T19:46:01.070+01:00You saved my eyes. It works with Dell Inspiron min...You saved my eyes. It works with Dell Inspiron mini 12 and Ubuntu Lucid lynx.<br />Thanksmusardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07522592254797036643noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4978574080375349792.post-60756857393654689082011-07-23T10:50:42.548+02:002011-07-23T10:50:42.548+02:00Hi Olaf
No need to answer that, i found the answe...Hi Olaf<br /><br />No need to answer that, i found the answer in the link you provided.<br /><br />I now have a bright display and no longer need to find a dark corner to work in.<br /><br />Thanks<br />GarryGarryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12606302512056962027noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4978574080375349792.post-52988392962822642612011-07-23T10:33:18.485+02:002011-07-23T10:33:18.485+02:00Hi Olaf I'm running 10.04.2
The relevant line...Hi Olaf I'm running 10.04.2<br /><br />The relevant line says...<br /><br />GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX_DEFAULT="quiet splash"<br /><br />Do i erase the "quiet splash part" or do i add your command at the end?<br /><br />If i add your command at the end, do i use separate quotation marks or enclose it in the same quotation marks as "quiet splash"?<br /><br />As you have probably noticed, i'm a bit nervous editing the file.<br /><br />Thanks in advance<br /><br />GarryGarryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12606302512056962027noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4978574080375349792.post-52592021882545429602011-07-12T21:26:53.338+02:002011-07-12T21:26:53.338+02:00I downloaded and installed Ubuntu 11.04 on my Netb...I downloaded and installed Ubuntu 11.04 on my Netbook, a white Asus Eee PC 1005PE.<br /><br />At first, I had exactly the same backlight problems as mentioned here - but ...<br /><br />thanks to Olaf (!) and his great instructions it worked!<br /><br />For all starters,<br />if you open the terminal with Ctrl+Alt+T make sure to type the command as mentioned above.<br /><br />The Terminal will ask for your password which is the password you set up for your user when Ubuntu starts. Do not worry that the password does not show up - once you click Enter ..<br /><br />and the password was correct,<br />it will allow you to make the changes in the kernel options.<br /><br />Just make sure to follow this guide step by step :-) Thank you, Olaf! You helped me a lot!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4978574080375349792.post-5522595969009926602010-12-17T12:57:05.245+01:002010-12-17T12:57:05.245+01:00Olaf, thanks for your reply, I am indeed running u...Olaf, thanks for your reply, I am indeed running ubuntu 10.04 lucid lynx on Asus EeePC 1001pChef Jackhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04578098300061979810noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4978574080375349792.post-25021810922454238292010-12-16T16:04:18.831+01:002010-12-16T16:04:18.831+01:00@jack please check if this solution is right for y...@jack please check if this solution is right for you.<br />- ubuntu 10.04 lucid lynx 32 bit<br />- EeePC 1001pOlafhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17510866894585707569noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4978574080375349792.post-64861650787546509562010-12-16T13:38:30.261+01:002010-12-16T13:38:30.261+01:00Hi, I've just tried this grub update, but noth...Hi, I've just tried this grub update, but nothing happens after I reboot, brightness controls are just the same...can you help please?Chef Jackhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04578098300061979810noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4978574080375349792.post-4081039586872191922010-09-24T16:14:03.931+02:002010-09-24T16:14:03.931+02:00I can also confirm it works, with no problems with...I can also confirm it works, with no problems with OO writer.<br /><br />Thanks,<br />JoeAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4978574080375349792.post-90782422587907591182010-09-22T13:40:41.510+02:002010-09-22T13:40:41.510+02:00@Alex 1005P has really different hardware, so you ...@Alex 1005P has really different hardware, so you cannot use the fixes from this blog for this machine.Olafhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17510866894585707569noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4978574080375349792.post-90870319476289384962010-08-21T08:24:58.136+02:002010-08-21T08:24:58.136+02:00For me (Eee PC 1005PE) this line has the opposite ...For me (Eee PC 1005PE) this line has the opposite effect,<br />"acpi_osi=Linux" makes Fn+F10-12 usable<br />"acpi_backlight=vendor" makes it impossible to get max. brightness.<br />I removed the 2nd line updated grub, now the OSD notification for brightness disappeared<br />lol.Alexnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4978574080375349792.post-29910602928873879172010-08-19T14:20:38.742+02:002010-08-19T14:20:38.742+02:00For Fedora users, I got this EEEpc fix to work by ...For Fedora users, I got this EEEpc fix to work by <br /><br />1. sudo gedit /boot/grub/grub.conf<br />2. add acpi_osi=Linux acpi_backlight=vendor to the end of the kernel /vmlinuz-2.6.33.3-85.fc13.**** lines. <br /><br />Works great again!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4978574080375349792.post-82763574330764715672010-07-23T19:37:27.995+02:002010-07-23T19:37:27.995+02:00Perfect! Made my machine usable at last. Thanks....Perfect! Made my machine usable at last. Thanks.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4978574080375349792.post-38678720692512135442010-07-15T23:23:23.237+02:002010-07-15T23:23:23.237+02:00awesome, thanksawesome, thanksAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4978574080375349792.post-26306100254843196842010-05-15T18:00:54.922+02:002010-05-15T18:00:54.922+02:00Thank you, man!
Onscreen notification also works ...Thank you, man!<br /><br />Onscreen notification also works fine in my EeePC, except that now it can't reach the dimmest level (which I don't care).<br /><br />Cheers,<br /><br />MarcAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4978574080375349792.post-42846538024273411462010-05-11T16:33:55.733+02:002010-05-11T16:33:55.733+02:00Works just fine, Thanks Olaf.
One thing I could n...Works just fine, Thanks Olaf.<br /><br />One thing I could not solve is that oowriter crashes when using the proposed kernel. Can anybody confirm that?<br /><br />LarsAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4978574080375349792.post-77642637007895886002010-05-06T22:35:25.530+02:002010-05-06T22:35:25.530+02:00Much Thanks! Your page was the end of a loong sear...Much Thanks! Your page was the end of a loong search :)<br />Works fine - also on screen notification works on my laptop with your fix.<br />Thanks a lot!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com