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linux-raspi package

Night Light not working on Raspberry Pi 4/400

  1. Impish (21.10)
  2. Bug #1909747
Bug #1909747 reported by robolob
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linux-raspi (Ubuntu)
In Progress
Low
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Impish
In Progress
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Bug Description

Hi all,
I just bought a Raspberry Pi 4 4GB and installed Ubuntu 20.10 64bit Desktop.
Night Light doesn't work.
Many people don't even know what that is:
Settings -> Dislplays -> Night Light
I rebooted, deleted .config/dconf, reinstalled Ubuntu: it doesn't work.
Thank you and best wishes for 2021.
Robolob the noob

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Daniel van Vugt (vanvugt) wrote :

Night light depends on a feature called a "gamma ramp". That feature is not supported without at least a proper KMS graphics driver. That should be available for Raspberry Pi 4 in kernel versions 5.10.7 onward, in theory.

tags: added: groovy raspi raspi-gfx
Daniel van Vugt (vanvugt)
summary: - Night Light not working
+ Night Light not working on Raspberry Pi
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Launchpad Janitor (janitor) wrote : Re: Night Light not working on Raspberry Pi

Status changed to 'Confirmed' because the bug affects multiple users.

Changed in linux-raspi (Ubuntu):
status: New → Confirmed
Daniel van Vugt (vanvugt)
Changed in linux-raspi (Ubuntu):
importance: Undecided → Low
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Daniel van Vugt (vanvugt) wrote :

We now have full KMS support (since bug 1918110 was fixed) and Night Light still isn't working.

Comparing the 'drm_info' output between Raspberry Pi 4 and my Intel desktop it looks like the missing feature is the "GAMMA_LUT" related properties on the CRTCs. So this is a feature lacking in the 'vc4' kernel driver.

Changed in linux-raspi (Ubuntu):
status: Confirmed → Triaged
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Juerg Haefliger (juergh) wrote :

The HVS on the Pi 4B seems different from the older Pis and color management is therefore disabled in the vc4 driver until that's fixed: https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/eb92bc72cdab2550fa1c5b05b866bf209df9fd08

FWIW, it's working on a Pi 3B+.

Daniel van Vugt (vanvugt)
summary: - Night Light not working on Raspberry Pi
+ Night Light not working on Raspberry Pi 4
summary: - Night Light not working on Raspberry Pi 4
+ Night Light not working on Raspberry Pi 4/400
Juerg Haefliger (juergh)
Changed in linux-raspi (Ubuntu Impish):
status: Triaged → In Progress
Daniel van Vugt (vanvugt)
tags: added: jammy
removed: groovy
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Ubuntu QA Website (ubuntuqa) wrote :

This bug has been reported on the Ubuntu ISO testing tracker.

A list of all reports related to this bug can be found here:
http://iso.qa.ubuntu.com/qatracker/reports/bugs/1909747

tags: added: iso-testing
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