Bug#625211: linux-image-2.6.32-5-amd64: Can no longer control backlight

[Moritz Muehlenhoff <jmm@inutil.org>]

reassign 625211 src:linux
thanks

On Mon, May 02, 2011 at 03:40:46PM +0100, Sam Morris wrote:
> Package: linux-2.6
> Version: 2.6.32-31
> Severity: important
> 
> Since upgrading to xserver-xorg 1.7.4, I have been unable to control the
> backlight of my Samsung Q45 laptop.
> 
> I originally filed this against xorg-server as #569596, but was told it
> is a kernel bug.
> 
> /sys/class/backlight is empty.
> 
> This bug is also present in version 2.6.38-3 of the kernel.

Does this still occur with recent kernels, e.g. the Wheezy kernel?

Cheers,
        Moritz