> I haven't had this problem, but I've found that using the 'backlight'
> command (from the powerpc-utils package) with the '-a' switch often
> doesn't work (won't control the backlight properly), and I have had it
> hard-lock the system. Using the '-q' switch instead doesn't do this - it
> control
On Thu, 16 Aug 2001, Kin Chung wrote:
> Thanks for the tip. Actually it turns out to be caused by
> not having aty128fb activated (the 2.4.4 kernel version was
> badly behaved, it seems, for just about every imac-like machine
> including the ibook) as I discovered after downloading and
> compilin
Do you have CONFIG_PMAC_BACKLIGHT enabled in your .config? I get:
[EMAIL PROTECTED]> dmesg|grep -i backlight
~
Registered "ati" backlight controller, level: 15/15
Thanks for the tip. Actually it turns out to be caused by
not having aty128fb activated (the 2.
Kin Chung wrote:
>
> Machine: iBook 366 FW
> Kernel: linux 2.4.4-pre4 (benh)
> glibc: 2.1.3-17 with 2.4.4-pre4 headers*
>
> I am having trouble getting Debian to control the backlight.
> The "backlight" program (both the potato distribution and the
> pmud 7.2 version) does nothing, and neither
Machine: iBook 366 FW
Kernel: linux 2.4.4-pre4 (benh)
glibc: 2.1.3-17 with 2.4.4-pre4 headers*
I am having trouble getting Debian to control the backlight.
The "backlight" program (both the potato distribution and the
pmud 7.2 version) does nothing, and neither does fblevel.
It does not seem t
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