On Sat, 19 Dec 2009 20:13:26 +0100, Thierry Chatelet wrote: > On Saturday 19 December 2009 19:56:10 Camaleón wrote: >> >> Can you both please run "dmesg | grep brightness" and copy/paste the >> output after you press the function key to change the brightness of the >> screen? >> >> BTW, it seems to be related to this kernel bug: >> >> Buggy _BCM - acer aspire 5720G, 5710Z, 5315 >> http://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=13121 >> >> (see comment #28 for other possible affected Acer laptop models) >> > Here it is: > ACPI: Failed to switch the brightness > > but when the backligth is really dim and I press the function key for > brightness, I get a message saying somethng about wrong value for it. I > will write it when it happen. ( I don't want to stop/start the laptop > until it goes wrong. Every forth, fifth time).
It seems many other people is experiencing that same issue: *** Unable to set brightness http://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php?id=76799 *** And they also point-out to the kernel bug. Carefully review the messages posted on that forum and look for any possible bypass mentioned, if any :-? Greetings, -- Camaleón -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
