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On UL30A Bios 212 in Oneiric Ocelot the backlight turns off as expected,
but on resume the backup does not come up again, until the laptop has
finished a (sw)suspend and wakeup cycle. After that the backlight
works again until it blacks out again on predefinied timeout. (see
additional information)
This bug is definitely reproducible.
Switching the backlight brightness level from the console using
sudo setpci -s 00:02.0 F4.B=00
sudo setpci -s 00:02.0 F4.B=ff
works well.
It may be a scripting issue.
additional information:
While the screen is switched off and backlight is off, no key or key
combination will help but FN+F1 (sleep). The same applies for a lid close, if
configured.
Neither setting FN+F5, nor FN+F6 nor FN+F7 nor FN+F8 nor FN+Space will switch
the backlight on again.
If you use an external light, you can see shadows of the screen content, so it
is definitely a backlight issue.
Using Ubuntu kernel 3.0.0-12-generic, with tuxonice ppa (does not mak a
difference) and kernel options as follows:
acpi_os_name=Linux acpi_backlight=vendor
dmesg reports:
[164260.055928] [Firmware Bug]: ACPI: BIOS _OSI(Linux) query ignored
This occurs despite acpidump reports
...
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0300: 6e 64 6f 77 73 20 32 30 30 31 00 70 00 4f 53 56 ndows 2001.p.OSV
0310: 52 a0 1d 5f 4f 53 49 0d 57 69 6e 64 6f 77 73 20 R.._OSI.Windows
0320: 32 30 30 31 20 53 50 31 00 70 00 4f 53 56 52 a0 2001 SP1.p.OSVR.
0330: 1d 5f 4f 53 49 0d 57 69 6e 64 6f 77 73 20 32 30 ._OSI.Windows 20
0340: 30 31 20 53 50 32 00 70 00 4f 53 56 52 a0 1b 5f 01 SP2.p.OSVR.._
0350: 4f 53 49 0d 57 69 6e 64 6f 77 73 20 32 30 30 31 OSI.Windows 2001
0360: 2e 31 00 70 00 4f 53 56 52 a0 1f 5f 4f 53 49 0d .1.p.OSVR.._OSI.
0370: 57 69 6e 64 6f 77 73 20 32 30 30 31 2e 31 20 53 Windows 2001.1 S
0380: 50 31 00 70 00 4f 53 56 52 a0 19 5f 4f 53 49 0d P1.p.OSVR.._OSI.
0390: 57 69 6e 64 6f 77 73 20 32 30 30 36 00 70 00 4f Windows 2006.p.O
03a0: 53 56 52 a1 4e 07 a0 26 4d 43 54 48 5f 4f 53 5f SVR.N..&MCTH_OS_
03b0: 0d 4d 69 63 72 6f 73 6f 66 74 20 57 69 6e 64 6f .Microsoft Windo
03c0: 77 73 20 4e 54 00 70 0a 04 4f 53 56 52 a1 44 05 ws NT.p..OSVR.D.
03d0: a0 39 4d 43 54 48 5f 4f 53 5f 0d 4d 69 63 72 6f .9MCTH_OS_.Micro
03e0: 73 6f 66 74 20 57 69 6e 64 6f 77 73 4d 45 3a 20 soft WindowsME:
03f0: 4d 69 6c 6c 65 6e 6e 69 75 6d 20 45 64 69 74 69 Millennium Editi
0400: 6f 6e 00 70 0a 02 4f 53 56 52 a0 17 4d 43 54 48 on.p..OSVR..MCTH
0410: 5f 4f 53 5f 0d 4c 69 6e 75 78 00 70 0a 03 4f 53 _OS_.Linux.p..OS
0420: 56 52 a4 4f 53 56 52 14 4e 04 4d 43 54 48 02 a0 VR.OSVR.N.MCTH..
...
Using no acpi_backlight option will result in inusable or erratic
behaviour of function key combinations.
May be related to bug: #800625, #741223, #756938
** Affects: gnome-power-manager (Ubuntu)
Importance: Undecided
Status: New
** Tags: asus backlight ul30a
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Asus UL30A backlight malfunction on screen off/wakeup
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