Bug#389770: pbbuttonsd: use sysfs interface to backlight instead of legacy ioctl

2006-09-29 Thread Frank Lichtenheld
On Fri, Sep 29, 2006 at 09:47:49AM +0200, Yves-Alexis Perez wrote: > I don't really know. The backlight / backlight_legacy seems to have been > introduced in 2.6.18. Before that, I guess only "legacy" (ioctl) was > present, so no need of a .config option. > > Some people don't even need pbbuttonsd

Bug#389770: pbbuttonsd: use sysfs interface to backlight instead of legacy ioctl

2006-09-29 Thread Yves-Alexis Perez
On Fri, 2006-09-29 at 00:44 +0200, Frank Lichtenheld wrote: > Hmm, I have a Powerbook G4 12" with Nvidia card. I can adjust my > brightness just fine right now. But I don't have > a /sys/class/backlight > so after I would apply your patch it would stop working, right? > (Haven't actually tested it

Bug#389770: pbbuttonsd: use sysfs interface to backlight instead of legacy ioctl

2006-09-28 Thread Frank Lichtenheld
On Wed, Sep 27, 2006 at 05:48:34PM +0200, Yves-Alexis Perez wrote: > pbbuttonsd currently use legacy ioctl to get/set LCD backlight. It > requires that CONFIG_PMAC_BACKLIGHT_LEGACY is set on the kernel config, > which is not currently the case on debian powerpc kernel. I've asked > this option to b

Bug#389770: pbbuttonsd: use sysfs interface to backlight instead of legacy ioctl

2006-09-27 Thread Yves-Alexis Perez
Package: pbbuttonsd Version: 0.7.5-2 Severity: wishlist pbbuttonsd currently use legacy ioctl to get/set LCD backlight. It requires that CONFIG_PMAC_BACKLIGHT_LEGACY is set on the kernel config, which is not currently the case on debian powerpc kernel. I've asked this option to be set in .config,