Poor Backlight Control
Just thought I would add my voice to those who report problems with XORG
6.9.0.dsfg.1-4 and the ability to turn off the backlight to save the
screen and reduce power consumption. I have had the problem in two
laptops. The first, a Sony, runs a 2.4.30 kernel and uses a radeon
driver (xorg's built in version). Since the upgrade from 6.8.2, the
screen will neither blank or shut off in KDE. On a second laptop (a
Toshiba) with an i810 driver, the screen would blank, but the backlight
would not shut off. I compiled a 2.6.15 kernel for it, and the backlight
would shut off, but then turn back on. Backlight control was flawless
with 6.8.2. A third laptop, a newer Toshiba with an i810 driver, but
with a 915 chipset, works fine. Perhaps it was a bit premature to move
XORG 6.9 into Etch.
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