Am 18.12.2011 15:33, schrieb Sebastian Götte: > On 12/16/2011 10:06 PM, Patrick Matthäi wrote: >> Am 16.12.2011 10:42, schrieb Sebastian Götte: >>> Package: fglrx-driver >>> Version: 1:11-11-3 >>> Severity: normal >>> >>> "VariBright is an fglrx "feature" meant to save energy by adapting the >>> screen backlight brightness to screen content. It fails to do so in a >>> sensible manner and is terribly annoying (especially if you do not know >>> this is a "feature" called "VariBright"). >>> To fix this, one can use amdcccle, which in turn changes one lin >> >> Here it works like a charme. What should we do now? >> If the feature wouldn't be important and many users are affected I would >> agree with disabling it by default, but it isn't the case (it is >> important and for most users it works w/o any problems) > > I had the problem that this feature introduces behavior I do not expect > from my *graphics driver* and whose cause was quite difficult to track > down for me. It would probably help to add a section to the man page and > possibly display a message during installation, or just add a paragraph > to the package description saying the package comes with VariBright. If > other users like it, there is indeed no need to change the default. > > anyway, thanks for the prompt response > Sebastian Götte
Documenting it in README.Debian is possible, but I need a better problem description, so that other users may identify the issue. -- /* Mit freundlichem Gruß / With kind regards, Patrick Matthäi GNU/Linux Debian Developer E-Mail: pmatth...@debian.org patr...@linux-dev.org */
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