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Message-ID: <20080930231952.GB15903@ucw.cz>
Date:	Wed, 1 Oct 2008 01:19:52 +0200
From:	Pavel Machek <pavel@...e.cz>
To:	carbonated beverage <ramune@...-ronin.org>
Cc:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: Thinkpad brightness keys kill X on 2.6.26.5

Hi!

> I just upgraded from 2.6.25.17 to 2.6.26.5 on my Thinkpad Z61t, and found
> the brightness keys will cause the X server to die.  When using the
> brightness up/down keys, the screen will go blank -- Control+Alt+F# will
> still switch to a different virtual console, but switching back will not
> restore the video state.
> 
> After killing the window manager, I was able to bring up X again without
> a problem -- but using the brightness keys still causes it to go blank
> again within X, while the brightness does get changed correctly on the
> console.
> 
> There were no kernel messages, but this appeared in the Xorg log:

Yes, I had similar problems... for me it blanked screen on closing
lid. Problem disappeared after upgrading X...

> .config attached -- is this a known issue?  In the meantime, I'm starting
> a bisection to figure out where the problem crops up.

For me CONFIG_ACPI_VIDEO never really worked...


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