[ltp] Re: Brightness keys broken with 2.6.28

Derrick Karpo linux-thinkpad@linux-thinkpad.org
Thu, 1 Jan 2009 11:29:46 -0700


On Thu, Jan 1, 2009 at 8:51 AM, Tino Keitel <tino.keitel@tikei.de> wrote:
> On Thu, Jan 01, 2009 at 16:42:01 +0100, Tino Keitel wrote:
>> Hi,
>>
>> I just switched to 2.6.28 and the brightness keys that used to be
>> reported as key events with 2.6.27 and thinkpad-acpi don't work
>> anymore. I checked with xev and only see this when I press Fn-Pos1:
>
> Setting the brightness with xbacklight is broken, too:
>
> $ xbacklight -set 100
>
> does nothing, the LCD stays dimmed.
>
> This happens with a X61s.

No problem here with a T400 and 2.6.28.  Both the Fn-<brightness> keys
and xbacklight work as expected.

If you switch back to 2.6.27 is it working?

Derrick