> On Fri, Sep 15, 2006 at 12:08:29AM +0200, Michael Tautschnig wrote: > > Package: linux-image-2.6.18-rc6-powerpc > > Version: 2.6.17+2.6.18-rc6-0experimental.1snapshot.7391 > > > > The backlight control of my PowerBook, as controlled via pbbuttonsd/gtkpbbuttons > > does not work anymore using the above kernel image. gtkpbbuttons does display > > the icon, but the bar displaying the status remains at 0 (and the light does not > > change as well). > > > > I noticed that there was a major rewrite of the backlight control for 2.6.18, so > > it is probably an upstream issue. > > > > Regards, > > Michael > > > > as aboves is latest upstream might be very well interested. > please be so kind to feed bugzilla.kernel.org > providing a pointer to your bug would be cool > I'm sorry, but in this case it isn't an upstream issue. Actually it is a specific problem of the Debian-kernel here: The config lacks CONFIG_PMAC_BACKLIGHT_LEGACY=y , which is obviously required for pbbuttonsd to work. Future versions of pbbuttonsd will hopefully not require this option. However, some of the patches applied to the Debian-flavor of the kernel even remove this config option, thus it currently can't even just be added to the config options. Just to reiterate: I built a vanilla 2.6.18-rc7 and using the above option pbbuttonsd continues to work as expected. Regards, Michael
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