[Bug 568611] Re: Screen brightness control fails on Dell Studio 1558

2011-11-17 Thread captain toro
Please ignore my comment above. I have just tried the linux 3.1 kernel and found both the acpi_video0 and the intel_backlight in the /sys/class/backlight still available in debian. I thought only the acpi_video was in the 3.0 kernel and so switched to the kamal~mgjbacklight kernel. Maybe I will fig

[Bug 568611] Re: Screen brightness control fails on Dell Studio 1558

2011-11-16 Thread captain toro
Is there a way to have a finer control of the screen brightness? I have been using the kamal~mjgbacklight kernels for the /sys/class/backlight/intel_backlight control in my Dell Studio 1558 since last spring. I now have the kamal~mjgbacklight kernel in my Sony Vaio All-in-One with 22" display. Bot

[Bug 568611] Re: Screen brightness control fails on Dell Studio 1558

2011-01-28 Thread captain toro
Thank you, thank you, thank you for the brightness fix kernels. I have tried the vmlinuz-2.6.35-25-generic and the vmlinuz-2.6.37-12-generic and the /sys/class/backlight/intel_backlight/brightness control works nicely for both. I went slightly blind looking at the Ultrabright 1080p screen in my D