On Tue, Mar 01, 2005 at 11:22:55AM +0100, Djoume SALVETTI wrote: > Le mardi 03/01/05 Guido Guenther <agx@debian.org> a écrit : > > Hi Djoume, > > On Tue, Mar 01, 2005 at 09:28:50AM +0100, Djoume SALVETTI wrote: > > > I've notice that despite kernel image 2.6.10 include and activate > > > (CONFIG_PMAC_BACKLIGHT=y) Guido Guenther backlight control patch, I'm > > > not able to control it while using this kernel (I've > > > append="video=rivafb:1024x768-8@75" in my yaboot.conf). > > Could you use 'strace fblevel <value>' to see what error code the kernel > > actually returns? > > sure : > > gotan:/home/djoume# fblevel 10 > ioctl PMU_IOC_SET_BACKLIGHT: No such device O.k. you're using offb instead of rivafb then. "fbset -i" will tell you for sure. I assume passing "video=rivafb" doesn't help, since rivafb can't take over from offb, right? Compiling in both definitely works. Could you check how radeonfb is being handled in the debian kernels? Cheers, -- Guido
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