On Tue, Sep 18, 2007 at 09:44:56PM +0200, Brice Goglin wrote: > You should probably use the xbacklight tool (xbacklight package) instead > of the brightness control keys. The latter might change things in the > back of the driver (through the BIOS), causing possible problems.
I think xbacklight is more like a work around but not a real solution. The brightness settings with acpi buttons do work right now with the old driver and I can't get the point why the newer driver refuses to use the functionality. brightness control keys don't change things without noticing the operating system. Every change to the brightness is noticed in /sys/class/backlight/acpi_video0/actual_brightness. > There are some problems with xbacklight though, for instance bug #438969. > >> This doesn't happen if I downgrade to 1.7.2-4. > > Have you ever tried with previous releases of xserver-xorg-video-intel, > for instance 2.0.0 or 2.1.0? No. These drivers did lock my system too often if switching between VT and X11 or exiting Xfce back to xdm so I didn't used them much. The newest driver does freeze less often. But next weekend I will have a bit more time to play. :-) Just now I switched back to the old driver. Brightness keys work like a charm, no freeze if switching from X11 to VT or if exiting Xfce and reentering xdm... Good old times ;-) Regards, Dirk -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
