Re: iBook (firewire) backlight
Kin Chung wrote:
>
> Machine: iBook 366 FW
> Kernel: linux 2.4.4-pre4 (benh)
> glibc: 2.1.3-17 with 2.4.4-pre4 headers*
>
> I am having trouble getting Debian to control the backlight.
> The "backlight" program (both the potato distribution and the
> pmud 7.2 version) does nothing, and neither does fblevel.
> It does not seem to matter if I have pmud installed or not.
> Am I missing something or do I need to use a more recent
> kernel?
Do you have CONFIG_PMAC_BACKLIGHT enabled in your .config? I get:
daenzer@pismo> dmesg|grep -i backlight ~
Registered "ati" backlight controller, level: 15/15
> I would prefer not using a more recent kernel as that would
> likely require rebuilding glibc with new headers.
While I fail to see why that should be necessary, I'm pretty sure you don't
have to upgrade your kernel; backlight control has been working for me for a
long time.
--
Earthling Michel Dänzer (MrCooper) \ Debian GNU/Linux (powerpc) developer
CS student, Free Software enthusiast \ XFree86 and DRI project member
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