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From: walt <w41ter@×××××.com>
To: gentoo-user@l.g.o
Subject: [gentoo-user] Re: Backlight problems
Date: Mon, 05 Mar 2012 00:40:29
Message-Id: jj11ua$its$1@dough.gmane.org
In Reply to: [gentoo-user] Backlight problems by Grant
1 On 03/04/2012 01:16 PM, Grant wrote:
2 > On my just-released Dell XPS 13 Ultrabook, I can control the backlight
3 > with 'xbacklight -set 0' and 'xbacklight -set 100'. Any other values
4 > cause the screen to blink and flash. The keyboard backlight shortcuts
5 > don't work unless I map them to xbacklight 0 and 100. Also xbacklight
6 > doesn't work at all if I'm unplugged from AC. I've tried
7 > acpi_osi=Linux and acpi_backlight=vendor in grub.conf. acpi_osi
8 > doesn't seem to make any difference and xbacklight doesn't work at all
9 > without acpi_backlight. Do I just need to wait for a newer kernel?
10
11 Does the gentoo install CD or a rescue CD give you any way to test the
12 same backlight functions? If the backlight works correctly when running
13 such a CD then listing the loaded kernel modules might give you a clue.

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Re: [gentoo-user] Re: Backlight problems Grant <emailgrant@×××××.com>
Re: [gentoo-user] Re: Backlight problems Grant <emailgrant@×××××.com>