From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1751149AbXBVBNW (ORCPT ); Wed, 21 Feb 2007 20:13:22 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1751347AbXBVBNW (ORCPT ); Wed, 21 Feb 2007 20:13:22 -0500 Received: from pentafluge.infradead.org ([213.146.154.40]:58670 "EHLO pentafluge.infradead.org" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1751149AbXBVBNV (ORCPT ); Wed, 21 Feb 2007 20:13:21 -0500 Date: Thu, 22 Feb 2007 01:13:15 +0000 (GMT) From: James Simmons To: Alex Romosan cc: Richard Purdie , Yaroslav Halchenko , Andrew Morton , linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, linux-fbdev-devel@lists.sourceforge.net Subject: Re: no backlight on radeon after recent kernel "upgrade"s In-Reply-To: <87fy8z6pdd.fsf@sycorax.lbl.gov> Message-ID: References: <20070219044616.GC25659@washoe.onerussian.com> <20070219000412.acad13de.akpm@linux-foundation.org> <1171876788.6046.3.camel@localhost.localdomain> <877iub9mu2.fsf@sycorax.lbl.gov> <1172097718.5790.29.camel@localhost.localdomain> <87fy8z6pdd.fsf@sycorax.lbl.gov> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org > Richard Purdie writes: > > > If FB_RADEON_BACKLIGHT wasn't set for 2.6.20, can you try 2.6.21-rc1 > > with that option disabled? > > i don't have my laptop with me but i am pretty sure > FB_RADEON_BACKLIGHT wasn't set for 2.6.20 (i think it showed up as a > new option when i did make oldconfig). i'll post the difference when i > get home tonight and also try disabling it. Correct. You need to enable the backlight for the radeon card. From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: James Simmons Subject: Re: no backlight on radeon after recent kernel "upgrade"s Date: Thu, 22 Feb 2007 01:13:15 +0000 (GMT) Message-ID: References: <20070219044616.GC25659@washoe.onerussian.com> <20070219000412.acad13de.akpm@linux-foundation.org> <1171876788.6046.3.camel@localhost.localdomain> <877iub9mu2.fsf@sycorax.lbl.gov> <1172097718.5790.29.camel@localhost.localdomain> <87fy8z6pdd.fsf@sycorax.lbl.gov> Reply-To: linux-fbdev-devel@lists.sourceforge.net Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Return-path: Received: from sc8-sf-mx1-b.sourceforge.net ([10.3.1.91] helo=mail.sourceforge.net) by sc8-sf-list1-new.sourceforge.net with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1HK2WS-0003KU-C3 for linux-fbdev-devel@lists.sourceforge.net; Wed, 21 Feb 2007 17:13:26 -0800 Received: from pentafluge.infradead.org ([213.146.154.40]) by mail.sourceforge.net with esmtp (Exim 4.44) id 1HK2WQ-0006ZQ-VT for linux-fbdev-devel@lists.sourceforge.net; Wed, 21 Feb 2007 17:13:24 -0800 In-Reply-To: <87fy8z6pdd.fsf@sycorax.lbl.gov> List-Id: List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Sender: linux-fbdev-devel-bounces@lists.sourceforge.net Errors-To: linux-fbdev-devel-bounces@lists.sourceforge.net To: Alex Romosan Cc: linux-fbdev-devel@lists.sourceforge.net, Yaroslav Halchenko , Richard Purdie , Andrew Morton , linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org > Richard Purdie writes: > > > If FB_RADEON_BACKLIGHT wasn't set for 2.6.20, can you try 2.6.21-rc1 > > with that option disabled? > > i don't have my laptop with me but i am pretty sure > FB_RADEON_BACKLIGHT wasn't set for 2.6.20 (i think it showed up as a > new option when i did make oldconfig). i'll post the difference when i > get home tonight and also try disabling it. Correct. You need to enable the backlight for the radeon card. ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Take Surveys. Earn Cash. Influence the Future of IT Join SourceForge.net's Techsay panel and you'll get the chance to share your opinions on IT & business topics through brief surveys-and earn cash http://www.techsay.com/default.php?page=join.php&p=sourceforge&CID=DEVDEV