I do not know how to check/ add dcdbas module. All references to it go to yum and I have not been able to install/ start/ check it Please help
Thanks, Vs On Mon, Mar 24, 2008 at 3:38 AM, Erik Andrén <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Vyas, > please make sure you have loaded the dcdbas kernel module. > > -- > Dell Laptops don't talk to HAL about brightness correctly > https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/43572 > You received this bug notification because you are a direct subscriber > of the bug. > > Status in Hardware Abstraction Layer (HAL): Fix Released > Status in Source Package "hal" in Ubuntu: Fix Released > Status in Source Package "linux" in Ubuntu: Fix Released > Status in Source Package "linux-source-2.6.22" in Ubuntu: Won't Fix > > Bug description: > This was discovered in Bug #38531. It seems that Dell laptops are able to > change the brightness settings in the Bios but this does not talk properly > to ACPI, HAL or anything else. > > >From http://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=337580 : > "Some code needs to be written to do this - there's no ACPI method to do > it, but > it can be done via an SMBios call from userspace." > > It means that the system does not know, and cannot change, the brightness > of the monitor. > -- Vyas Sanzgiri 573 202 0165 http://ejvyas.blogspot.com -- Dell Laptops don't talk to HAL about brightness correctly https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/43572 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is a direct subscriber. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
