Bug#681743: i915: display backlight brightness initially set to zero on boot

2012-11-04 Thread Jonathan Nieder
Hi Stefan, Stefan Nagy wrote: > [Subject: (no subject)] Please keep in mind that these appear as emails in a crowded inbox, so the subject line can be a good place to put valuable context. > At least in my case this is an upstream bug – I tested this with the > vanilla kernel v3.6.4 and got the

Bug#681743: i915: display backlight brightness initially set to zero on boot

2012-10-14 Thread Gedalya
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Bug#681743: i915: display backlight brightness initially set to zero on boot

2012-07-19 Thread Gedalya
Tested 3.5.0-rc7+, boots up the same way, with the backlight off. Adding i915.invert_brightness=1 makes it turn the brightness up to the maximum as expected, however this is pretty ugly. Without this parameter, I can just turn the brightness up with the fn keys and I get the nice on-screen indicato

Bug#681743: i915: display backlight brightness initially set to zero on boot

2012-07-16 Thread Jonathan Nieder
Gedalya wrote: > Using an HP dm4t-1200 laptop. > The backlight is set to zero brightness as soon as the kernel begins to load. > In my case I can set the brightness higher by simply using the appropriate fn > key combination, but until then everything looks black. > > It looks to me like the follo