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Hi I recently switched from Win11 to Linux mint. I got several downsides like no wifi, low volume etc. now my unsolved matter is my "Brightness settings can't be adjust. I tried all the solutions that I could find here. But It seems I got my own problem. Maybe due to AMD driver needed ? Pls help.
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jiytu wrote: ⤴Fri Mar 24, 2023 3:21 am
Hi I recently switched from Win11 to Linux mint. I got several downsides like no wifi, low volume etc. now my unsolved matter is my "Brightness settings can't be adjust. I tried all the solutions that I could find here. But It seems I got my own problem. Maybe due to AMD driver needed ?
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree... Done
Reading state information... Done
The following additional packages will be installed:
linux-headers-6.1.0-1007-oem linux-headers-oem-22.04c
linux-image-6.1.0-1007-oem linux-image-oem-22.04c
linux-modules-6.1.0-1007-oem linux-oem-6.1-headers-6.1.0-1007
Suggested packages:
fdutils linux-oem-6.1-tools
The following NEW packages will be installed:
linux-headers-6.1.0-1007-oem linux-headers-oem-22.04c
linux-image-6.1.0-1007-oem linux-image-oem-22.04c
linux-modules-6.1.0-1007-oem linux-oem-22.04c
linux-oem-6.1-headers-6.1.0-1007
0 upgraded, 7 newly installed, 0 to remove and 4 not upgraded.
Need to get 126 MB of archives.
After this operation, 755 MB of additional disk space will be used.
Do you want to continue? [Y/n]
Whoa I definitely did not see this for updating my system. Thank you ! how do i get to access for codes like this by self ? where should I look it out for ?
...done.
/etc/kernel/postinst.d/initramfs-tools:
update-initramfs: Generating /boot/initrd.img-6.1.0-1007-oem
/etc/kernel/postinst.d/zz-update-grub:
Sourcing file `/etc/default/grub'
Sourcing file `/etc/default/grub.d/50_linuxmint.cfg'
Sourcing file `/etc/default/grub.d/init-select.cfg'
Generating grub configuration file ...
Found linux image: /boot/vmlinuz-6.1.0-1007-oem
Found initrd image: /boot/initrd.img-6.1.0-1007-oem
Found linux image: /boot/vmlinuz-5.15.0-67-generic
Found initrd image: /boot/initrd.img-5.15.0-67-generic
Found linux image: /boot/vmlinuz-5.15.0-56-generic
Found initrd image: /boot/initrd.img-5.15.0-56-generic
Warning: os-prober will be executed to detect other bootable partitions.
Its output will be used to detect bootable binaries on them and create new boot entries.
Adding boot menu entry for UEFI Firmware Settings ...
done
jiyuu@Mint-L:~$ still can't do the brightness adjust stuff.
# If you change this file, run 'update-grub' afterwards to update
# /boot/grub/grub.cfg.
# For full documentation of the options in this file, see:
# info -f grub -n 'Simple configuration'
jiytu wrote: ⤴Sun Mar 26, 2023 9:58 amDone here no effect. Installed Light still nothing oh my gawwdd
It doesn't make sense to make random adjustments for brightness until we verify the proper graphics drivers are in place. I don't see where you did that. As I indicated in my post, there was no guarantee a newer kernel would be enough to get the driver to load. Please undo the changes you made from the website link and provide the output of
jiytu wrote: ⤴Sun Mar 26, 2023 9:58 amDone here no effect. Installed Light still nothing oh my gawwdd
It doesn't make sense to make random adjustments for brightness until we verify the proper graphics drivers are in place. I don't see where you did that. As I indicated in my post, there was no guarantee a newer kernel would be enough to get the driver to load. Please undo the changes you made from the website link and provide the output of
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree... Done
Reading state information... Done
The following additional packages will be installed:
linux-headers-6.1.0-1007-oem linux-headers-oem-22.04c
linux-image-6.1.0-1007-oem linux-image-oem-22.04c
linux-modules-6.1.0-1007-oem linux-oem-6.1-headers-6.1.0-1007
Suggested packages:
fdutils linux-oem-6.1-tools
The following NEW packages will be installed:
linux-headers-6.1.0-1007-oem linux-headers-oem-22.04c
linux-image-6.1.0-1007-oem linux-image-oem-22.04c
linux-modules-6.1.0-1007-oem linux-oem-22.04c
linux-oem-6.1-headers-6.1.0-1007
0 upgraded, 7 newly installed, 0 to remove and 4 not upgraded.
Need to get 126 MB of archives.
After this operation, 755 MB of additional disk space will be used.
Do you want to continue? [Y/n]
Whoa I definitely did not see this for updating my system. Thank you ! how do i get to access for codes like this by self ? where should I look it out for ?
Did you answer Y at the last step?
The data you just posted indicates the newer kernel is not being used. You still have the same kernel as when you originally posted which means there is no graphics driver loaded.
Repos:
No active apt repos in: /etc/apt/sources.list.d/amdgpu-proprietary.list
Active apt repos in: /etc/apt/sources.list.d/amdgpu.list
1: deb https://repo.radeon.com/amdgpu/5.4.3/ubuntu focal main
Active apt repos in: /etc/apt/sources.list.d/rocm.list
1: deb [arch=amd64] https://repo.radeon.com/rocm/apt/5.4.3 focal main
jiytu wrote: ⤴Sun Mar 26, 2023 3:01 pmI Did typed Y for the process to continue
If you only have Linux Mint installed, then I have no guesses as to why your kernel did not change, but the fact it did not change is a problem. What is the output of
jiytu wrote: ⤴Sun Mar 26, 2023 3:01 pm Uhm I don't know how would I do like removing anything I used from these repositories.
Your original inxi output seems to indicate nothing was used from them, but I don't know why your kernel would not update and was just taking guesses as to what might be a problem.
jiytu wrote: ⤴Sun Apr 02, 2023 1:59 am
I reinstalled everything and updated my machine. luckily no probs now. hehe Im enjoying this
It sounds like the newer kernel and its newer graphics driver are now installed. If your issue is resolved, please go to your first post in this topic, click the pencil icon, and add [SOLVED] to the beginning of the title so others know you are no longer seeking help on this issue.