On Tue, 2009-11-03 at 15:24 +0800, Wu Zhangjin wrote: > Hi, > > [...] > > > - When you press Fn + F2 now, the screen actually shuts off. Before it > > > seemed as if it just blackened it and put the brightness on lowest point. > > > > > > > Yup, this is a known problem, I only found it when with the new EC > > version(such as PQ1D26, please check the version via > > "cat /proc/cmdline"). I have tried to resume the brightness in the > > kernel when resuming from Fn + F2, but it not works. So, perhaps EC does > > some BAD jobs there, will check it later and will try to fix it in > > kernel space. > > Seems the latest EC shut the backlight off when Fn + F2 is pressed, and > if we do it in kernel again, it fails to resume the original brightness, > even if I save/restore the original brightness manually. > > (This is exactly an interface problem between EC and Kernel) > > Just "fixed" it via avoiding shutting the backlight off again in kernel. > but Fn + F2 will not work for the users who are using the old ECs.
A better solution is checking the version of EC and then doing corresponding job. > > Regards, > Wu Zhangjin _______________________________________________ gNewSense-dev mailing list [email protected] http://lists.nongnu.org/mailman/listinfo/gnewsense-dev
