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Date: Wed, 21 Feb 2007 18:09:51 -0800 From: Joel Becker <Joel.Becker@...cle.com> To: James Simmons <jsimmons@...radead.org> Cc: Yaroslav Halchenko <lists@...russian.com>, Richard Purdie <rpurdie@...ys.net>, Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>, linux-fbdev-devel@...ts.sourceforge.net, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org Subject: Re: [Linux-fbdev-devel] no backlight on radeon after recent kernel "upgrade"s On Thu, Feb 22, 2007 at 01:11:18AM +0000, James Simmons wrote: > > *$> grep BACKLIGH /boot/config-2.6.20 > > # CONFIG_FB_BACKLIGHT is not set > > CONFIG_BACKLIGHT_LCD_SUPPORT=y > > CONFIG_BACKLIGHT_CLASS_DEVICE=m > > CONFIG_BACKLIGHT_DEVICE=y > > You need to explictly enable the backlight for your fbdev driver. It > doesn't do the selecting magically for you. > Jus do a make "favorite"config and go to the fbdev menu and select the > backlight option for your fbdev driver. I would think that we'd always want to enable the backlight. How are people supposed to Just Know that the kernel defaults to a black LCD? Joel -- Life's Little Instruction Book #407 "Every once in a while, take the scenic route." Joel Becker Principal Software Developer Oracle E-mail: joel.becker@...cle.com Phone: (650) 506-8127 - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@...r.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
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