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Message-ID: <1319743670.62757.YahooMailNeo@web130109.mail.mud.yahoo.com>
Date: Thu, 27 Oct 2011 12:27:50 -0700 (PDT)
From: Alex Davis <alex14641@...oo.com>
To: "wmkoolen@...ence.uva.nl" <wmkoolen@...ence.uva.nl>,
"linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org" <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re:[bisected] i915 dpms does not switch back light on
>Hi guys,
>
>After update from kernel 3.0.8 to 3.1 I encounter the following problem.
>When power saving turns off the back light, key/mouse activity does not
>turn it back on. I can turn it back on by pressing the "brightness++" key.
I've been having this problem as well. I created a patch that fixes the problem for me and others:
diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/intel_panel.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/intel_panel.c
index 6f56676..a9e0c7b 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/intel_panel.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/intel_panel.c
@@ -262,6 +262,8 @@ void intel_panel_disable_backlight(struct drm_device *dev)
dev_priv->backlight_level = intel_panel_get_backlight(dev);
dev_priv->backlight_enabled = false;
}
+
+ intel_panel_set_backlight(dev, 0);
}
For more info, see http://marc.info/?l=linux-kernel&m=131959957117710&w=2
I code, therefore I am
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