Re: Kernel 2.6.23-1 disables brightness controls?
On Tue, Dec 25, 2007 at 08:54:44PM +0100, Denís Fernández Cabrera wrote:
> Hello people,
>
> I have recently upgraded my laptop (iBook G4) to kernel 2.6.23-1,
> which seems to be working perfectly in everything but the control of
> screen brightness.
>
> The screen is fixed to some intermediate level of brightness which I
> can't change. Whenever I press Fn+F1 or F2, the dialog of GTKPBButtons
> appears, but displaying "Brightness 0%", and never changing the value
> nor the real brightness of the screen.
>
> Does anybody else experience this? Does anbody know how to fix it, or
> to what it can be related?
I think this is broken in 2.6.23. I also think it's been fix in .24
when it comes out.
Yours Tony
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