[ltp] Strange problem with Brightness, R61i

[Michael Gaber]

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umesh b schrieb:
> Hi All,
> 
> I am using Kernel 2.6.28. I am facing a problem where, when on Battery 
> power even when i have reduced Brightness through the Fn+PgDwn keys - 
> after a periodic amount(around 5 mins) of time the Brightness comes back 
> to Full up. I have to manually bring that down again. I have two queries.
> 
> 1)Which options i can set in Kernel Build to a ACPI debug(if it is an 
> ACPI issue)?
> 2)Which logs to check for the debug messages?
> 
> Pleas reply if more info is required for this issue.
> 
> I am using debian Lenny.
> 
> Regards,
> Umesh

Hi

I'd first Check whether there are any power management tools from my 
distro interfering (try single user mode / start without X / start 
without logging in).
then I'd check the scripts in /etc/acpi
and the fglrx driver might also be a problem, it causes strange things 
sometimes

Michael

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