On Sun, 18 Feb 2007 23:46:16 -0500 Yaroslav Halchenko <[email protected]> wrote:
> Dear Kernel Developers,
>
> Since the most recent successful for me kernel 2.6.19-rc6-mm1, I've
> tried few times to build more recent snapshots and now finally
> 2.6.20-mm2. In all those cases I have a sad outcome -- kernel boots but
> at some point during boot (few moments after Penguin icon in the top left
> corner appears), light turns off... I still can see something, especially
> if I light a strong flashlight at a sharp angle.
>
> I've enabled back-light support and lcd support for those unsuccessful
> kernels (with all backlight support features disabled kernel boots
> ok and backlight shines as bright as always)
>
> All my changes of values for files under
> /sys/class/backlight/radeonbl0
> had no impact on the screen. Also I had no files under /sys/class/lcd.
>
> Running
> radeontool light off
> caused complete turning off of LCD - I could not see
> anything anymore.
>
> sony's spictl -b had no effect as well.
>
> Config can be found at
> http://www.onerussian.com/Linux/bugs/nobacklight.1/config-2.6.20-mm2
> lshw
> http://www.onerussian.com/Linux/bugs/nobacklight.1/lshw
> other details are available from
> http://www.onerussian.com/Linux/bugs/nobacklight.1/
>
> Could you please advise?
(cc's added)
Is 2.6.20 broken? I assume the latest 2.6.20-gitN snapshot are failing..
-
To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in
the body of a message to [email protected]
More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
[Index of Archives]
[Kernel Newbies]
[Netfilter]
[Bugtraq]
[Photo]
[Stuff]
[Gimp]
[Yosemite News]
[MIPS Linux]
[ARM Linux]
[Linux Security]
[Linux RAID]
[Video 4 Linux]
[Linux for the blind]
[Linux Resources]
