Control: reassign -1 src:linux 3.2.32-1 Control: retitle -1 disfunctional samsung backlight control on NP300E5X-A01
On Fri, Dec 7, 2012 at 01:25:11 +0100, Kim Twain wrote: > Starting my computer (Samsung NP300E5X-A01, Intel Celeron B815 APU) the > brightness is set at its minimum; when I try to change it via my DE or via > xbacklight -set, the brightness changes almost randomly multiple times a > second, rendering the gui unusable until I kill xbacklight or I restart > gnome- > shell. > > I can however change it flawlessly via > "/sys/class/backlight/acpi_video0/brightness" > > Note that the problem isn't present in other (more updated?) distros, such > as > archlinux or fedora 17/18 > On Fri, Dec 7, 2012 at 01:42:14 +0100, Kim Twain wrote: > Reading the log, I noticed that xorg is using > "/sys/class/backlight/samsung/brightness" to set the brightness. > I tried to set the brightness via "echo -n 3 > > /sys/class/backlight/samsung/brightness" and the same problem showed up, so > this isn't an xorg problem. Sorry to have wasted your time. Should I report > again on the linux-image package? Reassigning to the kernel. Can you check which backlight driver is used on the other distros you mentioned? Also which kernel versions? Cheers, Julien
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