linux-kernel - Re: [v3.11-rc2] regression: brightness always on maximum.

lists.openwall.net		lists / announce owl-users owl-dev john-users john-dev passwdqc-users yescrypt popa3d-users / oss-security kernel-hardening musl sabotage tlsify passwords / crypt-dev xvendor / Bugtraq Full-Disclosure linux-kernel linux-netdev linux-ext4 linux-hardening linux-cve-announce PHC
Open Source and information security mailing list archives

Hash Suite: Windows password security audit tool. GUI, reports in PDF.

[<prev] [next>] [<thread-prev] [thread-next>] [day] [month] [year] [list]

Message-ID: <24129555.GbVZ9SDS5Q@vostro.rjw.lan>
Date:	Wed, 24 Jul 2013 01:57:25 +0200
From:	"Rafael J. Wysocki" <rjw@...k.pl>
To:	Jörg Otte <jrg.otte@...il.com>
Cc:	Linux Kernel Mailing List <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	rafael.j.wysocki@...el.com,
	Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>
Subject: Re: [v3.11-rc2] regression: brightness always on maximum.

On Tuesday, July 23, 2013 09:52:15 AM Jörg Otte wrote:
> The brightness of my laptop is always on maximum and can't be scaled
> down.
> Brightness control via function keys was always working on this
> laptop, so this is a regression in v3.11-rc2.

Is there any other way to control brightness on your system (eg. through a GUI)?

If so, does it work?

Also, does reverting commit efaa14c help?  If it doesn't help, does reverting
commit 8c5bd7a too (so that both are reverted) help?

Rafael

--
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/