> > Observation: When running xbacklight --set somevalue it flickers a bit > > and seems to set a random brightness where setting to some value always > > results in the same brightness. 100% looks like 50%, 98% looks like > > 100%, 50% looks like 100% again with other values in between. I have not > > further investigated this, but can do so if needed. > > > > Is it better with xserver-xorg-video-intel 2.1.0 (currently in testing) ?
I've been pinged on IRC about this bug, by Brice and I have to mention that I
absolutely do not experience it.
xbacklight works like a charm for me:
X Window System Version 1.3.0
Release Date: 19 April 2007
X Protocol Version 11, Revision 0, Release 1.3
Build Operating System: Linux Debian
Current Operating System: Linux mykerinos 2.6.22-1-686 #1 SMP Mon Jul 23
13:23:02 UTC 2007 i686
Build Date: 14 July 2007
Before reporting problems, check http://wiki.x.org
to make sure that you have the latest version.
Module Loader present
Markers: (--) probed, (**) from config file, (==) default setting,
(++) from command line, (!!) notice, (II) informational,
(WW) warning, (EE) error, (NI) not implemented, (??) unknown.
(==) Log file: "/var/log/Xorg.0.log", Time: Sat Aug 4 07:44:36 2007
(==) Using config file: "/etc/X11/xorg.conf"
(==) ServerLayout "Default Layout"
(**) |-->Screen "Default Screen" (0)
(**) | |-->Monitor "�cran générique"
(**) | |-->Device "Carte vidéo générique"
(**) |-->Input Device "Generic Keyboard"
(**) |-->Input Device "Configured Mouse"
(**) |-->Input Device "Synaptics Touchpad"
(WW) No FontPath specified. Using compiled-in default.
(WW) The directory "/usr/share/fonts/X11/cyrillic" does not exist.
Entry deleted from font path.
(==) FontPath set to:
/usr/share/fonts/X11/misc,
/usr/share/fonts/X11/100dpi/:unscaled,
/usr/share/fonts/X11/75dpi/:unscaled,
/usr/share/fonts/X11/Type1,
/usr/share/fonts/X11/100dpi,
/usr/share/fonts/X11/75dpi,
/var/lib/defoma/x-ttcidfont-conf.d/dirs/TrueType
(==) RgbPath set to "/etc/X11/rgb"
(==) ModulePath set to "/usr/lib/xorg/modules"
(II) Open ACPI successful (/var/run/acpid.socket)
(II) Loader magic: 0x81e50c0
(II) Module ABI versions:
X.Org ANSI C Emulation: 0.3
X.Org Video Driver: 1.2
X.Org XInput driver : 0.7
X.Org Server Extension : 0.3
X.Org Font Renderer : 0.5
(II) Loader running on linux
(II) LoadModule: "pcidata"
(II) Loading /usr/lib/xorg/modules//libpcidata.so
(II) Module pcidata: vendor="X.Org Foundation"
compiled for 1.3.0, module version = 1.0.0
ABI class: X.Org Video Driver, version 1.2
(++) using VT number 7
(II) PCI: PCI scan (all values are in hex)
(II) PCI: 00:00:0: chip 8086,2590 card 1028,01a3 rev 03 class 06,00,00 hdr 00
(II) PCI: 00:02:0: chip 8086,2592 card 1028,01a3 rev 03 class 03,00,00 hdr 80
(II) PCI: 00:02:1: chip 8086,2792 card 1028,01a3 rev 03 class 03,80,00 hdr 80
(II) PCI: 00:1c:0: chip 8086,2660 card 0000,0000 rev 03 class 06,04,00 hdr 81
(II) PCI: 00:1d:0: chip 8086,2658 card 1028,01a3 rev 03 class 0c,03,00 hdr 80
(II) PCI: 00:1d:1: chip 8086,2659 card 1028,01a3 rev 03 class 0c,03,00 hdr 00
(II) PCI: 00:1d:2: chip 8086,265a card 1028,01a3 rev 03 class 0c,03,00 hdr 00
(II) PCI: 00:1d:3: chip 8086,265b card 1028,01a3 rev 03 class 0c,03,00 hdr 00
(II) PCI: 00:1d:7: chip 8086,265c card 1028,01a3 rev 03 class 0c,03,20 hdr 00
(II) PCI: 00:1e:0: chip 8086,2448 card 0000,0000 rev d3 class 06,04,01 hdr 81
(II) PCI: 00:1e:2: chip 8086,266e card 1028,01a3 rev 03 class 04,01,00 hdr 00
(II) PCI: 00:1e:3: chip 8086,266d card 14f1,5423 rev 03 class 07,03,00 hdr 00
(II) PCI: 00:1f:0: chip 8086,2641 card 1028,01a3 rev 03 class 06,01,00 hdr 80
(II) PCI: 00:1f:1: chip 8086,266f card 1028,01a3 rev 03 class 01,01,8a hdr 00
(II) PCI: 00:1f:3: chip 8086,266a card 1028,01a3 rev 03 class 0c,05,00 hdr 00
(II) PCI: 01:00:0: chip 14e4,1677 card 1028,01a3 rev 01 class 02,00,00 hdr 00
(II) PCI: 02:01:0: chip 1180,0476 card 2000,0000 rev b3 class 06,07,00 hdr 82
(II) PCI: 02:01:1: chip 1180,0552 card 1028,01a3 rev 08 class 0c,00,10 hdr 80
(II) PCI: 02:01:2: chip 1180,0822 card 1028,01a3 rev 17 class 08,05,01 hdr 80
(II) PCI: 02:03:0: chip 8086,4220 card 8086,2721 rev 05 class 02,80,00 hdr 00
(II) PCI: End of PCI scan
(II) Intel Bridge workaround enabled
(II) Host-to-PCI bridge:
(II) Bus 0: bridge is at (0:0:0), (0,0,3), BCTRL: 0x0008 (VGA_EN is set)
(II) Bus 0 I/O range:
[0] -1 0 0x00000000 - 0x0000ffff (0x10000) IX[B]
(II) Bus 0 non-prefetchable memory range:
[0] -1 0 0x00000000 - 0xffffffff (0x0) MX[B]
(II) Bus 0 prefetchable memory range:
[0] -1 0 0x00000000 - 0xffffffff (0x0) MX[B]
(II) PCI-to-PCI bridge:
(II) Bus 1: bridge is at (0:28:0), (0,1,1), BCTRL: 0x0002 (VGA_EN is cleared)
(II) Bus 1 non-prefetchable memory range:
[0] -1 0 0xdfd00000 - 0xdfdfffff (0x100000) MX[B]
(II) Subtractive PCI-to-PCI bridge:
(II) Bus 2: bridge is at (0:30:0), (0,2,6), BCTRL: 0x0002 (VGA_EN is cleared)
(II) Bus 2 I/O range:
[0] -1 0 0x00002000 - 0x00002fff (0x1000) IX[B]
(II) Bus 2 non-prefetchable memory range:
[0] -1 0 0xdfc00000 - 0xdfcfffff (0x100000) MX[B]
(II) Bus 2 prefetchable memory range:
[0] -1 0 0x60000000 - 0x63ffffff (0x4000000) MX[B]
(II) PCI-to-ISA bridge:
(II) Bus -1: bridge is at (0:31:0), (0,-1,-1), BCTRL: 0x0008 (VGA_EN is set)
(II) PCI-to-CardBus bridge:
(II) Bus 3: bridge is at (2:1:0), (2,3,6), BCTRL: 0x0580 (VGA_EN is cleared)
(II) Bus 3 I/O range:
[0] -1 0 0x00002000 - 0x000020ff (0x100) IX[B]
[1] -1 0 0x00002400 - 0x000024ff (0x100) IX[B]
(II) Bus 3 prefetchable memory range:
[0] -1 0 0x60000000 - 0x63ffffff (0x4000000) MX[B]
(--) PCI:*(0:2:0) Intel Corporation Mobile 915GM/GMS/910GML Express Graphics
Controller rev 3, Mem @ 0xdff00000/19, 0xc0000000/28, 0xdfec0000/18, I/O @
0xec38/3
(--) PCI: (0:2:1) Intel Corporation Mobile 915GM/GMS/910GML Express Graphics
Controller rev 3, Mem @ 0xdff80000/19
(II) Addressable bus resource ranges are
[0] -1 0 0x00000000 - 0xffffffff (0x0) MX[B]
[1] -1 0 0x00000000 - 0x0000ffff (0x10000) IX[B]
(II) OS-reported resource ranges:
[0] -1 0 0x00100000 - 0x3fffffff (0x3ff00000) MX[B]E(B)
[1] -1 0 0x000f0000 - 0x000fffff (0x10000) MX[B]
[2] -1 0 0x000c0000 - 0x000effff (0x30000) MX[B]
[3] -1 0 0x00000000 - 0x0009ffff (0xa0000) MX[B]
[4] -1 0 0x0000ffff - 0x0000ffff (0x1) IX[B]
[5] -1 0 0x00000000 - 0x000000ff (0x100) IX[B]
(II) Active PCI resource ranges:
[0] -1 0 0xdfcff000 - 0xdfcfffff (0x1000) MX[B]
[1] -1 0 0xdfcfe700 - 0xdfcfe7ff (0x100) MX[B]
[2] -1 0 0xdfcfe800 - 0xdfcfefff (0x800) MX[B]
[3] -1 0 0xdfdf0000 - 0xdfdfffff (0x10000) MX[B]
[4] -1 0 0xdfebfd00 - 0xdfebfdff (0x100) MX[B]
[5] -1 0 0xdfebfe00 - 0xdfebffff (0x200) MX[B]
[6] -1 0 0xffa80800 - 0xffa80bff (0x400) MX[B]
[7] -1 0 0xdff80000 - 0xdfffffff (0x80000) MX[B](B)
[8] -1 0 0xdfec0000 - 0xdfefffff (0x40000) MX[B](B)
[9] -1 0 0xc0000000 - 0xcfffffff (0x10000000) MX[B](B)
[10] -1 0 0xdff00000 - 0xdff7ffff (0x80000) MX[B](B)
[11] -1 0 0x000010c0 - 0x000010df (0x20) IX[B]
[12] -1 0 0x0000bfa0 - 0x0000bfaf (0x10) IX[B]
[13] -1 0 0x00000374 - 0x00000374 (0x1) IX[B]
[14] -1 0 0x00000170 - 0x00000177 (0x8) IX[B]
[15] -1 0 0x000003f4 - 0x000003f4 (0x1) IX[B]
[16] -1 0 0x000001f0 - 0x000001f7 (0x8) IX[B]
[17] -1 0 0x0000ec80 - 0x0000ecff (0x80) IX[B]
[18] -1 0 0x0000ee00 - 0x0000eeff (0x100) IX[B]
[19] -1 0 0x0000ec40 - 0x0000ec7f (0x40) IX[B]
[20] -1 0 0x0000ed00 - 0x0000edff (0x100) IX[B]
[21] -1 0 0x0000bf20 - 0x0000bf3f (0x20) IX[B]
[22] -1 0 0x0000bf40 - 0x0000bf5f (0x20) IX[B]
[23] -1 0 0x0000bf60 - 0x0000bf7f (0x20) IX[B]
[24] -1 0 0x0000bf80 - 0x0000bf9f (0x20) IX[B]
[25] -1 0 0x0000ec38 - 0x0000ec3f (0x8) IX[B](B)
(II) Active PCI resource ranges after removing overlaps:
[0] -1 0 0xdfcff000 - 0xdfcfffff (0x1000) MX[B]
[1] -1 0 0xdfcfe700 - 0xdfcfe7ff (0x100) MX[B]
[2] -1 0 0xdfcfe800 - 0xdfcfefff (0x800) MX[B]
[3] -1 0 0xdfdf0000 - 0xdfdfffff (0x10000) MX[B]
[4] -1 0 0xdfebfd00 - 0xdfebfdff (0x100) MX[B]
[5] -1 0 0xdfebfe00 - 0xdfebffff (0x200) MX[B]
[6] -1 0 0xffa80800 - 0xffa80bff (0x400) MX[B]
[7] -1 0 0xdff80000 - 0xdfffffff (0x80000) MX[B](B)
[8] -1 0 0xdfec0000 - 0xdfefffff (0x40000) MX[B](B)
[9] -1 0 0xc0000000 - 0xcfffffff (0x10000000) MX[B](B)
[10] -1 0 0xdff00000 - 0xdff7ffff (0x80000) MX[B](B)
[11] -1 0 0x000010c0 - 0x000010df (0x20) IX[B]
[12] -1 0 0x0000bfa0 - 0x0000bfaf (0x10) IX[B]
[13] -1 0 0x00000374 - 0x00000374 (0x1) IX[B]
[14] -1 0 0x00000170 - 0x00000177 (0x8) IX[B]
[15] -1 0 0x000003f4 - 0x000003f4 (0x1) IX[B]
[16] -1 0 0x000001f0 - 0x000001f7 (0x8) IX[B]
[17] -1 0 0x0000ec80 - 0x0000ecff (0x80) IX[B]
[18] -1 0 0x0000ee00 - 0x0000eeff (0x100) IX[B]
[19] -1 0 0x0000ec40 - 0x0000ec7f (0x40) IX[B]
[20] -1 0 0x0000ed00 - 0x0000edff (0x100) IX[B]
[21] -1 0 0x0000bf20 - 0x0000bf3f (0x20) IX[B]
[22] -1 0 0x0000bf40 - 0x0000bf5f (0x20) IX[B]
[23] -1 0 0x0000bf60 - 0x0000bf7f (0x20) IX[B]
[24] -1 0 0x0000bf80 - 0x0000bf9f (0x20) IX[B]
[25] -1 0 0x0000ec38 - 0x0000ec3f (0x8) IX[B](B)
(II) OS-reported resource ranges after removing overlaps with PCI:
[0] -1 0 0x00100000 - 0x3fffffff (0x3ff00000) MX[B]E(B)
[1] -1 0 0x000f0000 - 0x000fffff (0x10000) MX[B]
[2] -1 0 0x000c0000 - 0x000effff (0x30000) MX[B]
[3] -1 0 0x00000000 - 0x0009ffff (0xa0000) MX[B]
[4] -1 0 0x0000ffff - 0x0000ffff (0x1) IX[B]
[5] -1 0 0x00000000 - 0x000000ff (0x100) IX[B]
(II) All system resource ranges:
[0] -1 0 0x00100000 - 0x3fffffff (0x3ff00000) MX[B]E(B)
[1] -1 0 0x000f0000 - 0x000fffff (0x10000) MX[B]
[2] -1 0 0x000c0000 - 0x000effff (0x30000) MX[B]
[3] -1 0 0x00000000 - 0x0009ffff (0xa0000) MX[B]
[4] -1 0 0xdfcff000 - 0xdfcfffff (0x1000) MX[B]
[5] -1 0 0xdfcfe700 - 0xdfcfe7ff (0x100) MX[B]
[6] -1 0 0xdfcfe800 - 0xdfcfefff (0x800) MX[B]
[7] -1 0 0xdfdf0000 - 0xdfdfffff (0x10000) MX[B]
[8] -1 0 0xdfebfd00 - 0xdfebfdff (0x100) MX[B]
[9] -1 0 0xdfebfe00 - 0xdfebffff (0x200) MX[B]
[10] -1 0 0xffa80800 - 0xffa80bff (0x400) MX[B]
[11] -1 0 0xdff80000 - 0xdfffffff (0x80000) MX[B](B)
[12] -1 0 0xdfec0000 - 0xdfefffff (0x40000) MX[B](B)
[13] -1 0 0xc0000000 - 0xcfffffff (0x10000000) MX[B](B)
[14] -1 0 0xdff00000 - 0xdff7ffff (0x80000) MX[B](B)
[15] -1 0 0x0000ffff - 0x0000ffff (0x1) IX[B]
[16] -1 0 0x00000000 - 0x000000ff (0x100) IX[B]
[17] -1 0 0x000010c0 - 0x000010df (0x20) IX[B]
[18] -1 0 0x0000bfa0 - 0x0000bfaf (0x10) IX[B]
[19] -1 0 0x00000374 - 0x00000374 (0x1) IX[B]
[20] -1 0 0x00000170 - 0x00000177 (0x8) IX[B]
[21] -1 0 0x000003f4 - 0x000003f4 (0x1) IX[B]
[22] -1 0 0x000001f0 - 0x000001f7 (0x8) IX[B]
[23] -1 0 0x0000ec80 - 0x0000ecff (0x80) IX[B]
[24] -1 0 0x0000ee00 - 0x0000eeff (0x100) IX[B]
[25] -1 0 0x0000ec40 - 0x0000ec7f (0x40) IX[B]
[26] -1 0 0x0000ed00 - 0x0000edff (0x100) IX[B]
[27] -1 0 0x0000bf20 - 0x0000bf3f (0x20) IX[B]
[28] -1 0 0x0000bf40 - 0x0000bf5f (0x20) IX[B]
[29] -1 0 0x0000bf60 - 0x0000bf7f (0x20) IX[B]
[30] -1 0 0x0000bf80 - 0x0000bf9f (0x20) IX[B]
[31] -1 0 0x0000ec38 - 0x0000ec3f (0x8) IX[B](B)
(II) LoadModule: "extmod"
(II) Loading /usr/lib/xorg/modules/extensions//libextmod.so
(II) Module extmod: vendor="X.Org Foundation"
compiled for 1.3.0, module version = 1.0.0
Module class: X.Org Server Extension
ABI class: X.Org Server Extension, version 0.3
(II) Loading extension SHAPE
(II) Loading extension MIT-SUNDRY-NONSTANDARD
(II) Loading extension BIG-REQUESTS
(II) Loading extension SYNC
(II) Loading extension MIT-SCREEN-SAVER
(II) Loading extension XC-MISC
(II) Loading extension XFree86-VidModeExtension
(II) Loading extension XFree86-Misc
(II) Loading extension XFree86-DGA
(II) Loading extension DPMS
(II) Loading extension TOG-CUP
(II) Loading extension Extended-Visual-Information
(II) Loading extension XVideo
(II) Loading extension XVideo-MotionCompensation
(II) Loading extension X-Resource
(II) LoadModule: "dbe"
(II) Loading /usr/lib/xorg/modules/extensions//libdbe.so
(II) Module dbe: vendor="X.Org Foundation"
compiled for 1.3.0, module version = 1.0.0
Module class: X.Org Server Extension
ABI class: X.Org Server Extension, version 0.3
(II) Loading extension DOUBLE-BUFFER
(II) LoadModule: "glx"
(II) Loading /usr/lib/xorg/modules/extensions//libglx.so
(II) Module glx: vendor="X.Org Foundation"
compiled for 1.3.0, module version = 1.0.0
ABI class: X.Org Server Extension, version 0.3
(==) AIGLX enabled
(II) Loading extension GLX
(II) LoadModule: "freetype"
(II) Loading /usr/lib/xorg/modules//fonts/libfreetype.so
(II) Module freetype: vendor="X.Org Foundation & the After X-TT Project"
compiled for 1.3.0, module version = 2.1.0
Module class: X.Org Font Renderer
ABI class: X.Org Font Renderer, version 0.5
(II) Loading font FreeType
(II) LoadModule: "record"
(II) Loading /usr/lib/xorg/modules/extensions//librecord.so
(II) Module record: vendor="X.Org Foundation"
compiled for 1.3.0, module version = 1.13.0
Module class: X.Org Server Extension
ABI class: X.Org Server Extension, version 0.3
(II) Loading extension RECORD
(II) LoadModule: "dri"
(II) Loading /usr/lib/xorg/modules/extensions//libdri.so
(II) Module dri: vendor="X.Org Foundation"
compiled for 1.3.0, module version = 1.0.0
ABI class: X.Org Server Extension, version 0.3
(II) Loading extension XFree86-DRI
(II) LoadModule: "intel"
(II) Loading /usr/lib/xorg/modules/drivers//intel_drv.so
(II) Module intel: vendor="X.Org Foundation"
compiled for 1.3.0, module version = 2.1.0
Module class: X.Org Video Driver
ABI class: X.Org Video Driver, version 1.2
(II) LoadModule: "kbd"
(II) Loading /usr/lib/xorg/modules/input//kbd_drv.so
(II) Module kbd: vendor="X.Org Foundation"
compiled for 1.3.0, module version = 1.2.1
Module class: X.Org XInput Driver
ABI class: X.Org XInput driver, version 0.7
(II) LoadModule: "mouse"
(II) Loading /usr/lib/xorg/modules/input//mouse_drv.so
(II) Module mouse: vendor="X.Org Foundation"
compiled for 1.3.0, module version = 1.2.1
Module class: X.Org XInput Driver
ABI class: X.Org XInput driver, version 0.7
(II) LoadModule: "synaptics"
(II) Loading /usr/lib/xorg/modules/input//synaptics_drv.so
(II) Module synaptics: vendor="X.Org Foundation"
compiled for 4.3.99.902, module version = 1.0.0
Module class: X.Org XInput Driver
ABI class: X.Org XInput driver, version 0.7
(II) intel: Driver for Intel Integrated Graphics Chipsets: i810,
i810-dc100, i810e, i815, i830M, 845G, 852GM/855GM, 865G, 915G,
E7221 (i915), 915GM, 945G, 945GM, 945GME, 965G, 965G, 965Q, 946GZ,
965GM, 965GME/GLE, G33, Q35, Q33
(II) Primary Device is: PCI 00:02:0
(--) Assigning device section with no busID to primary device
(WW) intel: No matching Device section for instance (BusID PCI:0:2:1) found
(--) Chipset 915GM found
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