On Tue, Aug 28, 2007 at 02:30:04PM -0400, Joey Hess wrote: > Brice Goglin wrote: > > A different backlight regression has been reported in 2.1.1 > > https://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=11527 > > http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=438969 > > I'm seeing similar behavior to those with 2.1.0, but only if I use the > bios-controlled backlight setting keys. X doesn't notice when the > backlight is changed by that and starting mplayer switches it back to > the last brightness level X set. > > > Could you try reverting the following commit from driver 2.1.1 ? > > http://gitweb.freedesktop.org/?p=xorg/driver/xf86-video-intel.git;a=commitdiff;h=a85dd7adc35601a988b1001e8b3c8aa4d53de0c0;hp=c989cb4897e2e2d395c52df4822290a767cdc866 > > Yep, with that reverted, xbacklight works well again.
There is a proposed patch at https://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=11527 Could you apply it on top of current upstream git and see whether it helps? It would be nice to post a comment in the upstream bug too (with your exact intel board), I will do so if you can't. Thanks, Brice -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]