From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S2992656AbXCBRZP (ORCPT ); Fri, 2 Mar 2007 12:25:15 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S2992659AbXCBRZP (ORCPT ); Fri, 2 Mar 2007 12:25:15 -0500 Received: from sycorax.lbl.gov ([128.3.11.121]:3146 "EHLO sycorax.lbl.gov" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S2992657AbXCBRZM (ORCPT ); Fri, 2 Mar 2007 12:25:12 -0500 From: Alex Romosan To: Andrew Morton Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, linux-fbdev-devel@lists.sourceforge.net, Richard Purdie Subject: Re: 2.6.21-rc2 radeon backlight References: <87ps7uutsk.fsf@sycorax.lbl.gov> <20070301184531.b3aeafe3.akpm@linux-foundation.org> Date: Fri, 02 Mar 2007 09:24:03 -0800 In-Reply-To: <20070301184531.b3aeafe3.akpm@linux-foundation.org> (message from Andrew Morton on Thu, 1 Mar 2007 18:45:31 -0800) Message-ID: <87tzx35zkc.fsf@sycorax.lbl.gov> User-Agent: Gnus/5.110006 (No Gnus v0.6) Emacs/21.4 (gnu/linux) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Andrew Morton writes: > On Wed, 28 Feb 2007 08:32:43 -0800 > Alex Romosan wrote: > >> the backlight on my thinkpad still (2.6.20 worked fine) doesn't come >> on if i have the radeon backlight enabled. without it, i guess it's >> the ibm acpi modules that controls the backlight and it seems to work >> fine. >> > > Unclear. Are you saying that the backlight comes on OK if you use > the IBM acpi module? yes, if i disable the radeon backlight and use the ibm acpi module, than the backlight works. if i enable the radeon backlight, the screen stays dark and i can't turn it on (i tried using radeontool to control it but nothing happened). --alex-- -- | I believe the moment is at hand when, by a paranoiac and active | | advance of the mind, it will be possible (simultaneously with | | automatism and other passive states) to systematize confusion | | and thus to help to discredit completely the world of reality. |