On Sat, 19 Dec 2009 19:16:07 +0100, Thierry Chatelet wrote: > On Saturday 19 December 2009 18:07:11 Thomas McCullough wrote: >> Hi all,
> Same problem with Acer Aspire 5712Z. I posted here some time ago about > it, but got no answer solving the problem. And then it want away with a > kernel upgrade, and came back with a new upgrade. I found 2 others ways > to get out of it when it happen: I have created a second user, and > logging back and forth to the second user brings back the backlight to > full strength. No way to set it using the function, but it's work. The > second way is to go to console, CTRL+ALT+ F1, try to change the > brightness, it will show an error, then go back to the regular user, > problem is fixed! At least, I dont have to go back to vista!!!!! Can you both please run "dmesg | grep brightness" and copy/paste the output after you press the function key to change the brightness of the screen? BTW, it seems to be related to this kernel bug: Buggy _BCM - acer aspire 5720G, 5710Z, 5315 http://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=13121 (see comment #28 for other possible affected Acer laptop models) Greetings, -- Camaleón -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
