i915.invert_brightness=1

2013-10-21 Thread Daniel Vetter
On Sun, Oct 20, 2013 at 10:43:57PM +0200, Grethus Bode wrote: > Hello dri developer, > > I have a laptop (Acer Aspire 5336) which needs the i915.invert_brightness=1 > option set to get the brightness correct. > > running Linux 3.7.10-1.16-desktop, openSUSE 12.3 (Dartmout

i915.invert_brightness=1

2013-10-20 Thread Grethus Bode
Hello dri developer, I have a laptop (Acer Aspire 5336) which needs the i915.invert_brightness=1 option set to get the brightness correct. running Linux 3.7.10-1.16-desktop, openSUSE 12.3 (Dartmouth) (i586) Via modinfo i915 I found this mail address and a note to send some info if my machine

Packard Bell EasyNote LV need i915.invert_brightness=1

2013-06-29 Thread Petter Reinholdtsen
[Daniel Vetter] >> Sounds like. Please file a bug report against ACPI -> Video on >> bugzilla.kernel.org. > > When you file that bug please add me and Jani Nikula to the cc > list. We have a few other inverted brightness quirks all on similar > machines. So this could all be due to the same strang

Re: Packard Bell EasyNote LV need i915.invert_brightness=1

2013-06-29 Thread Petter Reinholdtsen
[Daniel Vetter] >> Sounds like. Please file a bug report against ACPI -> Video on >> bugzilla.kernel.org. > > When you file that bug please add me and Jani Nikula to the cc > list. We have a few other inverted brightness quirks all on similar > machines. So this could all be due to the same strang

Packard Bell EasyNote LV need i915.invert_brightness=1

2013-06-28 Thread Daniel Vetter
On Fri, Jun 28, 2013 at 02:15:16PM +0200, Daniel Vetter wrote: > On Thu, Jun 27, 2013 at 05:05:44PM +0200, Petter Reinholdtsen wrote: > > [Daniel Vetter] > > > The buttons might do something fancy behind the scenes (kernel or > > > userspace), so can you please also check whether directly changing

Packard Bell EasyNote LV need i915.invert_brightness=1

2013-06-28 Thread Daniel Vetter
On Thu, Jun 27, 2013 at 05:05:44PM +0200, Petter Reinholdtsen wrote: > [Daniel Vetter] > > The buttons might do something fancy behind the scenes (kernel or > > userspace), so can you please also check whether directly changing > > the backlight values in /sys/class/backlight works correctly? > >

Re: Packard Bell EasyNote LV need i915.invert_brightness=1

2013-06-28 Thread Daniel Vetter
On Fri, Jun 28, 2013 at 02:15:16PM +0200, Daniel Vetter wrote: > On Thu, Jun 27, 2013 at 05:05:44PM +0200, Petter Reinholdtsen wrote: > > [Daniel Vetter] > > > The buttons might do something fancy behind the scenes (kernel or > > > userspace), so can you please also check whether directly changing

Re: Packard Bell EasyNote LV need i915.invert_brightness=1

2013-06-28 Thread Daniel Vetter
On Thu, Jun 27, 2013 at 05:05:44PM +0200, Petter Reinholdtsen wrote: > [Daniel Vetter] > > The buttons might do something fancy behind the scenes (kernel or > > userspace), so can you please also check whether directly changing > > the backlight values in /sys/class/backlight works correctly? > >

Re: Packard Bell EasyNote LV need i915.invert_brightness=1

2013-06-28 Thread Petter Reinholdtsen
[Daniel Vetter] > The buttons might do something fancy behind the scenes (kernel or > userspace), so can you please also check whether directly changing > the backlight values in /sys/class/backlight works correctly? There is full brightness when I set the value of max_brightness into the brightne

Packard Bell EasyNote LV need i915.invert_brightness=1

2013-06-27 Thread Petter Reinholdtsen
[Daniel Vetter] > The buttons might do something fancy behind the scenes (kernel or > userspace), so can you please also check whether directly changing > the backlight values in /sys/class/backlight works correctly? There is full brightness when I set the value of max_brightness into the brightne

Packard Bell EasyNote LV need i915.invert_brightness=1

2013-06-27 Thread Daniel Vetter
On Thu, Jun 27, 2013 at 3:03 PM, Petter Reinholdtsen wrote: > [Daniel Vetter] >> acpi_backlight=vendor should disable the acpi backlights (you can >> check that in /sys/class/backlight), which would mean that userspace >> should fall back to intel backlight driver. Can you please check >> whether

Packard Bell EasyNote LV need i915.invert_brightness=1

2013-06-27 Thread Petter Reinholdtsen
[Daniel Vetter] > acpi_backlight=vendor should disable the acpi backlights (you can > check that in /sys/class/backlight), which would mean that userspace > should fall back to intel backlight driver. Can you please check > whether that one works even without the invert_brightness knob? I.e. > not

Packard Bell EasyNote LV need i915.invert_brightness=1

2013-06-27 Thread Daniel Vetter
erty. If KDE's powerdevil isn't using that one (and frobs >> around with the backlight controllers directly) that'd be a bug in >> kde. > > I discovered that by adding acpi_backlight=vendor and keeping the > i915.invert_brightness=1 setting, the screen went black

Re: Packard Bell EasyNote LV need i915.invert_brightness=1

2013-06-27 Thread Daniel Vetter
On Thu, Jun 27, 2013 at 3:03 PM, Petter Reinholdtsen wrote: > [Daniel Vetter] >> acpi_backlight=vendor should disable the acpi backlights (you can >> check that in /sys/class/backlight), which would mean that userspace >> should fall back to intel backlight driver. Can you please check >> whether

Re: Packard Bell EasyNote LV need i915.invert_brightness=1

2013-06-27 Thread Petter Reinholdtsen
[Daniel Vetter] > acpi_backlight=vendor should disable the acpi backlights (you can > check that in /sys/class/backlight), which would mean that userspace > should fall back to intel backlight driver. Can you please check > whether that one works even without the invert_brightness knob? I.e. > not

Re: Packard Bell EasyNote LV need i915.invert_brightness=1

2013-06-27 Thread Daniel Vetter
erty. If KDE's powerdevil isn't using that one (and frobs >> around with the backlight controllers directly) that'd be a bug in >> kde. > > I discovered that by adding acpi_backlight=vendor and keeping the > i915.invert_brightness=1 setting, the screen went black

Re: Packard Bell EasyNote LV need i915.invert_brightness=1

2013-06-27 Thread Petter Reinholdtsen
trollers directly) that'd be a bug in > kde. I discovered that by adding acpi_backlight=vendor and keeping the i915.invert_brightness=1 setting, the screen went black again. So these settings seem to cancel each other out. But if I remove i915.invert_brightness=1, the screen no longer turn bla

Packard Bell EasyNote LV need i915.invert_brightness=1

2013-06-26 Thread Petter Reinholdtsen
trollers directly) that'd be a bug in > kde. I discovered that by adding acpi_backlight=vendor and keeping the i915.invert_brightness=1 setting, the screen went black again. So these settings seem to cancel each other out. But if I remove i915.invert_brightness=1, the screen no longer turn bla

Packard Bell EasyNote LV need i915.invert_brightness=1

2013-06-26 Thread Daniel Vetter
my drm-intel-next-queued branch. I've slightly bikeshedded > > the patch though for formatting. > > Right. Thank you. > > Btw, a related question. On the laptop in question, even when I use > i915.invert_brightness=1, the kernel still seem to be confused about the > brigh

Packard Bell EasyNote LV need i915.invert_brightness=1

2013-06-26 Thread Petter Reinholdtsen
matting. Right. Thank you. Btw, a related question. On the laptop in question, even when I use i915.invert_brightness=1, the kernel still seem to be confused about the brightness values. This causes the KDE system powerdevil to turn off the screen when I log into KDE. https://bugs.kde.org/show_b

Re: Packard Bell EasyNote LV need i915.invert_brightness=1

2013-06-26 Thread Daniel Vetter
my drm-intel-next-queued branch. I've slightly bikeshedded > > the patch though for formatting. > > Right. Thank you. > > Btw, a related question. On the laptop in question, even when I use > i915.invert_brightness=1, the kernel still seem to be confused about the > brigh

Re: Packard Bell EasyNote LV need i915.invert_brightness=1

2013-06-26 Thread Petter Reinholdtsen
matting. Right. Thank you. Btw, a related question. On the laptop in question, even when I use i915.invert_brightness=1, the kernel still seem to be confused about the brightness values. This causes the KDE system powerdevil to turn off the screen when I log into KDE. https://bugs.kde.org/show_b

Packard Bell EasyNote LV need i915.invert_brightness=1

2013-06-25 Thread Daniel Vetter
On Mon, Jun 24, 2013 at 11:57:43PM +0200, Petter Reinholdtsen wrote: > [Petter Reinholdtsen 2013-06-11] > > Sure. This is my first try, so I hope I got it right. > > Does the silence mean I got the kernel patch formatting right, or that > I should try again? Nah, silence just means that your pat

Re: Packard Bell EasyNote LV need i915.invert_brightness=1

2013-06-25 Thread Daniel Vetter
On Mon, Jun 24, 2013 at 11:57:43PM +0200, Petter Reinholdtsen wrote: > [Petter Reinholdtsen 2013-06-11] > > Sure. This is my first try, so I hope I got it right. > > Does the silence mean I got the kernel patch formatting right, or that > I should try again? Nah, silence just means that your pat

Re: Packard Bell EasyNote LV need i915.invert_brightness=1

2013-06-25 Thread Petter Reinholdtsen
[Petter Reinholdtsen 2013-06-11] > Sure. This is my first try, so I hope I got it right. Does the silence mean I got the kernel patch formatting right, or that I should try again? http://lists.freedesktop.org/archives/dri-devel/2013-June/039787.html > contain the complete patch with description

Packard Bell EasyNote LV need i915.invert_brightness=1

2013-06-24 Thread Petter Reinholdtsen
[Petter Reinholdtsen 2013-06-11] > Sure. This is my first try, so I hope I got it right. Does the silence mean I got the kernel patch formatting right, or that I should try again? http://lists.freedesktop.org/archives/dri-devel/2013-June/039787.html > contain the complete patch with description

Re: Packard Bell EasyNote LV need i915.invert_brightness=1

2013-06-11 Thread Petter Reinholdtsen
[Daniel Vetter] > Hi Petter, > > Can you please make this into a real kernel patch with commit > message, sob line and all? See Documentation/SubmittingPatches. Diff > itself looks good. Sure. This is my first try, so I hope I got it right. Set i915.invert_brightness=1

Packard Bell EasyNote LV need i915.invert_brightness=1

2013-06-11 Thread Petter Reinholdtsen
[Daniel Vetter] > Hi Petter, > > Can you please make this into a real kernel patch with commit > message, sob line and all? See Documentation/SubmittingPatches. Diff > itself looks good. Sure. This is my first try, so I hope I got it right. Set i915.invert_brightness=1

Packard Bell EasyNote LV need i915.invert_brightness=1

2013-06-11 Thread Daniel Vetter
Hi Petter, Can you please make this into a real kernel patch with commit message, sob line and all? See Documentation/SubmittingPatches. Diff itself looks good. Thanks, Daniel On Tue, Jun 11, 2013 at 10:28 AM, Petter Reinholdtsen wrote: > [Petter Reinholdtsen 2013-06-03] >> According to modin

Packard Bell EasyNote LV need i915.invert_brightness=1

2013-06-11 Thread Petter Reinholdtsen
[Petter Reinholdtsen 2013-06-03] > According to modinfo i915, I should report machines/video cards > needing the invert_brightness=1 setting here. The laptop in question > is described on http://www.linlap.com/packard_bell_easynote_lv >. > The screen go black as soon as the i915 kernel module is l

Re: Packard Bell EasyNote LV need i915.invert_brightness=1

2013-06-11 Thread Daniel Vetter
Hi Petter, Can you please make this into a real kernel patch with commit message, sob line and all? See Documentation/SubmittingPatches. Diff itself looks good. Thanks, Daniel On Tue, Jun 11, 2013 at 10:28 AM, Petter Reinholdtsen wrote: > [Petter Reinholdtsen 2013-06-03] >> According to modinf

Re: Packard Bell EasyNote LV need i915.invert_brightness=1

2013-06-11 Thread Petter Reinholdtsen
[Petter Reinholdtsen 2013-06-03] > According to modinfo i915, I should report machines/video cards > needing the invert_brightness=1 setting here. The laptop in question > is described on http://www.linlap.com/packard_bell_easynote_lv >. > The screen go black as soon as the i915 kernel module is l